Which law firms got perfect scores for LGBT inclusion?
Eighty-nine law firms achieved perfect scores from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation for workplace treatment of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender individuals, the foundation announced on Wednesday.
The ratings are part of the foundation’s 2015 Corporate Equality Index. Last year, 81 law firms got a perfect score.Only 30 law firms got a perfect score in the 2008 index.
This year, 149 of the nation’s 200 top-grossing law firms participated. Firms are rated on five criteria: inclusive nondiscrimination policies; employment benefits, including partner benefits and transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage; competency and accountability in regards to LGBT diversity and inclusion; public commitment to LGBT equality; and responsible citizenship.
Deena Fidas, director of the HRC Foundation’s Workplace Equality Program, said in a press release that since the group begin surveying the nation’s top 200 law firms six years ago, “the legal field soon eclipsed other industries as having the most top-rated employers on their midst.”
“Today, it is inspiring to see so many law firm websites, and their booths at career fairs, proudly display the HRC Foundation emblem stating they are a ‘Best Place to Work for LGBT Equality,’ ” Fidas said.
The law firms with perfect scores, listed in this report (PDF), are:
Akerman
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld
Alston & Bird
Arent Fox
Arnold & Porter
Baker & McKenzie
Bingham McCutchen
Brown Rudnick
Bryan Cave
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
Carlton Fields Jorden Burt
Chapman and Cutler
Choate, Hall & Stewart
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Clifford Chance US
Covington & Burling
Crowell & Moring
Davis Wright Tremaine
Debevoise & Plimpton
Dechert
Dentons US
DLA Piper
Dorsey & Whitney
Dykema Gossett
Edwards Wildman Palmer
Faegre Baker Daniels
Fenwick & West
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Foley & Lardner
Foley Hoag
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
Frost Brown Todd
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Goodwin Procter
Hinshaw & Culbertson
Hogan Lovells US
Holland & Knight
Hunton & Williams
Jenner & Block
K&L Gates
Katten Muchin Rosenman
King & Spalding
Kirkland & Ellis
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel
Latham & Watkins
Lindquist & Vennum
Littler Mendelson
Mayer Brown
McDermott Will & Emery
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Morrison & Foerster
Nixon Peabody
O’Melveny & Myers
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler
Paul Hastings
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Pepper Hamilton
Perkins Coie
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Quarles & Brady
Reed Smith
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi
Ropes & Gray
Schiff Hardin
Sedgwick
Seyfarth Shaw
Shearman & Sterling
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
Shook, Hardy & Bacon
Sidley Austin
Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Squire Patton Boggs
Stoel Rives
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan
Thompson Coburn
Thompson Hine
Troutman Sanders
Vinson & Elkins
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
White & Case
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr
Winston & Strawn
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice
