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UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Source: National Directory of Legal Employers 1999-2000 ed.  P = partners and of counsel.  A = associates, senior attorneys, staff attorneys

In 1996, 2.7% of the attorneys at the 250 largest law firms were Asian- American.

The law firms with the most attorneys and the fewest Asian-American attorneys.  Figures exclude California offices and law firms whose percentage of Asian-Americans exceeds 2.7%.

Law firm

Headquarters

partners

associates

total

% Asian-Am

McDermott Will

Chicago, IL

2/485

10/286

12/771

1.6
All offices

Holland & Knight

Florida

3/494

3/284

6/778

0.8
Atlanta, Boston, DC, Florida offices, 

McGuire Woods

Richmond, VA

0/252

4/261

4/513

0.8
all offices

Kilpatrick Stockton

Atlanta, GA

0/235

2/187

2/422

0.5
all offices

Jenner & Block

Chicago, IL

0/187

8/209

8/396

2.0 Chicago, DC

Greenberg Traurig

Miami, FL

0/221

0/174

0/395

0.0

Hinshaw & Culbertson

Chicago, IL

0/232 3/161 3/393 0.8

Alston & Bird

Atlanta, GA

0/170

3/219

3/389

0.8 
Atlanta, DC

Ernst & Young Atlanta, GA 1/102 12/409 13/511
Atlanta, Boston

Powell Goldstein

Atlanta, GA

0/181

2/167

2/348

0.6
DC, Atlanta

Covington & Burling

Washington, DC

0/154

7/182

7/336

2.1

Rudnick & Wolfe

Chicago, IL

2/180

5/151

7/331

2.1 Chicago, DC, Tampa

Quarles & Brady

Milwaukee, WI

0/211

2/118

2/329

0.6
all offices

Jackson Lewis

New York, NY

1/137

4/177

5/314 1.6
Edwards & Angell Providence, RI 0/132 1/75 1/307 0.3

Shaw Pittman 

Washington, DC

0/137

8/161

8/298

2.7

Seyfarth Shaw

Chicago, IL

1/151

1/146

2/297

0.7
Chicago, DC, Atlanta

Akin Gump

Washington, DC

1/134

7/145

8/279

2.9  DC

Mintz Levin Boston, MA 0/116 7/157 7/273 2.6
Boston, DC

Howrey & Simon

Washington, DC

1/120

6/152

7/272

2.6

Barnes & Thornburg

Indianapolis, IN

2/159

2/113

4/272

1.5

Steptoe & Johnson

Washington, DC

1/138

2/131

3/269

1.1 AZ, DC

Sutherland Asbill

Atlanta, GA

0/133

2/124

2/257

0.8
DC, Atlanta

Arent Fox

Washington, DC

2/124

2/119

4/243

1.6

Baker & Daniels

Indianapolis, IN

1/144 3/97 4/241 1.7

Troutman Sanders

Atlanta, GA

0/117

3/123

3/240

1.3

Wyatt Tarrant Louisville, KY 0/158 2/73 2/231 0.9

Dickstein Shapiro

Washington, DC

0/114

3/116

3/230

1.3

Gardner Carton

Chicago, IL

1/131

4/97

5/228

2.2  Chicago, DC

Schiff Hardin & Waite

Chicago, IL

0/144 0/82 0/226 0.0
Michael Best & Friedrich

Milwaukee, WI

0/140 2/84 2/224 0.9
all offices

Crowell & Moring

Washington, DC

1/106

4/117

5/223

2.2  DC

Day Berry

Hartford, CT

0/94

1/128

1/222

0.5

Snell & Wilmer

Phoenix, AZ

0/108

3/110

3/218

1.4 
AZ, Irvine

Ice Miller Donaldo & Ryan

Indianapolis, IN

0/108 3/94 3/202 1.5
Wildman, Harrold

Chicago, IL

0/107 3/77 3/184 1.6
Palmer & Dodge Boston, MA 0/78 4/103 4/181 2.2
Choate Hall Boston, MA 0/78 2/103 2/181 1.1
Miles Stockbridge Baltimore, MD 1/101 0/77 1/178 0.6
Piper Marbury Baltimore, MD 0/85 2/91 2/176 1.1
Peabody & Brown Boston, MA 0/102 4/70 4/172 2.3
Jones Walker New Orleans, LA 0/116 0/49 0/165 0.0
Vedder Price

Chicago, IL

0/92 1/65 1/157 0.6
Brown Rudnick Boston, MA 0/79 2/69 2/148 1.4
Nutter McClennen Boston, MA 0/74 3/63 3/137 2.2
Goulston & Storrs Boston, MA 0/77 0/58 0/135 0.0
Ober, Kaler Baltimore, MD 0/79 2/51 2/130 1.5

Brown Todd

Louisville, KY 0/65 0/59 0/124

0.0

Hutchins Wheeler Boston, MA 0/58 3/62 3/120 2.5
Sullivan & Worcester Boston, MA 0/68 3/60 3/128 2.3
Neal Gerber

Chicago, IL

0/84 0/34 0/118 0.0
Phelps Dunbar New Orleans, LA 0/47 1/56 1/103 1.0
Saul Ewing Philadelphia, PA 0/32 0/27   Baltimore
Venable Baltimore, MD 0/81 3/44   Baltimore

Kirkpatrick & Lockhart

Pittsburgh, PA

0/81

5/103

5/191

2.6 Boston, DC, Miami

           
           

 

Mayer Brown

Chicago, IL

1/347

21/406

22/753

2.9 Chicago, DC, Houston, NY 

Kirkland & Ellis

Chicago, IL

1/254

16/324

17/578

2.9 Chicago, DC, NY

Arnold & Porter

Washington, DC

2/152

10/202

12/354

3.4 Denver, DC

Katten Muchin Chicago, IL 1/159 8/171 9/330 2.7 Chicago

Lord Bissell

Chicago, IL

2/162 5/132 7/294 2.4 Atlanta, Chicago

Morgan Lewis

Philadelphia, PA

1/117

9/170

10/287

3.5  DC

Wilmer Cutler

Washington, DC

1/113

7/143

8/256

3.1

           
           

 

 

 

Law firm

Headquarters

partners

associates

total

% Asian-Am

Balch & Bingham

Birmingham, AL

0/82

0/34

0/116

0.0

Bradley, Arant

Birmingham, AL

0/99

0/62

0/161

0.0

Burr & Forman

Birmingham, AL

0/77

0/49

0/126

0.0

Average

       

0.0

 

Law firm

Headquarters

partners

associates

total

% Asian-Am

Fennemore Craig

Phoenix, AZ

1/75

0/46

1/121

0.8

Lewis & Roca

Phoenix, AZ

0/78

1/46

1/124

0.8

O’Connor Cavanagh

Phoenix, AZ

0/87

3/32

3/119

2.5

Snell & Wilmer

Phoenix, AZ

0/108

3/110

3/218

1.4 
AZ, Irvine

Average

       

1.4

 

Law firm

Headquarters

partners

associates

total

% Asian-Am

Allen Matkins

Los Angeles, CA

0/70

1/87

1/157

0.6

Brobeck Phleger

San Francisco, CA

4/163

36/302

40/465

8.6
Irvine, LA, Palo Alto, San Diego, SF

Cooley Godward

Palo Alto, CA

2/123

29/301

31/424

7.3

Crosby Heafey

Oakland, CA

5/104

11/83

16/187

8.6
LA, Oakland

Ernst & Young

CA offices

9/101

111/492

120/593

20.2  LA, SF

Fenwick & West

Palo Alto, CA

2/69

20/133

22/202

10.9

Gibson Dunn

Los Angeles, CA

2/276

29/474

31/750

4.1

Gordon & Rees

San Francisco, CA

2/41

4/72

6/113

5.5

Graham & James

Los Angeles, CA

14/75

15/78

29/153

19.0
LA, Palo Alto, SF

Gray Cary

San Diego, CA

3/133

11/153

14/286

4.9
Palo Alto, San Diego

Hancock Rothert

San Francisco, CA

2/49

2/62

4/111

3.6
LA, SF

Hanson Bridgett

San Francisco, CA

4/61

5/35

9/96

9.4

Haight Brown

Santa Monica, CA

4/69

12/83

16/152

10.5

Heller Ehrman

San Francisco, CA

1/134

24/206

25/340

7.4
La Jolla, LA, Palo Alto, SF, DC

Howard Rice

San Francisco, CA

1/64

9/57

10/121

8.3

Irell & Manella

Los Angeles, CA

5/99

13/105

18/204

8.8

Jeffer Mangels

Los Angeles, CA

1/88

5/45

6/133

4.5

Knobbe Martens

Newport Beach, CA

1/46

9/43

10/89

11.2
Newport Beach

Latham & Watkins

Los Angeles, CA

7/369

57/584

64/953

6.7

Littler Mendelson

San Francisco, CA

0/177

13/190

13/367

3.5
all offices

Loeb & Loeb

Los Angeles, CA

2/79

8/54

10/133

7.5

Luce Forward

San Diego, CA

3/98

5/81

8/179

4.5
San Diego

Lyon & Lyon

Los Angeles, CA

0/49

8/71

8/120

6.7

Manatt Phelps

Los Angeles, CA

1/77

10/65

11/142

7.7

McCutchen Doyle

San Francisco, CA

6/138

28/174

34/312

10.9

Mitchell Silberberg

Los Angeles, CA

1/65

5/45

6/110

5.5

Morrison & Foerster

San Francisco, CA

10/252

52/320

62/572

10.8
Irvine, LA, Palo Alto, SF, Walnut Creek, Denver, DC

Munger Tolles

Los Angeles, CA

2/64

4/59

6/123

4.9

O’Melveny & Myers

Los Angeles, CA

9/294

80/410

89/704

12.6

Orrick Herrington

San Francisco, CA

3/131

25/185

28/316

8.9
LA, Menlo Park, Sacramento, SF, DC

Paul Hastings

Los Angeles, CA

7/246

31/383

38/629

6.0

Pillsbury Madison

San Francisco, CA

10/267

43/262

53/529

10.0
Costa Mesa, LA, Palo Alto, Sacramento, San Diego, SF, DC

Quinn Emanuel

Los Angeles, CA

1/35

7/54

8/89

9.0  LA

Rutan & Tucker

Costa Mesa, CA

1/70

2/40

3/110

2.7

Sheppard Mullin

Los Angeles, CA

1/148

12/142

13/290

4.5
Costa Mesa, LA, San Diego, SF

Thelen Reid

CA and NYC

2/86

7/83

9/169

5.3  LA, SF

Townsend Townsend

San Francisco, CA

3/59

12/69

15/128

11.7

Troop Steuber

Los Angeles, CA

0/55

7/90

7/145

4.8

Wilson Sonsini

Palo Alto, CA

2/125

66/401

68/526

12.9

Average

       

8.0 (310.8/39)

 

Law firm

Headquarters

partners

associates

total

% Asian-Am

Davis Graham

Denver, CO

0/62

1/31

1/93

1.1

Holland & Hart

Denver, CO

0/76

2/54

2/130

1.5 Colorado Springs, Denver

Holme Roberts

Denver, CO

0/81

1/60

1/141

0.7

Sherman & Howard

Denver, CO

0/77

0/46

0/123

0.0

Average

       

0.8

 

Law firm

Headquarters

partners