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diversity rankings::Texas::black (from betterlegalprofession.org)

abbreviations: A = Austin, D = Dallas, FW = Fort Worth, H = Houston, SA = San Antonio

partners   associates
rank firm percent M F rank firm percent M F
1Andrews Kurth (H)10.274A1Vinson & Elkins (D)9.426A
2Baker Botts (H)4.3312Vinson & Elkins (H)8.449
3Locke Lord (D)3.3213Fulbright & Jaworski (H)8.236
4Fulbright & Jaworski (H)2.9214Patton Boggs (D)8.213
5Vinson & Elkins (H)2.6215Winstead (D)7.834
6Patton Boggs (D)2.310B6Akin Gump (D)7.722B
7Bracewell & Giuliani (H)2.2207Locke Lord (D)7.223
8Thompson & Knight (D)2.2208Locke Lord (H)6.213
9Jones Day (D)1.8109Hunton & Williams (D)6.012
10Haynes And Boone (H)1.70110Haynes And Boone (H)5.812
11Baker Botts (D)1.710C11Baker Botts (D)5.733C
12Hunton & Williams (D)1.71012Fulbright & Jaworski (D)5.522
13Vinson & Elkins (D)1.70113Bracewell & Giuliani (H)5.024
14Thompson, Coe (D)1.51014Thompson, Coe (D)4.711
15K&L Gates (D)1.50115Thompson & Knight (D)4.503
16Jackson Walker (D)1.301D16Cox Smith (SA)4.311D
17Locke Lord (H)1.31017K&L Gates (D)3.802
18Gardere Wynne Sewell (D)1.11018Jones Day (D)3.422
19Haynes And Boone (D)1.01019Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr (D)2.910
20Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr (D)0.000F20Jackson Walker (D)2.901
21Akin Gump (D)0.00021Kelly Hart & Hallman (FW)2.201F
22Cox Smith (SA)0.00022Haynes And Boone (D)1.820
23Kelly Hart & Hallman (FW)0.00023Gardere Wynne Sewell (D)1.601
24Fulbright & Jaworski (D)0.00024Baker Botts (H)0.601
25Winstead (D)0.00025Andrews Kurth (H)0.000

This chart ranks the percentage of black partners and associates at Texas law offices.

An asterisk indicates that the firm did not provide this information. We treated missing data as if it were zero.

The chart includes all firms with 100 attorneys in their Texas office. See How We Did This for more on our ranking process.

Firms are graded on a curve. We divide the firms into quintiles, and then assign letter grades based on this division. We combined the grades with those from other diversity rankings to create a diversity report card of firms' overall minority employment rates. Note that firms with zero representation in any demographic category receive an "F" regardless of quintile.

Bold denotes the top 10 most prestigious law firms in Texas, according to vault's 2009 regional rankings