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Law360, New York (December 11, 2009) -- The following is a list of the 100 firms with the highest concentration of female partners:
1. McDonough Holland & Allen PC, 34.8%
2. Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP, 31.8%
3. Hanson Bridgett LLP, 30.7%
4. Littler Mendelson PC, 30.6%
5. Jackson Kelly PLLC, 30.1%
6. Shipman & Goodwin LLP, 29.7%
7. SmithAmundsen LLC, 28.6%
8. Verrill Dana LLP, 28.3%
9. Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk and Rabkin PC, 28.1%
10. Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP, 27.9%
11. Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP, 27.7%
12. McGlinchey Stafford PLLC, 27.3%
13. Ice Miller LLP, 26.9%
14. Bricker & Eckler LLP, 26.8%
15. Constangy Brooks & Smith LLP, 26.8%
16. Greensfelder Hemker & Gale PC, 26.2%
17. Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek SC, 26.2%
18. Lewis and Roca LLP, 25.7%
19. McNair Law Firm PA, 25.4%
20. EpsteinBeckerGreen, 25.2%
21. Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, 25.0%
22. Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LLP, 24.5%
23. Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 24.3%
24. Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP, 24.2%
25. Ungaretti & Harris LLP, 23.9%
26. Kenyon & Kenyon LLP, 23.8%
27. Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, 23.6%
28. Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, 23.3%
29. Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, 23.2%
30. Holland & Hart LLP, 23.1%
31. Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC, 22.9%
32. Bowman and Brooke LLP, 22.9%
32. Farella Braun + Martel LLP, 22.9%
34. Adams and Reese LLP, 22.8%
35. Crowell & Moring LLP, 22.7%
36. Schiff Hardin LLP, 22.7%
37. Downey Brand LLP, 22.6%
38. Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, 22.5%
39. Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, 22.5%
40. Gunster Yoakley & Stewart PA, 22.5%
41. Winston & Strawn LLP, 22.5%
42. Faegre & Benson LLP, 22.4%
43. Clausen Miller PC, 22.4%
44. Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP, 22.2%
45. Burns & Levinson LLP, 22.2%
46. Reed Smith LLP, 22.2%
47. Gibbons PC, 22.1%
48. Dow Lohnes PLLC, 22.1%
49. Dilworth Paxson LLP, 22.0%
49. McDermott Will & Emery LLP, 22.0%
51. Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, 21.9%
51. Strasburger & Price LLP, 21.9%
53. Baker & McKenzie LLP, 21.8%
53. Thompson Hine LLP, 21.8%
55. Tucker Ellis & West LLP, 21.7%
55. Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, 21.7%
57. Fisher & Phillips LLP, 21.6%
57. Best Best & Krieger LLP, 21.6%
59. Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP, 21.5%
60. Bose McKinney & Evans LLP, 21.4%
61. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC, 21.4%
62. Gray Plant Mooty Law Firm, 21.2%
62. Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, 21.2%
62. Howrey LLP, 21.2%
65. Frost Brown Todd LLC, 21.1%
65. Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, 21.1%
67. Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, 21.0%
68. McCarter & English LLP, 20.9%
68. Baker & Daniels LLP, 20.9%
68. Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, 20.9%
68. Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, 20.9%
68. Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, 20.9%
73. Williams Kastner, 20.8%
74. Saul Ewing LLP, 20.7%
74. Shearman & Sterling LLP, 20.7%
76. McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC, 20.6%
76. Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, 20.6%
76. Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, 20.6%
79. Ford & Harrison LLP, 20.56%
80. Pierce Atwood LLP, 20.5%
80. Woodcock Washburn LLP, 20.5%
80. Miller Canfield Paddock & Stone PLC, 20.5%
80. Buchalter Nemer PLC, 20.5%
80. Sidley Austin LLP, 20.5%
80. Beveridge & Diamond PC, 20.5%
86. WilmerHale LLP, 20.4%
87. Duane Morris LLP, 20.4%
88. Seyfarth Shaw LLP, 20.2%
89. Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP, 20.1%
89. Baker & Hostetler LLP, 20.1%
89. Haynes and Boone LLP, 20.1%
92. Vinson & Elkins LLP, 20.0%
92. Alston & Bird LLP, 20.0%
92. Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, LLP, 20.0%
92. Linklaters LLP, 20.0%
96. Jenner & Block LLP, 19.9%
96. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, 19.9%
98. Polsinelli Shughart PC, 19.83%
99. Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, 19.7%
100. Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, 19.6%
100. Dykema Gossett PLLC, 19.6%
Correction: Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP were not included in the original version of this list; that firm actually placed at number 64. Cooley Godward Kronish LLP was also not originally listed; that firm actually placed at number 55. Thompson Coburn LLP is no longer in the top 100.
Methodology:
In September and October 2009, Law360 surveyed law firms with 100 or more lawyers and select boutique firms in the U.S. to find out the number of female partners working for the firm. This list includes only those firms that reported their numbers directly to Law360.
