diversity rankings::Northern California::out lgbt (from betterlegalprofession.org)
abbreviations: SF = San Francisco, SV = Silicon Valley
| partners | associates | ||||||||||
| rank | firm | percent | M | F | rank | firm | percent | M | F | ||
| 1 | Pillsbury Winthrop (SF) | 8.5 | 6 | 0 | A | 1 | Morrison & Foerster (SF) | 8.4 | 10 | 2 | A |
| 2 | Hanson, Bridgett (SF) | 7.1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Hanson, Bridgett (SF) | 8.3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 3 | Morrison & Foerster (SF) | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | Bingham Mccutchen (SF) | 7.5 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 4 | Bingham Mccutchen (SF) | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | B | 4 | Pillsbury Winthrop (SF) | 6.7 | 1 | 2 | B |
| 5 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius (SF) | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | Farella Braun + Martel (SF) | 6.5 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 6 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (SF) | 4.9 | 4 | 0 | 6 | Latham & Watkins (SF) | 4.5 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 7 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (SV) | 4.4 | 1 | 1 | C | 7 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (SF) | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | C |
| 8 | Morrison & Foerster (SV) | 3.1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | Wilson Sonsini (SV) | 3.4 | 4 | 3 | ||
| 9 | Reed Smith | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius (SF) | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10 | Farella Braun + Martel (SF) | 1.4 | 1 | 0 | D | 10 | Cooley Godward Kronish (SV) | 2.9 | 1 | 2 | D |
| 11 | Wilson Sonsini (SV) | 0.9 | 1 | 0 | 11 | Reed Smith | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 12 | Sedgwick, Detert (SF) | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | F | 12 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (SV) | 1.7 | 1 | 0 | |
| 13 | Latham & Watkins (SF) | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | Morrison & Foerster (SV) | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | F | |
| 14 | Cooley Godward Kronish (SV) | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | Sedgwick, Detert (SF) | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
An asterisk indicates that the firm did not provide this information. We treated missing data as if it were zero.
See How We Did This for more information on our methodology.
Bold denotes the most prestigious law firms in Northern California, according to vault's 2011 regional rankings
"SV" in this chart stands for Silicon Valley and includes Palo Alto and Menlo Park.