female opportunity gap::Manhattan (from betterlegalprofession.org)
this chart measures the decline in female participation as attorneys advance
from associates to partners. high ranked firms demonstrate greater opportunities
for advancement.
| rank |
firm |
female
associate |
female
partner |
opportunity
gap |
| 1 | Kirkland & Ellis | 34.7% | 24.1% | 30.5% |
| 2 | Jones Day | 44.9% | 27.9% | 37.9% |
| 3 | Shearman & Sterling | 41.3% | 23.4% | 43.3% |
| 4 | Davis Polk & Wardwell | 40.8% | 22.0% | 46.1% |
| 5 | Latham & Watkins | 43.8% | 23.1% | 47.3% |
| 6 | Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson | 40.9% | 21.5% | 47.4% |
| 7 | Quinn Emanuel | 37.5% | 19.0% | 49.3% |
| 8 | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | 43.8% | 22.0% | 49.8% |
| 9 | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | 40.6% | 20.2% | 50.2% |
| 10 | Ropes & Gray | 42.0% | 20.8% | 50.5% |
| 11 | Kaye Scholer | 36.1% | 17.8% | 50.7% |
| 12 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | 49.4% | 23.4% | 52.6% |
| 13 | Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison | 44.6% | 20.6% | 53.8% |
| 14 | Epstein Becker & Green | 61.1% | 28.1% | 54% |
| 15 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | 47.9% | 21.7% | 54.7% |
| 16 | Sidley Austin | 37.7% | 16.9% | 55.2% |
| 17 | Willkie Farr & Gallagher | 48.3% | 21.6% | 55.3% |
| 18 | Bingham Mccutchen | 41.4% | 18.3% | 55.8% |
| 19 | Kelley Drye & Warren | 49.4% | 21.7% | 56.1% |
| 20 | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld | 44.1% | 19.2% | 56.5% |
| 21 | Winston & Strawn | 45.6% | 19.4% | 57.5% |
| 22 | Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft | 34.9% | 14.7% | 57.9% |
| 23 | Cravath, Swaine & Moore | 37.8% | 15.9% | 57.9% |
| 24 | Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler | 40.2% | 16.4% | 59.2% |
| 25 | Katten Muchin Rosenman | 46.1% | 18.8% | 59.2% |
| 26 | Curtis, Mallet-prevost, Colt & Mosle | 39.0% | 15.6% | 60% |
| 27 | Pryor Cashman | 38.9% | 15.5% | 60.2% |
| 28 | Baker & Hostetler | 54.1% | 21.4% | 60.4% |
| 29 | Weil, Gotshal & Manges | 49.2% | 19.3% | 60.8% |
| 30 | Cahill Gordon & Reindel | 45.6% | 17.6% | 61.4% |
| 31 | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman | 43.9% | 16.9% | 61.5% |
| 32 | Wilmerhale | 52.0% | 20.0% | 61.5% |
| 33 | Hughes Hubbard & Reed | 49.6% | 19.0% | 61.7% |
| 34 | Debevoise & Plimpton | 48.5% | 18.5% | 61.9% |
| 35 | Dewey & Leboeuf | 49.4% | 18.8% | 61.9% |
| 36 | Greenberg Traurig | 48.8% | 18.1% | 62.9% |
| 37 | Loeb & Loeb | 41.8% | 15.5% | 62.9% |
| 38 | Arnold & Porter LLP | 51.8% | 18.6% | 64.1% |
| 39 | Blank Rome | 54.5% | 19.4% | 64.4% |
| 40 | Bryan Cave | 41.3% | 14.7% | 64.4% |
| 41 | Linklaters | 47.2% | 16.7% | 64.6% |
| 42 | Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto | 43.0% | 15.2% | 64.7% |
| 43 | Hogan & Hartson | 55.7% | 19.4% | 65.2% |
| 44 | Covington & Burling | 49.2% | 17.1% | 65.2% |
| 45 | Morrison & Foerster | 57.4% | 19.7% | 65.7% |
| 46 | Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker | 43.4% | 14.5% | 66.6% |
| 47 | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | 46.1% | 15.1% | 67.2% |
| 48 | Alston & Bird | 58.3% | 19.0% | 67.4% |
| 49 | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | 40.8% | 12.9% | 68.4% |
| 50 | Proskauer Rose | 46.0% | 14.0% | 69.6% |
| 51 | Mcdermott Will & Emery | 59.3% | 17.5% | 70.5% |
| 52 | Chadbourne & Parke | 38.2% | 11.1% | 70.9% |
| 53 | Reed Smith | 58.2% | 16.4% | 71.8% |
| 54 | Goodwin Procter | 51.0% | 14.3% | 72% |
| 55 | Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel | 52.9% | 14.1% | 73.3% |
| 56 | Dla Piper Us | 50.9% | 13.4% | 73.7% |
| 57 | Schulte Roth & Zabel | 46.3% | 12.1% | 73.9% |
| 58 | Stroock & Stroock & Lavan | 51.2% | 12.6% | 75.4% |
| 59 | Herrick, Feinstein | 50.8% | 11.9% | 76.6% |
| 60 | Mayer Brown | 47.3% | 10.6% | 77.6% |
| 61 | SEYFARTH SHAW LLP - NEW YORK | 42.4% | 9.4% | 77.8% |
| 62 | Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz | 35.8% | 7.6% | 78.8% |
| 63 | White & Case | 45.4% | 9.0% | 80.2% |
| 64 | Dechert | 39.2% | 7.7% | 80.4% |
| 65 | Seward & Kissel | 46.7% | 9.1% | 80.5% |
| 66 | King & Spalding | 58.5% | 10.9% | 81.4% |
| 67 | O'Melveny & Myers | 42.7% | 7.5% | 82.4% |
| 68 | Fulbright & Jaworski | 69.2% | 12.0% | 82.7% |
| 69 | Clifford Chance Us | 55.9% | 6.0% | 89.3% |