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According
to the Diversity Scorecard 2009 published by the American Lawyer, here are the
largest law firms in the country and the number of Asian-American attorneys they
employ.
If you are an Asian-American attorney working in-house for a company, I
encourage you to search for attorneys at the NAPABA Partners directory http://www.napaba.org/napaba/partners.asp
|
Law
firm
|
Headquarters
|
Total
U.S. attorneys
|
Asian
Am partners/non-partners
|
%
Asian Am
|
|
Vinson
& Elkins
|
Houston,
TX
|
654
(in
2010)
|
No
info
|
|
|
Cozen
O’Connor
|
Philadelphia,
PA
|
534
(in
2010)
|
No
info
|
|
|
Quinn
Emanuel
|
Los
Angeles, CA
|
432
(in
2010)
|
No
info
|
|
|
Andrews
& Kurth
|
Houston,
TX
|
382
(in
2010)
|
No
info
|
|
|
Bradley
Arant
|
Birmingham,
AL
|
380
(in
2010)
|
No
info
|
|
|
Vorys
Sater
|
Columbus,
OH
|
350
(in
2010)
|
No
info
|
|
|
Taft
Stettinius
|
Cincinnati,
OH
|
334
(in
2010)
|
No
info
|
|
|
Bass
Berry
|
Nashville,
TN
|
204
(in
2010)
|
No
info
|
|
|
Ford
& Harrison
|
Atlanta,
GA
|
192
(in
2010)
|
No
info
|
|
|
Archer
& Greiner
|
Haddonfield,
NJ
|
171
(in
2010)
|
No
info
|
|
|
Law
firm
|
Headquarters
|
Total
U.S. attorneys
|
Asian
Am partners/non-partners
|
%
Asian Am
|
|
Thompson
Coburn
|
St.
Louis, MO
|
354
|
0/0
|
0
|
|
Phelps
Dunbar
|
New
Orleans, LA
|
258
|
0/0
|
0
|
|
Balch
& Bingham
|
Birmingham,
AL
|
245
|
0/0
|
0
|
|
Roetzel
& Andress
|
Akron,
OH
|
231
|
0/0
|
0
|
|
Parker
Poe
|
Charlotte,
NC
|
215
|
0/0
|
0
|
|
Carlton
Fields
|
Tampa,
FL
|
275
|
0/1
|
0.36
|
|
Jones
Walker
|
New
Orleans, LA
|
260
|
0/1
|
0.38
|
|
Wyatt
Tarrant
|
Louisville,
KY
|
208
|
0/1
|
0.48
|
|
Burr
& Forman
|
Birmingham,
AL
|
202
|
1/0
|
0.50
|
|
Shutts
& Bowen
|
Miami,
FL
|
202
|
1/0
|
0.50
|
|
Baker
Donelson
|
Memphis,
TN
|
562
|
0/4
|
0.71
|
|
Moore
& Van Allen
|
Charlotte,
NC
|
314
|
2/1
|
0.96
|
|
Law
firm
|
Headquarters
|
Total
U.S. attorneys
|
Asian
Am partners/non-partners
|
%
Asian Am
|
|
Frost
Brown
|
Cincinnati,
OH
|
386
|
0/4
|
1.04
|
|
Stoel
Rives
|
Portland,
OR
|
364
|
0/4
|
1.10
|
|
Shumaker
Loop
|
Tampa,
FL
|
180
|
0/2
|
1.11
|
|
Harris
Beach
|
Rochester,
NY
|
179
|
0/2
|
1.12
|
|
Ice
Miller
|
Indianapolis,
IN
|
262
|
0/3
|
1.15
|
|
Stites
& Harbison
|
Louisville,
KY
|
248
|
0/3
|
1.21
|
|
Wolf
Block
(dissolved)
|
Philadelphia,
PA
|
306
|
2/2
|
1.31
|
|
Womble
Carlyle
|
Winston-Salem,
NC
|
499
|
3/4
|
1.40
|
|
Kutak
Rock
|
Omaha,
NE
|
412
|
2/4
|
1.46
|
|
Powell
Goldstein
(merged
with Bryan Cave)
|
Atlanta,
GA
|
202
|
0/3
|
1.49
|
|
Dinsmore
& Shohl
|
Cincinnati,
OH
|
400
|
2/4
|
1.50
|
|
Williams
Mullen
|
Richmond,
VA
|
325
|
3/2
|
1.54
|
|
Porter
Wright
|
Columbus,
OH
|
251
|
0/4
|
1.59
|
|
Adams
and Reese
|
New
Orleans, LA
|
248
|
1/3
|
1.61
|
|
Strasburger
& Price
|
Dallas,
TX
|
184
|
2/1
|
1.63
|
|
Phillips
Lytle
|
Buffalo,
NY
|
179
|
0/3
|
1.68
|
|
Marshall,
Dennehey
|
Philadelphia,
PA
|
405
|
2/5
|
1.73
|
|
Dickinson
Wright
|
Detroit
|
231
|
3/1
|
1.73
|
|
Michael
Best
|
Milwaukee,
WI
|
230
|
1/3
|
1.74
|
|
Nelson
Mullins
|
Columbia,
SC
|
401
|
3/4
|
1.75
|
|
Fisher
& Phillips
|
Atlanta,
GA
|
225
|
2/2
|
1.78
|
|
Ruden
McClosky
(filed bankruptcy)
|
Fort
Lauderdale, FL
|
164
|
1/2
|
1.83
|
|
Thompson
& Knight
|
Dallas,
TX
|
377
|
0/7
|
1.86
|
|
Shook,
Hardy
|
Kansas
City, MO
|
510
|
3/7
|
1.96
|
|
Law
firm
|
Headquarters
|
Total
U.S. attorneys
|
Asian
Am partners/non-partners
|
%
Asian Am
|
|
Hunton
& Williams
|
Richmond,
VA
|
952
|
4/15
|
2.00
|
|
Husch
Blackwell
|
Kansas
City, MO
|
649
|
2/11
|
2.00
|
|
Bracewell
& Giuliani
|
Houston,
TX
|
446
|
1/8
|
2.02
|
|
Jackson
Walker
|
Dallas,
TX
|
339
|
3/4
|
2.06
|
|
Baker
& Daniels
|
Indianapolis,
IN
|
334
|
3/4
|
2.10
|
|
Fredrikson
& Byron
|
Minneapolis,
MN
|
236
|
4/1
|
2.12
|
|
Brownstein
Hyatt
|
Denver,
CO
|
235
|
1/4
|
2.13
|
|
Honigman
Miller
|
Detroit,
MI
|
235
|
2/3
|
2.13
|
|
Briggs
and Morgan
|
Minneapolis,
MN
|
178
|
1/3
|
2.25
|
|
Polsinelli
Shughart
|
Kansas
City, MO
|
306
|
1/6
|
2.29
|
|
Stinson
Morrison
|
Kansas
City, MO
|
347
|
1/7
|
2.31
|
|
Ulmer
& Berne
|
Cleveland,
OH
|
172
|
1/3
|
2.33
|
|
Fowler
White
|
Tampa,
FL
|
128
|
0/3
|
2.34
|
|
Miller
Canfield
|
Detroit,
MI
|
340
|
1/7
|
2.35
|
|
LeClairRyan
|
Richmond,
VA
|
285
|
3/4
|
2.46
|
|
Fennemore
Craig
|
Phoenix,
AZ
|
197
|
1/4
|
2.54
|
|
Warner
Norcross
|
Grand
Rapids, MI
|
195
|
0/5
|
2.56
|
|
Ballard
Spahr
|
Philadelphia,
PA
|
573
|
4/11
|
2.62
|
|
Akerman
Senterfitt
|
Miami,
FL
|
493
|
1/12
|
2.64
|
|
Miles
& Stockbridge
|
Baltimore,
MD
|
222
|
2/4
|
2.70
|
|
Holland
& Knight
|
National
|
1145
|
6/25
|
2.71
|
|
Holland
& Hart
|
Denver,
CO
|
439
|
1/11
|
2.73
|
|
Kilpatrick
Stockton
|
Atlanta,
GA
|
460
|
6/7
|
2.83
|
|
Thompson
Hine
|
Cleveland,
OH
|
419
|
1/11
|
2.86
|
|
Lowenstein
Sandler
|
Roseland,
NJ
|
276
|
0/8
|
2.90
|
|
Barnes
& Thornburg
|
Indianapolis,
IN
|
446
|
2/11
|
2.91
|
|
Mintz,
Levin
|
Boston,
MA
|
476
|
4/10
|
2.94
|
|
Butzel
Long
|
Detroit,
MI
|
234
|
1/6
|
2.99
|
|
Law
firm
|
Headquarters
|
Total
U.S. attorneys
|
Asian
Am partners/non-partners
|
%
Asian Am
|
|
Quarles
& Brady
|
Milwaukee,
WI
|
450
|
2/12
|
3.11
|
|
Brown
Rudnick
|
Boston,
MA
|
192
|
0/6
|
3.13
|
|
Pepper
Hamilton
|
Philadelphia,
PA
|
476
|
2/13
|
3.15
|
|
McGuire
Woods
|
Richmond,
VA
|
851
|
4/23
|
3.17
|
|
Godfrey
& Kahn
|
Milwaukee,
WI
|
189
|
1/5
|
3.17
|
|
Snell
& Wilmer
|
Phoenix,
AZ
|
438
|
2/12
|
3.20
|
|
Wiley
Rein
|
Washington,
D.C.
|
278
|
2/7
|
3.24
|
|
McCarter
& English
|
Newark,
NJ
|
398
|
1/12
|
3.27
|
|
Curtis
Mallet-Prevost
|
New
York, NY
|
153
|
0/5
|
3.27
|
|
Herrick
Feinstein
|
New
York, NY
|
181
|
1/5
|
3.31
|
|
Edwards
& Angell
|
Boston,
MA
|
507
|
2/15
|
3.35
|
|
Gardere
Wynne
|
Dallas,
TX
|
266
|
1/8
|
3.38
|
|
Williams
& Connolly
|
Washington,
D.C.
|
234
|
1/7
|
3.42
|
|
Ogletree
Deakins
|
Atlanta,
GA
|
436
|
3/12
|
3.44
|
|
Neal
Gerber
|
Chicago,
IL
|
202
|
1/6
|
3.47
|
|
Baker
Botts
|
Houston,
TX
|
759
|
2/25
|
3.56
|
|
Faegre
& Benson
|
Minneapolis,
MN
|
498
|
2/16
|
3.61
|
|
Blank
Rome
|
Philadelphia,
PA
|
525
|
2/17
|
3.62
|
|
Troutman
Sanders
|
Atlanta,
GA
|
648
|
5/19
|
3.70
|
|
Baker
& Hostetler
|
Cleveland,
OH
|
594
|
7/15
|
3.70
|
|
Sutherland
Asbill
|
Atlanta,
GA
|
430
|
1/15
|
3.72
|
|
Fox
Rothschild
|
Philadelphia,
PA
|
456
|
6/11
|
3.73
|
|
Venable
|
Washington,
D.C.
|
607
|
2/21
|
3.79
|
|
Fulbright
& Jaworski
|
Houston,
TX
|
900
|
6/29
|
3.89
|
|
White
and Williams
|
Philadelphia,
PA
|
231
|
1/8
|
3.90
|
|
Bryan
Cave
|
St.
Louis
|
859
|
4/30
|
3.96
|
|
Lewis
and Roca
|
Phoenix,
AZ
|
201
|
1/7
|
3.98
|
|
Law
firm
|
Headquarters
|
Total
U.S. attorneys
|
Asian
Am partners/non-partners
|
%
Asian Am
|
|
Day
Pitney
|
Hartford,
CT
|
375
|
3/12
|
4.00
|
|
Locke
Lord
|
Dallas,
TX
|
689
|
5/23
|
4.06
|
|
Vedder
Price
|
Chicago,
IL
|
266
|
2/9
|
4.14
|
|
Winstead
|
Dallas,
TX
|
289
|
4/8
|
4.15
|
|
Arent
Fox
|
Washington,
DC
|
335
|
2/12
|
4.18
|
|
Morris,
Manning
|
Atlanta,
GA
|
166
|
3/4
|
4.22
|
|
Seyfarth
Shaw
|
National
|
749
|
8/24
|
4.27
|
|
Buchanan
Ingersoll
|
Pittsburgh,
PA
|
464
|
4/16
|
4.31
|
|
Hinshaw
& Culbertson
|
Chicago,
IL
|
471
|
7/14
|
4.46
|
|
Dykema
Gossett
|
Detroit,
MI
|
378
|
3/14
|
4.50
|
|
King
& Spalding
|
Atlanta,
GA
|
820
|
4/33
|
4.51
|
|
Drinker
Biddle
|
Philadelphia,
PA
|
687
|
0/31
|
4.51
|
|
Sheppard,
Mullin
|
Los
Angeles, CA
|
524
|
4/20
|
4.58
|
|
Boies,
Schiller
|
National
|
238
|
2/9
|
4.62
|
|
Nixon
Peabody
|
National
|
712
|
6/27
|
4.63
|
|
Choate
Hall
|
Boston,
MA
|
193
|
1/8
|
4.66
|
|
Wildman,
Harrold
|
Chicago,
IL
|
188
|
1/8
|
4.79
|
|
Greenberg
Traurig
|
National
|
1734
|
21/63
|
4.84
|
|
Littler
Mendelson
|
National
|
741
|
6/30
|
4.86
|
|
Foley
& Lardner
|
Milwaukee,
WI
|
1040
|
13/38
|
4.90
|
|
Duane
Morris
|
Philadelphia,
PA
|
631
|
10/21
|
4.91
|
|
Law
firm
|
Headquarters
|
Total
U.S. attorneys
|
Asian
Am partners/non-partners
|
%
Asian Am
|
|
Schiff
Hardin
|
Chicago,
IL
|
395
|
4/16
|
5.06
|
|
Haynes
and Boone
|
Dallas,
TX
|
491
|
5/20
|
5.09
|
|
Jenner
& Block
|
Chicago,
IL
|
491
|
3/22
|
5.09
|
|
Jackson
Lewis
|
National
|
507
|
7/19
|
5.13
|
|
Gordon
& Rees
|
Los
Angeles, CA
|
388
|
6/14
|
5.15
|
|
Dickstein
Shapiro
|
Washington,
D.C.
|
423
|
2/20
|
5.20
|
|
Goulston
& Storrs
|
Boston,
MA
|
192
|
0/10
|
5.21
|
|
Dow
Lohnes
|
Washington,
DC
|
153
|
1/7
|
5.23
|
|
Alston
& Bird
|
Atlanta,
GA
|
935
|
8/41
|
5.24
|
|
Wilson
Elser
|
National
|
776
|
4/37
|
5.28
|
|
Chadbourne
Park
|
New
York, NY
|
302
|
3/13
|
5.30
|
|
Squire,
Sanders
|
National
|
619
|
8/25
|
5.33
|
|
K&L
Gates
|
Seattle,
WA
|
1474
|
20/59
|
5.36
|
|
Epstein
Becker
|
National
|
372
|
3/17
|
5.38
|
|
Smith
Gambrell
|
Atlanta,
GA
|
185
|
1/9
|
5.41
|
|
Steptoe
& Johnson
|
Washington,.DC
|
424
|
4/19
|
5.42
|
|
Proskauer
Rose
|
New
York, NY
|
743
|
1/40
|
5.52
|
|
Hogan
& Hartson
|
National
|
934
|
8/44
|
5.57
|
|
Cahill
Gordon
|
New
York, NY
|
286
|
1/15
|
5.59
|
|
Sonnenschein
|
Chicago,
IL
|
676
|
12/26
|
5.62
|
|
Best
Best & Krieger
|
Riverside,
CA
|
194
|
4/7
|
5.67
|
|
Covington
& Burling
|
Washington,
DC
|
630
|
0/36
|
5.71
|
|
Dorsey
& Whitney
|
Minneapolis,
MN
|
609
|
10/25
|
5.75
|
|
Jones
Day
|
Cleveland,
OH
|
1827
|
15/90
|
5.75
|
|
Chapman
and Cutler
|
Chicago,
IL
|
225
|
2/11
|
5.78
|
|
Stroock
& Stroock & Lavan
|
New
York, NY
|
359
|
1/20
|
5.85
|
|
Kramer
Levin
|
New
York, NY
|
352
|
3/18
|
5.97
|
|
Law
firm
|
Headquarters
|
Total
U.S. attorneys
|
Asian
Am partners/non-partners
|
%
Asian Am
|
|
Gibbons
|
Newark,
NJ
|
230
|
3/11
|
6.09
|
|
Wachtell
|
New
York, NY
|
228
|
1/13
|
6.14
|
|
Katten
Muchin
|
Chicago,
IL
|
651
|
9/31
|
6.14
|
|
Loeb
& Loeb
|
Los
Angeles, CA
|
315
|
3/17
|
6.35
|
|
Davis
Wright
|
Seattle,
WA
|
466
|
9/21
|
6.44
|
|
DLA
Piper
|
National
|
1478
|
19/77
|
6.50
|
|
Gibson
Dunn
|
Los
Angeles, CA
|
830
|
7/47
|
6.51
|
|
Mayer,
Brown
|
National
|
1110
|
8/65
|
6.58
|
|
Patterson
Belknap
|
New
York, NY
|
178
|
0/12
|
6.74
|
|
Robins,
Kaplan
|
Minneapolis,
MN
|
266
|
2/16
|
6.77
|
|
Sedgwick
|
San
Francisco, CA
|
375
|
3/23
|
6.93
|
|
Winston
& Strawn
|
Chicago,
IL
|
889
|
11/51
|
6.97
|
|
Law
firm
|
Headquarters
|
Total
U.S. attorneys
|
Asian
Am partners/non-partners
|
%
Asian Am
|
|
Dechert
|
Philadelphia,
PA
|
856
|
3/57
|
7.01
|
|
Kaye
Scholer
|
New
York, NY
|
488
|
4/31
|
7.17
|
|
McKenna
Long
|
National
|
429
|
6/25
|
7.23
|
|
Goodwin
Procter
|
Boston,
MA
|
829
|
6/55
|
7.36
|
|
Willkie
Farr
|
New
York, NY
|
557
|
4/37
|
7.36
|
|
Kelley
Drye
|
New
York, NY
|
340
|
3/23
|
7.65
|
|
McKee
Nelson
|
New
York, NY
|
196
|
1/14
|
7.65
|
|
Wilmer
Cutler
|
National
|
1083
|
11/73
|
7.76
|
|
Arnold
& Porter
|
Washington,
DC
|
644
|
8/42
|
7.76
|
|
Crowell
& Moring
|
Washington,
DC
|
412
|
6/26
|
7.77
|
|
Akin
Gump
|
National
|
888
|
11/59
|
7.88
|
|
Cadwalader
|
New
York, NY
|
542
|
5/38
|
7.93
|
|
Law
firm
|
Headquarters
|
Total
U.S. attorneys
|
Asian
Am partners/non-partners
|
%
Asian Am
|
|
Foley
Hoag
|
Boston,
MA
|
250
|
1/19
|
8.00
|
|
Reed
Smith
|
Pittsburgh,
PA
|
1101
|
24/66
|
8.17
|
|
Fried
Frank
|
New
York, NY
|
537
|
1/43
|
8.19
|
|
Hughes
Hubbard
|
New
York, NY
|
323
|
2/25
|
8.36
|
|
Luce,
Forward
|
San
Diego, CA
|
197
|
3/14
|
8.63
|
|
Dewey
&
LeBoeuf
|
National
|
973
|
7/77
|
8.63
|
|
Cleary
Gottlieb
|
New
York, NY
|
566
|
2/47
|
8.66
|
|
McDermott
Will & Emery
|
National
|
1028
|
31/58
|
8.66
|
|
Pillsbury
Winthrop
|
San
Francisco, CA
|
747
|
18/47
|
8.70
|
|
Perkins
Coie
|
Seattle,
WA
|
686
|
10/51
|
8.89
|
|
Law
firm
|
Headquarters
|
Total
U.S. attorneys
|
Asian
Am partners/non-partners
|
%
Asian Am
|
|
Allen
Matkins
|
Los
Angeles, CA
|
244
|
6/16
|
9.02
|
|
Shearman
& Sterling
|
New
York, NY
|
487
|
6/38
|
9.03
|
|
Morgan,
Lewis
|
Natonal
|
1355
|
15/109
|
9.15
|
|
Baker
& McKenzie
|
National
|
706
|
15/50
|
9.21
|
|
Irell
& Manella
|
Los
Angeles, CA
|
238
|
6/16
|
9.24
|
|
Kirkland
& Ellis
|
Chicago,
IL
|
1385
|
30/99
|
9.31
|
|
Bingham
McCutchen
|
National
|
923
|
16/71
|
9.43
|
|
Skadden
Arps
|
New
York, NY
|
1782
|
9/159
|
9.43
|
|
Cravath
|
New
York, NY
|
522
|
1/49
|
9.58
|
|
Cooley
Godward
|
Palo
Alto, CA
|
723
|
8/63
|
9.820
|
|
Debevoise
& Plimpton
|
New
York, NY
|
570
|
3/53
|
9.824
|
|
Law
firm
|
Headquarters
|
Total
U.S. attorneys
|
Asian
Am partners/non-partners
|
%
Asian Am
|
|
Howrey
|
Washington,
DC
|
597
|
13/47
|
10.05
|
|
Sidley
Austin
|
National
|
1555
|
28/129
|
10.10
|
|
Manatt
|
Los
Angeles, CA
|
386
|
11/28
|
10.10
|
|
Paul
Hastings
|
Los
Angeles, CA
|
868
|
10/78
|
10.14
|
|
White
& Case
|
National
|
850
|
11/76
|
10.24
|
|
Sullivan
& Cromwell
|
New
York, NY
|
582
|
1/59
|
10.31
|
|
Weil
Gotshal
|
New
York, NY
|
1051
|
6/111
|
11.13
|
|
Simpson
Thacher
|
New
York, NY
|
767
|
4/82
|
11.21
|
|
O’Melveny
& Myers
|
Los
Angeles, CA
|
900
|
12/90
|
11.33
|
|
Latham
& Watkins
|
Los
Angeles, CA
|
1647
|
10/180
|
11.54
|
|
Milbank
|
New
York, NY
|
537
|
4/59
|
11.73
|
|
Ropes
& Gray
|
Boston,
MA
|
1019
|
14/106
|
11.78
|
|
Schulte
Roth
|
New
York, NY
|
465
|
4/52
|
12.04
|
|
Munger,
Tolles
|
Los
Angeles, CA
|
186
|
9/14
|
12.37
|
|
Kenyon
& Kenyon
|
New
York, NY
|
176
|
4/19
|
13.07
|
|
Paul
Weiss
|
New
York, NY
|
695
|
6/85
|
13.09
|
|
Davis
Polk
|
New
York, NY
|
594
|
7/72
|
13.30
|
|
Lewis
Brisbois
|
Los
Angeles, CA
|
658
|
14/75
|
13.53
|
|
Fitzpatrick
Cella
|
New
York, NY
|
153
|
2/19
|
13.73
|
|
Orrick
|
National
|
836
|
18/104
|
14.59
|
|
Finnegan
Henderson
|
Washington,
DC
|
374
|
6/50
|
14.97
|
|
Morrison
& Foerster
|
San
Francisco, CA
|
945
|
22/120
|
15.03
|
|
Townsend
and Townsend
|
San
Francisco, CA
|
234
|
14/27
|
17.52
|
|
Wilson
Sonsini
|
Palo
Alto, CA
|
632
|
17/94
|
17.56
|
|
Knobbe
Martens
|
Irvine,
CA
|
241
|
14/30
|
18.26
|
|
Fenwick
& West
|
Palo
Alto, CA
|
272
|
8/44
|
19.12
|
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