These law firms got 'gold honors' for advancing women lawyers
Six law firms have received “gold honors” from the Women in Law Empowerment Forum for meeting all six of the group’s measures for advancing and fairly compensating women lawyers.
The six firms are Davis Wright Tremaine; Hogan Lovells; Holland & Hart; Quarles & Brady; Reed Smith; and Shook, Hardy & Bacon, report Law.com and the WILEF Tribune.
They are among 31 BigLaw firms that met at least four of the six measures, earning them “gold standard certification.” The full list is here.
The six criteria require that women make up a minimum of:
–20 percent of U.S. equity partners or, alternatively, one-third of non-lateral attorneys that became U.S. equity partners within the previous 12 months.
–15 percent of firm and U.S. branch office heads combined.
–20 percent of the primary governance committee.
–20 percent of the compensation committee or its equivalent.
–25 percent of U.S. practice group leaders/department heads.
–15 percent of the top half of U.S. equity partners in terms of compensation.
