2022 BEST LAW FIRMS FOR WOMEN WINNERS

Each year Seramount surveys law firms to assess how they utilize best practices to recruit, retain, promote and develop women lawyers. This list honors the firms that encourage women to rise to the top.

2022 Winning Law Firms

(in alphabetical order)

  • Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
  • Arnold & Porter
  • Baker McKenzie
  • Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz
  • Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
  • Blank Rome
  • Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
  • Chapman and Cutler
  • Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete
  • Cooley
  • Covington & Burling
  • Crowell & Moring
  • Davis Wright Tremaine
  • DLA Piper LLP (US)
  • Dorsey & Whitney
  • Erickson Immigration Group
  • Fenwick & West
  • Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner
  • Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz
  • Goodwin Procter
  • Hanson Bridgett
  • Holland & Hart
  • Holland & Knight
  • Kirkland & Ellis
  • Lane Powell PC
  • Latham & Watkins
  • Lathrop GPM
  • Littler
  • Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • Morgan, Lewis & Bockius 
  • Morrison & Foerster
  • Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart
  • Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
  • Perkins Coie
  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
  • Proskauer Rose
  • Reed Smith
  • Ropes & Gray
  • Seyfarth Shaw
  • Sheppard Mullin
  • Shook, Hardy & Bacon
  • Sidley Austin
  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom 
  • Stinson
  • Stokes Lawrence P.S.
  • Vinson & Elkins
  • Wiley
  • WilmerHale
  • Winston and Strawn

Spotlight

Women’s leadership is the key theme and thread that connects the law firms on the 2022 list. Read more about some of these notable examples.

Methodology

Seramount’s 2022 Best Law Firms for Women application includes more than 300 questions about attorney demographics at different levels, flexibility, paid time off and parental leaves, and development and retention of women. Questions also include ability to work from home some of the time, family-friendly benefits, and mentoring and sponsorship participation.

Highlights

2022 Best Law Firms for Women - Infographic