attrition rankings::Northern California::minority (from betterlegalprofession.org)
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abbreviations: SF = San Francisco, SV = Silicon Valley
| associate attrition by minority status | ||||||
| rank | firm | white % | minority % | minority/white retention ratio |
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| 1 | Sedgwick, Detert (SF) | 32.4 | 18.8 | 1.20 | A | |
| 2 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (SF) | 7.5 | 0.0 | 1.08 | ||
| 3 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius (SF) | 5.8 | 0.0 | 1.06 | ||
| 4 | Latham & Watkins (SF) | 17.8 | 17.1 | 1.01 | ||
| 5 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (SV) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.00 | ||
| 6 | Hanson, Bridgett (SF) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.00 | ||
| 7 | Wilson Sonsini (SV) | 16.9 | 18.8 | 0.98 | C | |
| 8 | Bingham Mccutchen (SF) | 15.5 | 18.2 | 0.97 | ||
| 9 | Cooley Godward Kronish (SV) | 16.5 | 19.6 | 0.96 | ||
| 10 | Morrison & Foerster (SF) | 10.6 | 18.0 | 0.92 | D | |
| 11 | Morrison & Foerster (SV) | 14.3 | 22.6 | 0.90 | ||
| 12 | Farella Braun + Martel (SF) | 0.0 | 18.8 | 0.81 | ||
| 13 | Pillsbury Winthrop (SF) | 18.6 | 44.4 | 0.68 | F | |
This chart ranks the attrition experience of white and minority associates at Northern California law offices. The chart includes all firms with 100 attorneys in their Northern California office, as well as any firm included in Vault's 2011 rankings for top 10 firms in Northern California. See How We Did This for more information on our methodology.
Bold denotes the most prestigious law firms in Northern California, according to vault's 2011 regional rankings
"SV" in this chart stands for Silicon Valley and includes Palo Alto and Menlo Park.