diversity rankings::Southern California::out lgbt (from betterlegalprofession.org)
abbreviations: CM = Costa Mesa, I = Irvine, LA = Los Angeles, NB = Newport Beach, R = Riverside, SD = San Diego
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| rank | firm | percent | M | F | rank | firm | percent | M | F | ||
| 1 | Paul, Hastings (LA) | 7.8 | 3 | 1 | A | 1 | O'Melveny & Myers (LA) | 5.1 | 6 | 1 | A |
| 2 | Sheppard, Mullin (LA) | 5.4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Latham & Watkins (LA) | 4.7 | 5 | 3 | ||
| 3 | Latham & Watkins (LA) | 4.8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Sheppard, Mullin (LA) | 4.7 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 4 | Sidley Austin (LA) | 4.4 | 2 | 1 | B | 4 | Loeb & Loeb (LA) | 4.3 | 2 | 0 | B |
| 5 | Loeb & Loeb (LA) | 4.2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | Sidley Austin (LA) | 3.9 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 6 | O'Melveny & Myers (LA) | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | Manatt, Phelps & Phillips (LA) | 2.8 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 7 | Manatt, Phelps & Phillips (LA) | 2.1 | 2 | 0 | C | 7 | Quinn Emanuel | 2.6 | 2 | 0 | C |
| 8 | Dla Piper Us (SD) | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher (LA) | 2.3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 9 | Seyfarth Shaw (LA) | 1.9 | 1 | 0 | 9 | Skadden, Arps (LA) | 1.9 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 10 | Rutan & Tucker (CM) | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | D | 10 | Paul, Hastings (LA) | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | D |
| 11 | Skadden, Arps (LA) | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | F | 11 | Dla Piper Us (SD) | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | F |
| 12 | Quinn Emanuel | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Seyfarth Shaw (LA) | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13 | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher (LA) | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | Rutan & Tucker (CM) | 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 Southern California, according to vault's 2011 regional rankings