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According to the Spring 2002 Minority Law Journal (published by the
American Lawyer), the NLJ 250 (The National Law Journal's ranking
of the 250 largest law firms), and the 2001-2002 National Directory of Legal
Employers, here are the 20 law firms with the highest percentage of
Asian-Americans:
|
Law firm |
Headquarters |
# attys |
% Asian Am |
|
Pennie & Edmonds |
New York, NY |
179 |
18.4 |
|
Davis Polk |
New York, NY |
619 |
16.6 |
|
Wilson Sonsini |
Palo Alto, CA |
710 |
15.9 |
|
Fish & Neave |
New York, NY |
187 |
15.0 |
|
Morrison & Foerster |
San Francisco, CA |
942 |
14.8 |
|
Milbank Tweed |
New York, NY |
487 |
12.9 |
|
Crosby Heafey |
Oakland, CA |
258 |
12.4 |
|
McCutchen Doyle |
San Francisco, CA |
340 |
12.35 |
|
Fenwick & West |
Palo Alto, CA |
249 |
12.0 |
|
Pillsbury Winthrop |
San Francisco, CA |
873 |
11.5 |
|
Gray Cary |
Palo Alto, CA |
482 |
10.8 |
|
Sullivan & Cromwell |
New York, NY |
666 |
10.4 |
|
O’Melveny & Myers |
Los Angeles, CA |
722 |
10.25 |
|
Cooley Godward |
Palo Alto, CA |
655 |
10.23 |
|
Orrick Herrington |
San Francisco, CA |
599 |
10.18 |
|
Cravath Swaine |
New York, NY |
426 |
10.09 |
|
Preston Gates |
Seattle, WA |
375 |
9.9 |
|
Brobeck Phleger |
San Francisco, CA |
876 |
9.7 |
|
Cleary Gottlieb |
New York, NY |
695 |
9.6 |
|
Heller Ehrman |
San Francisco, CA |
607 |
9.4 |
According to the same sources, here are the largest law firms in the country
with the fewest Asian-American attorneys, i.e. Asian-Americans comprise fewer
than 3.5% of their attorneys. On average, 6.9% of the associates and 1.3% of the
partners at the 250 largest law firms were Asian-American.
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Declined to provide information. |
|
Law firm |
Headquarters |
|
Adams & Reese |
New Orleans, LA |
|
Dickstein Shapiro |
Washington, DC |
|
Edwards & Angell |
Providence, RI |
|
Kutak Rock |
Omaha, NE |
|
Lord Bissell |
Chicago, IL |
|
McKenna & Cuneo |
Washington, DC |
|
Mendes & Mount |
New York, NY |
|
Milberg Weiss |
New York, NY |
|
Miles & Stockbridge |
Baltimore, MD |
|
Ruden McClosky |
Fort Lauderdale, FL |
|
Sedgwick Detert |
San Francisco, CA |
|
Law firm |
Headquarters |
# attys |
% Asian Am |
|
Holland & Knight |
Tampa, FL |
1329 |
2.56 |
|
Akin Gump |
Dallas and DC |
1023 |
3.32 |
|
Law firm |
Headquarters |
# attys |
% Asian Am |
|
Mayer Brown |
Chicago, IL |
927 |
3.13 |
|
Piper Marbury |
Washington, DC |
816 |
2.70 |
|
Greenberg Traurig |
Miami, FL |
812 |
1.97 |
|
Law firm |
Headquarters |
# attys |
% Asian Am |
|
Vinson & Elkins |
Houston, TX |
792 |
1.52 |
|
Fulbright & Jaworski |
Houston, TX |
734 |
2.86 |
|
Hunton & Williams |
Richmond, VA |
729 |
2.46 |
|
Dechert |
Philadelphia, PA |
724 |
3.04 |
|
Law firm |
Headquarters |
# attys |
% Asian Am |
|
King & Spalding |
Atlanta, GA |
697 |
2.01 |
|
Reed Smith |
Pittsburgh, PA |
696 |
2.73 |
|
Baker & Botts |
Houston, TX |
648 |
2.47 |
|
Bryan Cave |
St. Louis, MO |
647 |
2.78 |
|
Law firm |
Headquarters |
# attys |
% Asian Am |
|
Alston & Bird |
Atlanta, GA |
599 |
1.84 |
|
McGuire Woods |
Richmond, VA |
584 |
1.99 |
|
Nixon Hargrave |
Rochester, NY |
579 |
1.90 |
|
Shook Hardy |
Kansas City, MO |
568 |
0.88 |
|
Kilpatrick Stockton |
Atlanta, GA |
520 |
2.50 |
|
Baker & Hostetler |
Cleveland, OH |
507 |
3.16 |
|
Mintz Levin |
Boston, MA |
506 |
2.17 |
|
Troutman Sanders |
Atlanta, GA |
506 |
1.58 |
|
Seyfarth Shaw |
Chicago, IL |
501 |
2.00 |
|
Law firm |
Headquarters |
# attys |
% Asian Am |
|
Shaw Pittman |
Washington, D.C. |
484 |
2.89 |
|
Duane Morris |
Philadelphia, PA |
469 |
2.99 |
|
Covington & Burling |
Washington, DC |
466 |
1.50 |
|
Quarles & Brady |
Milwaukee, WI |
447 |
2.24 |
|
Womble Carlyle |
Winston-Salem, NC |
446 |
1.35 |
|
Pepper Hamilton |
Philadelphia, PA |
440 |
2.05 |
|
Cozen O’Connor |
Philadelphia, PA |
433 |
2.08 |
|
Venable |
Baltimore, MD |
427 |
2.81 |
|
Blank Rome |
Philadelphia, PA |
412 |
0.49 |
|
Faegre & Benson |
Minneapolis, MN |
409 |
2.93 |
|
Drinker Biddle |
Philadelphia, PA |
405 |
2.22 |
|
Law firm |
Headquarters |
# attys |
% Asian Am |
|
Jenner & Block |
Chicago, IL |
394 |
2.54 |
|
Ballard Spahr |
Philadelphia, PA |
390 |
1.03 |
|
Frost Brown |
Cincinnati, OH |
381 |
0.79 |
|
Bracewell & Patterson |
Houston, TX |
377 |
1.59 |
|
Locke Liddell |
Dallas, Houston, TX |
376 |
2.92 |
|
Thompson Hine |
Cleveland, OH |
373 |
1.07 |
|
Patton Boggs |
Washington, DC |
372 |
0.81 |
|
Hinshaw & Culbertson |
Chicago, IL |
371 |
0 |
|
Andrews & Kurth |
Houston, TX |
357 |
1.96 |
|
Schnader Harrison |
Philadelphia, PA |
356 |
2.25 |
|
Vorys Sater |
Columbus, OH |
354 |
0.85 |
|
Littler Mendelson |
San Francisco, CA |
348 |
2.30 |
|
Altheimer & Gray |
Chicago, IL |
347 |
2.02 |
|
Barnes & Thornburg |
Indianapolis, IN |
347 |
0.87 |
|
Buchanan Ingersoll |
Pittsburgh, PA |
345 |
2.03 |
|
Stoel Rives |
Portland, OR |
345 |
1.45 |
|
Sutherland Asbill |
Atlanta, GA |
341 |
1.17 |
|
Michael Best |
Milwaukee, WI |
339 |
0.89 |
|
Snell & Wilmer |
Phoenix, AZ |
329 |
0.91 |
|
Jackson Lewis |
New York, NY |
327 |
1.83 |
|
Epstein Becker |
New York, NY |
326 |
3.1 |
|
Arter & Hadden |
Cleveland, OH |
325 |
2.77 |
|
Thompson & Knight |
Dallas, TX |
324 |
2.47 |
|
Winstead Secrest |
Dallas, TX |
323 |
0.93 |
|
Blackwell Sanders |
Kansas City, MO |
321 |
1.25 |
|
Steptoe & Johnson |
Washington, D.C. |
306 |
3.27 |
|
Powell Goldstein |
Atlanta, GA |
304 |
3.29 |
|
Law firm |
Headquarters |
# attys |
% Asian Am |
|
Thompson Coburn |
St. Louis, MO |
298 |
0.67 |
|
Gardere Wynne |
Dallas, TX |
291 |
1.37 |
|
Baker & Daniels |
Indianapolis, IN |
285 |
2.11 |
|
Schiff Hardin |
Chicago, IL |
281 |
0.71 |
|
Oppenheimer Wolff |
Minneapolis, MN |
276 |
3.26 |
|
Porter Wright |
Columbus, OH |
273 |
0.73 |
|
Marshall Dennehy |
Philadelphia, PA |
272 |
1.47 |
|
Miller Canfield |
Detroit, MI |
271 |
0.37 |
|
Nelson Mullins |
Columbia, SC |
270 |
0.74 |
|
Wolf Block |
Philadelphia, PA |
270 |
1.48 |
|
Jackson & Walker |
Dallas, TX |
265 |
1.13 |
|
Rosenman & Colin |
New York, NY |
264 |
2.27 |
|
Crowell & Moring |
Washington, DC |
260 |
3.08 |
|
McCarter & English |
Newark, NJ |
260 |
1.54 |
|
Holland & Hart |
Denver, CO |
256 |
1.17 |
|
Dykema Gossett |
Detroit, MI |
246 |
0.81 |
|
Honigman Miller |
Detroit, MI |
241 |
2.07 |
|
Strasburger & Price |
Dallas, TX |
238 |
1.26 |
|
Moore & Van Allen |
Charlotte, NC |
237 |
0.42 |
|
Dinsmore & Shohl |
Cincinnati, OH |
234 |
0.43 |
|
Day Berry |
Hartford, CT |
233 |
1.29 |
|
Baker Donelson |
Memphis, TN |
233 |
0 |
|
Saul Ewing |
Philadelphia, PA |
230 |
0.87 |
|
Wyatt Tarrant |
Louisville, KY |
229 |
0 |
|
Gardner Carton |
Chicago, IL |
226 |
1.77 |
|
Husch & Eppenberger |
St. Louis, MO |
225 |
0.44 |
|
Robins Kaplan |
Minneapolis, MN |
223 |
2.24 |
|
Fox Rothschild |
Philadelphia, PA |
220 |
0.91 |
|
Phelps Dunbar |
New Orleans, LA |
220 |
0.46 |
|
Armstrong Teasdale |
St. Louis, MO |
219 |
0.46 |
|
Wildman Harrold |
Chicago, IL |
217 |
1.84 |
|
Ice Miller |
Indianapolis, IN |
217 |
0.46 |
|
Harris Beach |
Rochester, NY |
212 |
1.42 |
|
Stites & Harbison |
Louisville, KY |
212 |
0.47 |
|
Palmer & Dodge |
Boston, MA |
209 |
3.35 |
|
Bell Boyd |
Chicago, IL |
206 |
1.46 |
|
White & Williams |
Philadelphia, PA |
206 |
0.97 |
|
Lathrop & Gage |
Kansas City, MO |
205 |
0.98 |
|
Smith Helms |
Charlotte, NC |
205 |
0.49 |
|
Vedder Price |
Chicago, IL |
204 |
2.94 |
|
Eckert Seamans |
Pittsburgh, PA |
201 |
0.50 |
|
Law firm |
Headquarters |
# attys |
% Asian Am |
|
Williams & Connolly |
Washington, DC |
199 |
0 |
|
Williams Mullen |
Richmond, VA |
198 |
1.52 |
|
Carlton Fields |
Tampa, FL |
197 |
1.02 |
|
Butzel Long |
Detroit, MI |
194 |
1.55 |
|
Jones Walker |
New Orleans, LA |
194 |
0 |
|
Cummings & Lockwood |
Stamford, CT |
193 |
1.55 |
|
Hodgson Russ |
Buffalo, NY |
193 |
2.07 |
|
Steel Hector |
Miami, FL |
191 |
2.09 |
|
Reinhart Boerner |
Milwaukee, WI |
191 |
1.57 |
|
Choate Hall |
Boston, MA |
190 |
2.63 |
|
Brown Rudnick |
Boston, MA |
187 |
1.07 |
|
Taft Stettinius |
Cincinnati, OH |
187 |
1.07 |
|
Calfee Halter |
Cleveland, OH |
186 |
1.08 |
|
Loeb & Loeb |
Los Angeles, CA |
185 |
3.24 |
|
Chapman & Cutler |
Chicago, IL |
183 |
2.73 |
|
Smith Gambrell |
Atlanta, GA |
182 |
3.30 |
|
Lewis Rice |
St. Louis, MO |
180 |
0 |
|
Phillips Lytle |
Buffalo, NY |
177 |
0.57 |
|
Robinson & Cole |
Hartford, CT |
177 |
1.13 |
|
Ross & Hardies |
Chicago, IL |
177 |
3.39 |
|
Warner Norcross |
Grand Rapids, MI |
174 |
0.57 |
|
Holme Roberts |
Denver, CO |
173 |
0.58 |
|
Gibbons, Del Deo |
Newark, NJ |
172 |
1.74 |
|
Greenabaum Doll |
Louisville, KY |
170 |
1.76 |
|
Montgomery McCracken |
Philadelphia, PA |
170 |
0.59 |
|
Godfrey & Kahn |
Milwaukee, WI |
169 |
1.78 |
|
Bradley Arant |
Birmingham, AL |
168 |
1.19 |
|
Kennedy Covington |
Charlotte, NC |
165 |
1.21 |
|
Hughes & Luce |
Dallas, TX |
165 |
1.82 |
|
Lane Powell |
Seattle, WA |
165 |
3.03 |
|
Long Aldridge |
Atlanta, GA |
164 |
1.22 |
|
Briggs & Morgan |
Minneapolis, MN |
163 |
3.07 |
|
Dow Lohnes |
Washington, DC |
163 |
1.84 |
|
Fredrikson & Byron |
Minneapolis, MN |
161 |
1.24 |
|
Leonard Street |
Minneapolis, MN |
161 |
1.24 |
|
Plunkett & Cooney |
Detroit, MI |
161 |
1.24 |
|
Ogletree Deakins |
Greenville, SC |
160 |
1.25 |
|
Riker Danzig |
Morristown, NJ |
158 |
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