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According to the Summer 2005 Minority Law Journal (published by the
American Lawyer) and the 2004-2005 National Directory of Legal Employers,
here are the largest law firms with the highest percentage of Asian-Americans:
|
Law firm |
Headquarters |
# attys |
% Asian Am |
|
Fenwick & West |
Palo Alto, CA |
259 |
17.8 |
|
Fish & Neave |
New York, NY |
161 |
17.4 |
| Townsend and Townsend |
San Francisco |
160 |
16.3 |
|
Knobbe Martens
|
Irvine, CA
|
163 |
16.0 |
|
Wilson Sonsini |
Palo Alto, CA |
578 |
14.4 |
|
Morrison & Foerster |
San Francisco, CA |
904 |
14.3 |
| Simpson Thacher |
New York, NY |
614 |
13.5 |
| Shearman & Sterling |
New York, NY |
550 |
12.7 |
|
OMelveny & Myers |
Los Angeles, CA |
948 |
12.2 |
|
*Fitzpatrick, Cella |
New York, NY |
163 |
11.7 |
|
Milbank Tweed |
New York, NY |
434 |
11.3 |
| Paul Weiss |
New York, NY |
522 |
10.5 |
| Irell & Manella |
Los Angeles, CA |
233 |
10.3 |
| Quinn Emanuel |
Los Angeles, CA |
217 |
10.1 |
| Howrey |
Washington, DC
|
458 |
10.0 |
| Bingham McCutchen |
Boston, MA |
865 |
9.9 |
| Sedgwick Detert |
San Francisco, CA |
312 |
9.3 |
| Lewis Brisbois |
Los Angeles, CA |
459 |
9.2 |
|
*Cravath Swaine |
New York, NY |
430 |
9.069 |
|
Heller Ehrman |
San Francisco, CA |
695 |
9.064 |
| Dewey Ballantine |
New York, NY |
446 |
8.9 |
|
Pillsbury Winthrop |
San Francisco, CA |
647 |
8.8 |
| Fish &
Richardson |
Boston, MA |
323 |
8.669 |
|
Davis Polk |
New York, NY |
531 |
8.663 |
| Davis Wright |
Seattle, WA |
381 |
8.661 |
*Plantation. No Asian American partners.
According to the Summer 2005 Minority Law Journal
(published by the American Lawyer) and the 2004-2005 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 |
| Brown McCarroll |
Austin, TX |
|
Law firm |
Headquarters |
# attys |
% Asian Am |
|
King & Spalding |
Atlanta, GA |
786 |
2.29 |
|
Vinson & Elkins |
Houston, TX |
767 |
2.09 |
|
Hunton & Williams |
Richmond, VA |
753 |
2.26 |
|
McGuire Woods |
Richmond, VA |
677 |
1.18 |
|
Troutman Sanders |
Atlanta, GA |
501 |
1.80 |
|
Law firm |
Headquarters |
# attys |
% Asian Am |
|
Cozen OConnor |
Philadelphia, PA |
473 |
0.42 |
|
Womble Carlyle |
Winston-Salem, NC |
469 |
1.07 |
|
Blank Rome |
Philadelphia, PA |
459 |
1.09 |
|
Drinker Biddle |
Philadelphia, PA |
458 |
1.53 |
|
Ballard Spahr |
Philadelphia, PA |
435 |
1.84 |
|
Pepper Hamilton |
Philadelphia, PA |
427 |
1.64 |
|
Hinshaw & Culbertson |
Chicago, IL |
402 |
2.24 |
|
Akerman Senterfitt |
Miami, FL |
402 |
0.5 |
|
Law firm |
Headquarters |
# attys |
% Asian Am |
|
Barnes & Thornburg |
Indianapolis, IN |
397 |
1.51 |
|
Baker Donelson |
Memphis, TN |
396 |
1.0 |
|
Vorys Sater |
Columbus, OH |
365 |
1.10 |
|
Frost Brown |
Cincinnati, OH |
360 |
0.28 |
|
Nelson Mullins |
Columbia, SC |
356 |
0.84 |
|
Bracewell & Patterson |
Houston, TX |
353 |
0.85 |
|
Stoel Rives |
Portland, OR |
352 |
0.85 |
|
Thompson Hine |
Cleveland, OH |
349 |
1.72 |
| McCarter &
English |
Newark, NJ |
348 |
2.30 |
|
Dykema Gossett |
Detroit, MI |
346 |
1.45 |
|
Marshall Dennehy |
Philadelphia, PA |
343 |
1.75 |
| Buchanan Ingersoll |
Pittsburgh, PA |
342 |
2.05 |
|
Schiff Hardin |
Chicago, IL |
336 |
1.79 |
| Stinson Morrison
Hecker |
Kansas City, MO |
326 |
1.53 |
|
Thompson & Knight |
Dallas, TX |
326 |
1.23 |
|
Miller Canfield |
Detroit, MI |
325 |
1.54 |
|
Michael Best |
Milwaukee, WI |
322 |
0.93 |
|
Husch & Eppenberger |
St. Louis, MO |
319 |
0.63 |
|
Porter Wright |
Columbus, OH |
311 |
1.93 |
|
Winstead Secrest |
Dallas, TX |
311 |
0.96 |
|
Wolf Block |
Philadelphia, PA |
301 |
1.33 |
|
Law firm |
Headquarters |
# attys |
% Asian Am |
|
Holland & Hart |
Denver, CO |
293 |
0.68 |
| Baker & Daniels |
Indianapolis, IN |
291 |
2.06 |
|
Fox Rothschild |
Philadelphia, PA |
282 |
0.71 |
|
Thompson Coburn |
St. Louis, MO |
281 |
0.36 |
|
Blackwell Sanders |
Kansas City, MO |
279 |
0.72 |
|
Gardere Wynne |
Dallas, TX |
276 |
1.81 |
|
Lathrop & Gage |
Kansas City, MO |
275 |
0.73 |
|
Ogletree Deakins |
Atlanta, GA |
261 |
1.92 |
|
Eckert Seamans |
Pittsburgh, PA |
254 |
1.18 |
| Adams and Reese |
New Orleans, LA |
252 |
0.4 |
|
Phelps Dunbar |
New Orleans, LA |
252 |
0 |
| Edwards &
Angell |
Boston, MA
|
245 |
1.22 |
|
Williams Mullen |
Richmond, VA |
244 |
1.64 |
|
Dinsmore & Shohl |
Cincinnati, OH |
244 |
1.23 |
|
Armstrong Teasdale |
St. Louis, MO |
243 |
1.23 |
| Day Berry |
Hartford, CT |
240 |
1.67 |
|
Stites & Harbison |
Louisville, KY |
240 |
0 |
|
Saul Ewing |
Philadelphia, PA |
237 |
1.69 |
|
Moore & Van Allen |
Charlotte, NC |
230 |
0.87 |
|
Ice Miller |
Indianapolis, IN |
228 |
0.44 |
| Robinson & Cole |
Hartford, CT |
227 |
1.76 |
| Balch & Bingham |
Birmingham, AL |
225 |
0 |
|
Carlton Fields |
Tampa, FL |
220 |
0.91 |
|
Vedder Price |
Chicago, IL |
215 |
1.86 |
|
Jones Walker |
New Orleans, LA |
213 |
0 |
|
Holme Roberts |
Denver, CO |
211 |
0.95 |
|
Bradley Arant |
Birmingham, AL |
207 |
1.45 |
| Allen Matkins |
Los Angeles, CA |
204 |
1.96 |
| Polsinelli Shalton |
Kansas City, MO |
204 |
0.5 |
|
Honigman Miller |
Detroit, MI |
201 |
0.5 |
|
Butzel Long |
Detroit, MI |
201 |
0.5 |
| Dickinson Wright |
Detroit |
200 |
2.00 |
|
Law firm |
Headquarters |
# attys |
% Asian Am |
|
Calfee Halter |
Cleveland, OH |
198 |
1.01 |
|
Wyatt Tarrant |
Louisville, KY |
196 |
1.02 |
|
Strasburger & Price |
Dallas, TX |
196 |
0.51 |
| Roetzel &
Andress |
Akron, OH |
194 |
0 |
| Miles &
Stockbridge |
Baltimore, MD |
190 |
1.05 |
|
Taft Stettinius |
Cincinnati, OH |
189 |
1.59 |
| Ruden McClosky |
Fort Lauderdale, FL |
189 |
1.06 |
| Godfrey & Kahn |
Milwaukee, WI |
188 |
1.60 |
| Fowler White |
Tampa, FL
|
187 |
1.604 |
|
Brown Rudnick |
Boston, MA |
186 |
1.61 |
|
Harris Beach |
Rochester, NY |
186 |
0.54 |
| Boies, Schiller
& Flexner |
Armonk, NY |
185 |
1.62 |
|
Greenebaum Doll |
Louisville, KY |
182 |
1.10 |
|
Leonard Street |
Minneapolis, MN |
182 |
1.10 |
| Goulston &
Storrs |
Boston, MA |
179 |
1.12 |
| Lewis and Roca |
Phoenix, AZ |
179 |
0 |
| McGlinchey Stafford |
New Orleans, LA |
178 |
0.56 |
| Lindquist &
Vennum |
Minneapolis, MN |
177 |
2.26 |
| Nexsen Pruet |
Columbia, SC |
176 |
0.57 |
|
Lewis Rice |
St. Louis, MO |
174 |
0.57 |
| Shughart Thomson |
Kansas City, MO |
173 |
0.58 |
| Burr & Forman |
Birmingham, AL |
171 |
0.58 |
|
Warner Norcross |
Grand Rapids, MI |
171 |
0 |
|
Stevens & Lee |
Reading, PA |
170 |
1.76 |
| Gibbons, Del Deo |
Newark, NJ |
170 |
1.18 |
| Bond Schoeneck |
Syracuse, NY |
169 |
1.78 |
| Bass, Berry |
Nashville, TN |
168 |
0 |
| Waller Lansden |
Nashville, TN |
168 |
0.60 |
|
Choate Hall |
Boston, MA |
167 |
1.20 |
| Jackson Kelly |
Charleston, WV |
167 |
0.60 |
| Miller Martin |
Chattanooga, TN |
167 |
0 |
| GrayRobinson |
Orlando, FL |
165 |
1.21 |
| Parker Poe |
Charlotte, NC |
163 |
1.23 |
| Bullivant Houser |
Portland, OR |
162 |
1.85 |
| Fisher &
Phillips |
Atlanta, GA |
162 |
1.85 |
| Nutter McClellan |
Boston, MA |
153 |
1.31 |
| Briggs & Morgan |
Minnesota, MN |
151 |
1.32 |
| Montgomery
McCracken |
Philadelphia, PA |
143 |
2.10 |
|
Steel Hector |
Miami, FL |
142 |
1.41 |
| Hughes & Luce |
Dallas, TX |
141 |
1.42 |
| Kutak Rock |
Omaha, NE |
138 |
0 |
| Kennedy Covington |
Charlotte, NC |
131 |
0.76 |
| McKee Nelson |
Washington, DC |
115 |
0 |
|
