2024 BEST LAW FIRMS FOR WOMEN AND DIVERSITY WINNERS

Congratulations to the 2024 Winners!

Each year Seramount surveys law firms to assess how they utilize best practices to recruit, retain, develop and advance lawyers who are women, people of color, and those from under-represented groups.

2024 Winning Law Firms

(in alphabetical order)

  • Arnold & Porter*
  • Baker Donelson
  • Blank Rome LLP
  • Chapman and Cutler LLP
  • Cooley LLP
  • Covington & Burling LLP
  • Cozen O’Connor
  • Crowell & Moring LLP*
  • Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
  • Dickinson Wright
  • DLA Piper LLP (US)
  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
  • Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP
  • Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz
  • Hanson Bridgett LLP
  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
  • Husch Blackwell LLP
  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • Kirkland & Ellis LLP
  • Latham & Watkins LLP
  • Lathrop GPM, LLP
  • Littler
  • Lowenstein Sandler LLP
  • Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, and Popeo, P.C.
  • Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
  • Morrison Foerster*
  • Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
  • Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
  • Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP**
  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
  • Perkins Coie LLP*
  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • Ropes & Gray LLP
  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
  • Sidley Austin LLP
  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
  • Stokes Lawrence P.S.
  • Wiley Rein
  • WilmerHale
  • Winston & Strawn LLP

* Top 5 Law Firms for Women & Diversity 2024
** #1 Law Firm for Women & Diversity 2024

Spotlight

Opportunities for women, people of color and those from under-represented groups connects the law firms on the 2024 list. Read more about some of these notable law firms.

Thank you to the law firms that allowed us to showcase some of their best DEI practices!

covington
crowell
faegre drinker
husch blackwell
katten
kirkland ellis
latham watkins
littler
morrison foerster
neal gerner eisenberg
ogletree deakins
sidley
orrick
proskauer

2024 Best Law Firms for Women and Diversity

arnold&porter
blankrome
chapman focused on finance
cooley
covington
cozen o'connor
crowell
davis wright tremaine
dickinson wright
DLA piper
dorsey always ahead
faegre drinker
finnegan
frankfurt kurniet klein selz
hanson bridgett
holland&knight
hunton andrews kurth
husch blackwell
katten
kirkland ellis
latham watkins
lathrop gpm
littler
lowenstein sandler
mintz
morgan lewis
morrison foerster
neal gerner eisenberg
ogletree deakins
orrick
paul weiss
perkins cole
pillsbury
proskauer
seyfarth
sheppard mullin
shook hardy and bacon
sidley
skadden
stokes lawrence
wiley
wilmer hale

Methodology

Seramount’s 2024 Best Law Firms for Women & Diversity application includes 648 questions about attorney demographics at different levels, flexibility, paid time off and parental leaves, and development and retention of women and people of color as well as those from other underrepresented groups. Questions about family-friendly benefits and mentoring and sponsorship participation are also included. 

Highlights

FAMILY-FRIENDLY BENEFITS PROGRESS AT THE TOP What puts them at the top? 2024 BEST LAW FIRMS FOR WOMEN AND DIVERSITY of lawyers are women of equity partners are women of lawyers are people of color of new hires are women offer formal mentoring offer formal sponsorship conducted a pay equity analysis this year WORKPLACE BEST PRACTICES Average fully paid gender-neutral parental leave for associates is 17 weeks offer sick childcare offer reimbursement for in vitro fertilization

Press Release

SERAMOUNT REVEALS THE 2024 “BEST LAW FIRMS FOR WOMEN AND DIVERSITY” – May 2024