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According to the Spring 2004 Minority Law Journal (published by the
American Lawyer) and the 2002-2003
National Directory of Legal Employers, here are the 20 law firms
with the highest percentage of Asian-Americans:
|
Law firm |
Headquarters |
# attys |
% Asian Am |
|
Wilson Sonsini
|
Palo Alto, CA |
600 |
16.3 |
Knobbe Martens |
Irvine, CA |
162 |
16.0 |
| Pennie & Edmonds |
New York, NY |
190 |
15.3 |
|
Morrison & Foerster |
San Francisco, CA |
927 |
13.6 |
|
Fitzpatrick, Cella |
New York, NY
|
162 |
13.0 |
|
Fenwick & West |
Palo Alto, CA |
246 |
12.6 |
|
Fish & Neave |
New York, NY |
197 |
12.2 |
|
OMelveny & Myers |
Los Angeles, CA |
974 |
11.3 |
|
Milbank Tweed |
New York, NY |
439 |
10.71 |
|
Heller Ehrman |
San Francisco, CA |
704 |
10.65 |
|
Cravath Swaine |
New York, NY |
456 |
10.3 |
|
Davis Polk |
New York, NY |
565 |
9.4 |
|
Cooley Godward |
Palo Alto, CA |
455 |
9.0 |
|
Pillsbury Winthrop |
San Francisco, CA |
691 |
8.7 |
| Latham & Watkins |
Los Angeles, CA |
1279 |
8.29 |
|
Gray Cary |
Palo Alto, CA |
387 |
8.27 |
| Allen Matkins Leck |
Los Angeles, CA |
159 |
8.18 |
| Skadden Arps |
New York, NY
|
1689 |
8.17 |
|
Cleary Gottlieb |
New York, NY |
643 |
7.9 |
Cahill Gordon |
New York, NY
|
219 |
7.3 |
According to the Spring 2004 Minority Law Journal, and 2002-2003
National Directory of Legal Employers, here are the largest law firms in the country
with the fewest Asian-American attorneys, i.e. Asian-Americans comprise fewer
than 2.35% of their attorneys. On average, 4.7% of the attorneys at the 250 largest law firms were Asian-American.
|
Declined to provide information. |
|
Law firm |
Headquarters |
Clausen Miller |
Chicago, IL |
Coudert Brothers |
New York, NY |
|
Fowler White |
Miami, FL |
|
Milberg Weiss |
New York, NY |
Stinson Morrison Hecker |
Kansas City, MO |
|
Law firm |
Headquarters |
# attys |
% Asian Am |
|
Holland & Knight |
Washington, DC |
1164 |
2.15 |
|
Law firm |
Headquarters |
# attys |
% Asian Am |
|
Vinson & Elkins |
Houston, TX |
819 |
2.32 |
|
Hunton & Williams |
Richmond, VA |
778 |
2.19 |
|
King & Spalding |
Atlanta, GA |
764 |
1.70 |
|
McGuire Woods |
Richmond, VA |
649 |
1.08 |
|
Troutman Sanders |
Atlanta, GA |
525 |
1.33 |
|
Law firm |
Headquarters |
# attys |
% Asian Am |
|
Ballard Spahr |
Philadelphia, PA |
464 |
1.72 |
|
Womble Carlyle |
Winston-Salem, NC |
459 |
1.52 |
|
Cozen OConnor |
Philadelphia, PA |
458 |
0.22 |
|
Blank Rome |
Philadelphia, PA |
450 |
0.44 |
|
Drinker Biddle |
Philadelphia, PA |
449 |
2.00 |
|
Law firm |
Headquarters |
# attys |
% Asian Am |
|
Pepper Hamilton |
Philadelphia, PA |
397 |
1.01 |
|
Patton Boggs |
Washington, DC |
389 |
2.06 |
|
Hinshaw & Culbertson |
Chicago, IL |
387 |
1.29 |
|
Barnes & Thornburg |
Indianapolis, IN |
373 |
0.80 |
|
Bracewell & Patterson |
Houston, TX |
372 |
2.15 |
|
Stoel Rives |
Portland, OR |
366 |
1.09 |
|
Thompson Hine |
Cleveland, OH |
364 |
2.20 |
|
Frost Brown |
Louisville, KY |
362 |
0.28 |
|
Thompson & Knight |
Dallas, TX |
350 |
2.00 |
|
Akerman Senterfitt |
Miami, FL |
347 |
0.29 |
|
Vorys Sater |
Columbus, OH |
344 |
0.87 |
|
Sutherland Asbill |
Atlanta, GA |
341 |
1.47 |
|
Baker Donelson |
Memphis, TN |
339 |
1.18 |
|
Michael Best |
Milwaukee, WI |
329 |
1.82 |
|
Marshall Dennehy |
Philadelphia, PA |
326 |
1.23 |
|
Nelson Mullins |
Columbia, SC |
318 |
0.94 |
|
Winstead Secrest |
Dallas, TX |
317 |
1.26 |
|
Husch & Eppenberger |
St. Louis, MO |
315 |
0.95 |
|
Schiff Hardin |
Chicago, IL |
309 |
1.62 |
|
Thompson Coburn |
St. Louis, MO |
302 |
0.33 |
|
Law firm |
Headquarters |
# attys |
% Asian Am |
|
Miller Canfield |
Detroit, MI |
298 |
0.67 |
|
Porter Wright |
Columbus, OH |
296 |
0 |
|
Blackwell Sanders |
Kansas City, MO |
286 |
0.70 |
|
Holland & Hart |
Denver, CO |
285 |
0.70 |
|
Jackson & Walker |
Dallas, TX |
285 |
0.35 |
|
Gardere Wynne |
Dallas, TX |
283 |
1.06 |
|
Powell Goldstein |
Atlanta, GA |
282 |
1.77 |
|
Dykema Gossett |
Detroit, MI |
275 |
2.18 |
|
Dinsmore & Shohl |
Cincinnati, OH |
270 |
0.37 |
|
Wolf Block |
Philadelphia, PA |
261 |
1.15 |
|
Fox Rothschild |
Philadelphia, PA |
252 |
0.40 |
|
Williams Mullen |
Richmond, VA |
244 |
1.23 |
|
Phelps Dunbar |
New Orleans, LA |
239 |
0 |
|
Armstrong Teasdale |
St. Louis, MO |
237 |
1.27 |
|
Saul Ewing |
Philadelphia, PA |
232 |
2.16 |
| Edwards & Angell |
Boston, MA |
232 |
0.43 |
|
Moore & Van Allen |
Charlotte, NC |
230 |
0.43 |
|
Lathrop & Gage |
Kansas City, MO |
229 |
0.44 |
|
Stites & Harbison |
Louisville, KY |
224 |
0.45 |
|
Eckert Seamans |
Pittsburgh, PA |
222 |
1.80 |
|
Carlton Fields |
Tampa, FL |
220 |
0.45 |
|
Jones Walker |
New Orleans, LA |
220 |
0 |
|
Ice Miller |
Indianapolis, IN |
216 |
0 |
|
Holme Roberts |
Denver, CO |
212 |
0.47 |
|
Butzel Long |
Detroit, MI |
206 |
0.97 |
|
Vedder Price |
Chicago, IL |
203 |
0.99 |
|
Strasburger & Price |
Dallas, TX |
200 |
0.50 |
|
Law firm |
Headquarters |
# attys |
% Asian Am |
|
Harris Beach |
Rochester, NY |
196 |
1.02 |
|
Bradley Arant |
Birmingham, AL |
194 |
1.55 |
|
Honigman Miller |
Detroit, MI |
193 |
0.52 |
|
Brown Rudnick |
Boston, MA |
192 |
1.04 |
|
Reinhart Boerner |
Milwaukee, WI |
190 |
2.11 |
|
Taft Stettinius |
Cincinnati, OH |
188 |
1.60 |
|
Calfee Halter |
Cleveland, OH |
187 |
0.53 |
|
Wyatt Tarrant |
Louisville, KY |
183 |
0.55 |
|
Leonard Street |
Minneapolis, MN |
180 |
1.67 |
|
Cummings & Lockwood |
Stamford, CT |
180 |
1.11 |
|
Ogletree Deakins |
Atlanta, GA |
178 |
1.69 |
|
Fredrikson & Byron |
Minneapolis, MN |
177 |
1.69 |
| Kutak Rock |
Omaha, NE |
174 |
1.15 |
|
Warner Norcross |
Grand Rapids, MI |
173 |
1.73 |
Greenebaum Doll |
Louisville, KY |
172 |
0.58 |
|
Godfrey & Kahn |
Milwaukee, WI |
172 |
1.74 |
|
Lewis Rice |
St. Louis, MO |
170 |
0 |
|
Choate Hall |
Boston, MA |
168 |
1.79 |
|
Kennedy Covington |
Charlotte, NC |
165 |
0.61 |
|
Plunkett & Cooney |
Detroit, MI |
163 |
0.61 |
|
Nutter McClellen |
Boston, MA |
162 |
1.85 |
|
Briggs & Morgan |
Minneapolis, MN |
162 |
1.23 |
|
Hughes & Luce |
Dallas, TX |
161 |
1.86 |
|
Montgomery McCracken |
Philadelphia, PA |
161 |
0.62 |
|
Stevens & Lee |
Reading, PA |
153 |
0 |
|
Phillips Lytle |
Buffalo, NY |
134 |
0.75 |
|
Steel Hector |
Miami, FL |
130 |
1.54 |
|
