HRC Corporate Equality Index 2010 - AmLaw Firms
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Since 2002, the Human rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index has surveyed major businesses, including law firms, to benchmark important employer benefits and protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (lGBt) employees and their families. in 2006, the first year law firms were invited to participate, 12 achieved a 100 percent rating. an unprecedented 88 law firms achieved 100 percent ratings this year, eclipsing every other industry represented on the index. the Corporate Equality Index 2010 analyzed a total of 127 law firms; all but three were ranked among The American Lawyer’s 200 highest-grossing law firms. the HrC Foundation not only tracks firms’ progress, but also actively works with firm diversity managers and partnership committees, as well as with lGBt attorneys, to implement inclusive policies at the nation’s most prestigious firms. twenty-three of the firms that rated 100 percent this year improved their ratings over the previous year, and three firms rated 100 percent in their first year on the index. the Corporate Equality Index 2010 rated law firms on a scale of 0 to 100 percent on several factors, including whether they have a written non-discrimination policy and training covering sexual orientation and gender identity; provide insurance that covers transgender-related treatments; support same-sex partners of employees with health insurance, bereavement and family leave policies; have lGBt employee groups; engage in appropriate and respectful advertising to the community; contribute to community organizations; and decline to engage in any activities that would undermine the goal of equal rights for lGBt people. the Corporate Equality Index 2010 rated a total of 590 private employers in various industries. the full report is available at www.hrc.org/cei. the Human rights Campaign Foundation is the educational arm of the nation’s largest civil rights organization dedicated to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality.
in this year’s report, we are proud to announce 88 law firms earned the top rating of 100 percent. Twenty-eight additional firms earned ratings of 80 percent or more.
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Top Law Fi r m s F or E QUaLiTY | 2010
the Human rights Campaign Foundation congratulates the 88 law firms that achieved 100 percent ratings on the Corporate Equality Index. See the complete results online at www.hrc.org/cei.
akin, Gump, strauss, Hauer & Feld LLp alston & Bird LLp arent Fox LLp arnold & porter LLp Baker & Botts LLp Baker & Daniels LLp Ballard, spahr, andrews & ingersoll LLp Bingham mcCutchen LLp Brown rudnick LLp Bryan Cave LLp Carlton Fields pa Chapman & Cutler LLp Cleary, Gottlieb, steen & Hamilton LLp Clifford Chance Us LLp Covington & Burling LLp Cravath, swaine & moore LLp Davis, polk & wardwell LLp Debevoise & plimpton LLp Dewey & LeBoeuf LLp Dickstein shapiro LLp DLa piper Dorsey & whitney LLp Duane morris LLp Edwards angell palmer & Dodge LLp Faegre & Benson LLp Fenwick & west LLp Foley & Lardner LLp Foley Hoag LLp Fried, Frank, Haris, shriver & Jacobson LLp Fulbright & Jaworski LLp Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLp Goodwin procter LLp Haynes and Boone LLp Hinshaw & Culbertson LLp Hogan & Hartson LLp Holland & Knight LLp Howrey LLp Hunton & williams LLp Husch Blackwell sanders LLp Jenner & Block LLp Katten muchin rosenman LLp Kaye scholer LLp Kirkland & Ellis LLp Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLp Latham & watkins LLp Littler mendelson pC 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
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manatt, phelps & phillips LLp mayer Brown LLp mcDermott will & Emery LLp milbank, Tweed, Hadley & mcCloy LLp mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & popeo pC morgan Lewis & Bockius LLp morrison & Foerster LLp Nixon peabody LLp o’melveny & myers LLp orrick, Herrington & sutcliffe LLp patterson Belknap webb & Tyler LLp paul, Hastings, Janofsky & walker LLp pepper Hamilton LLp perkins Coie LLp pillsbury winthrop shaw pittman LLp proskauer rose LLp Quarles & Brady LLp robins, Kaplan, miller & Ciresi LLp ropes & Gray LLp sedgwick, Detert, moran & arnold LLp seyfarth shaw LLp shearman & sterling LLp shook, Hardy & Bacon LLp sidley austin LLp skadden, arps, slate, meagher & Flom LLp sonnenschein, Nath & rosenthal LLp squire, sanders & Dempsey LLp stinson morrison Hecker LLp stoel rives LLp sullivan & Cromwell LLp sutherland asbill & Brennan LLp Thompson Coburn LLp Troutman sanders LLp Vinson & Elkins LLp wachtell, Lipton, rosen & Katz LLp weil, Gotshal & manges LLp white & Case LLp willkie Farr & Gallagher LLp wilmer Cutler pickering Hale & Dorr LLp wilson sonsini Goodrich & rosati pC winston & strawn LLp
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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLp 100
F o r E q u a l i t y | 2 0 1 0
Since 2002, the Human rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index has surveyed major businesses, including law firms, to benchmark important employer benefits and protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (lGBt) employees and their families. in 2006, the first year law firms were invited to participate, 12 achieved a 100 percent rating. an unprecedented 88 law firms achieved 100 percent ratings this year, eclipsing every other industry represented on the index. the Corporate Equality Index 2010 analyzed a total of 127 law firms; all but three were ranked among The American Lawyer’s 200 highest-grossing law firms. the HrC Foundation not only tracks firms’ progress, but also actively works with firm diversity managers and partnership committees, as well as with lGBt attorneys, to implement inclusive policies at the nation’s most prestigious firms. twenty-three of the firms that rated 100 percent this year improved their ratings over the previous year, and three firms rated 100 percent in their first year on the index. the Corporate Equality Index 2010 rated law firms on a scale of 0 to 100 percent on several factors, including whether they have a written non-discrimination policy and training covering sexual orientation and gender identity; provide insurance that covers transgender-related treatments; support same-sex partners of employees with health insurance, bereavement and family leave policies; have lGBt employee groups; engage in appropriate and respectful advertising to the community; contribute to community organizations; and decline to engage in any activities that would undermine the goal of equal rights for lGBt people. the Corporate Equality Index 2010 rated a total of 590 private employers in various industries. the full report is available at www.hrc.org/cei. the Human rights Campaign Foundation is the educational arm of the nation’s largest civil rights organization dedicated to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality.
in this year’s report, we are proud to announce 88 law firms earned the top rating of 100 percent. Twenty-eight additional firms earned ratings of 80 percent or more.
>
Top Law Fi r m s F or E QUaLiTY | 2010
the Human rights Campaign Foundation congratulates the 88 law firms that achieved 100 percent ratings on the Corporate Equality Index. See the complete results online at www.hrc.org/cei.
akin, Gump, strauss, Hauer & Feld LLp alston & Bird LLp arent Fox LLp arnold & porter LLp Baker & Botts LLp Baker & Daniels LLp Ballard, spahr, andrews & ingersoll LLp Bingham mcCutchen LLp Brown rudnick LLp Bryan Cave LLp Carlton Fields pa Chapman & Cutler LLp Cleary, Gottlieb, steen & Hamilton LLp Clifford Chance Us LLp Covington & Burling LLp Cravath, swaine & moore LLp Davis, polk & wardwell LLp Debevoise & plimpton LLp Dewey & LeBoeuf LLp Dickstein shapiro LLp DLa piper Dorsey & whitney LLp Duane morris LLp Edwards angell palmer & Dodge LLp Faegre & Benson LLp Fenwick & west LLp Foley & Lardner LLp Foley Hoag LLp Fried, Frank, Haris, shriver & Jacobson LLp Fulbright & Jaworski LLp Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLp Goodwin procter LLp Haynes and Boone LLp Hinshaw & Culbertson LLp Hogan & Hartson LLp Holland & Knight LLp Howrey LLp Hunton & williams LLp Husch Blackwell sanders LLp Jenner & Block LLp Katten muchin rosenman LLp Kaye scholer LLp Kirkland & Ellis LLp Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLp Latham & watkins LLp Littler mendelson pC 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
www.hrc.org/cei
manatt, phelps & phillips LLp mayer Brown LLp mcDermott will & Emery LLp milbank, Tweed, Hadley & mcCloy LLp mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & popeo pC morgan Lewis & Bockius LLp morrison & Foerster LLp Nixon peabody LLp o’melveny & myers LLp orrick, Herrington & sutcliffe LLp patterson Belknap webb & Tyler LLp paul, Hastings, Janofsky & walker LLp pepper Hamilton LLp perkins Coie LLp pillsbury winthrop shaw pittman LLp proskauer rose LLp Quarles & Brady LLp robins, Kaplan, miller & Ciresi LLp ropes & Gray LLp sedgwick, Detert, moran & arnold LLp seyfarth shaw LLp shearman & sterling LLp shook, Hardy & Bacon LLp sidley austin LLp skadden, arps, slate, meagher & Flom LLp sonnenschein, Nath & rosenthal LLp squire, sanders & Dempsey LLp stinson morrison Hecker LLp stoel rives LLp sullivan & Cromwell LLp sutherland asbill & Brennan LLp Thompson Coburn LLp Troutman sanders LLp Vinson & Elkins LLp wachtell, Lipton, rosen & Katz LLp weil, Gotshal & manges LLp white & Case LLp willkie Farr & Gallagher LLp wilmer Cutler pickering Hale & Dorr LLp wilson sonsini Goodrich & rosati pC winston & strawn LLp
100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLp 100
