These tables are expanded versions of Tables 3-6 from the November 19, 2015 press release titled Women, Black/African-American Associates Lose Ground at Major U.S. Law Firms.
Table 3. Women and Minorities at Law Firms — Partners and Associates — 2015
Partners | Associates | # of Offices | |||||||
Total # | % Women |
% Minority |
% Minority Women |
Total # | % Women |
% Minority |
% Minority Women |
||
Total | 51,419 | 21.46% | 7.52% | 2.55% | 45,619 | 44.68% | 22.00% | 11.78% | 1,081 |
By # of Lawyers Firmwide: | |||||||||
100 or fewer | 3,884 | 20.67% | 5.87% | 2.03% | 2,054 | 43.14% | 16.11% | 8.37% | 129 |
101-250 | 10,467 | 21.15 | 5.61 | 1.82 | 6,029 | 44.24 | 15.81 | 8.53 | 151 |
251-500 | 11,027 | 22.14 | 6.92 | 2.38 | 7,526 | 44.46 | 21.21 | 11.12 | 219 |
501-700 | 6,637 | 20.51 | 7.71 | 2.62 | 6,140 | 44.07 | 21.74 | 11.30 | 146 |
701+ | 19,404 | 21.71 | 9.16 | 3.12 | 23,870 | 45.15 | 24.39 | 13.22 | 436 |
Offices in: | |||||||||
Atlanta | 1,236 | 19.58% | 8.25% | 2.10% | 942 | 45.12% | 17.41% | 10.30% | 27 |
Austin | 356 | 21.07 | 12.64 | 3.93 | 223 | 41.26 | 21.97 | 9.42 | 17 |
Baltimore | 305 | 22.30 | 4.59 | 1.97 | 160 | 47.50 | 14.38 | 8.75 | 5 |
Boston area | 1,607 | 22.71 | 4.29 | 1.62 | 1,793 | 47.07 | 15.45 | 9.37 | 33 |
Charlotte | 463 | 15.98 | 4.75 | 1.51 | 293 | 37.54 | 14.33 | 5.12 | 14 |
Chicago | 3,269 | 20.71 | 6.61 | 2.32 | 2,497 | 44.77 | 19.38 | 10.29 | 51 |
Cincinnati | 298 | 23.49 | 3.36 | 1.34 | 130 | 41.54 | 14.62 | 4.62 | 6 |
Cleveland | 349 | 19.77 | 2.87 | 0.86 | 243 | 36.21 | 7.82 | 4.53 | 5 |
Columbus | 342 | 22.51 | 4.97 | 1.46 | 155 | 45.81 | 10.97 | 4.52 | 9 |
Dallas | 933 | 19.72 | 6.65 | 2.14 | 871 | 36.28 | 20.78 | 7.81 | 31 |
Denver | 525 | 26.29 | 4.95 | 1.71 | 426 | 44.13 | 12.68 | 7.04 | 22 |
Detroit area | 723 | 24.62 | 4.43 | 1.80 | 262 | 40.84 | 16.79 | 6.87 | 11 |
Ft. Lauderdale/W. Palm Beach | 181 | 23.20 | 4.97 | 2.76 | 101 | 42.57 | 15.84 | 8.91 | 8 |
Grand Rapids | 311 | 18.01 | 2.89 | 1.29 | 91 | 49.45 | 12.09 | 7.69 | 6 |
Houston | 1,023 | 17.99 | 9.78 | 3.03 | 1,087 | 37.81 | 19.78 | 9.11 | 39 |
Indianapolis | 362 | 22.10 | 3.31 | 1.66 | 143 | 48.25 | 14.69 | 7.69 | 6 |
Kansas City, MO | 419 | 22.43 | 4.06 | 0.95 | 253 | 41.90 | 13.04 | 7.51 | 6 |
Los Angeles area | 1,983 | 23.50 | 13.92 | 4.94 | 2,144 | 47.11 | 32.09 | 17.35 | 75 |
Miami | 559 | 24.87 | 29.87 | 8.23 | 350 | 44.57 | 41.43 | 20.57 | 16 |
Milwaukee | 550 | 24.73 | 3.45 | 1.27 | 279 | 43.37 | 8.24 | 4.30 | 6 |
Minneapolis | 1,063 | 26.15 | 2.92 | 1.32 | 526 | 46.39 | 14.07 | 7.60 | 16 |
Nashville | 221 | 17.19 | 1.36 | 0.45 | 136 | 47.79 | 12.50 | 8.82 | 5 |
New York City | 6,332 | 18.35 | 8.18 | 2.87 | 11,371 | 45.03 | 26.31 | 14.32 | 106 |
Nothern NJ/Newark area | 529 | 20.42 | 4.54 | 1.70 | 400 | 45.50 | 17.50 | 9.25 | 10 |
Northern Virginia | 160 | 13.75 | 7.50 | 1.88 | 133 | 42.11 | 20.30 | 8.27 | 8 |
Orange Co., CA | 583 | 16.47 | 13.21 | 3.77 | 593 | 37.44 | 26.64 | 11.47 | 22 |
Philadelphia | 751 | 19.04 | 3.99 | 1.33 | 718 | 47.21 | 13.93 | 7.94 | 12 |
Phoenix | 581 | 23.06 | 5.85 | 1.38 | 285 | 39.30 | 16.49 | 9.82 | 13 |
Pittsburgh | 556 | 20.68 | 2.88 | 0.90 | 400 | 47.75 | 11.75 | 7.00 | 7 |
Portland, OR area | 369 | 24.12 | 4.88 | 2.17 | 176 | 45.45 | 12.50 | 5.11 | 11 |
Raleigh/Durham | 192 | 20.31 | 3.65 | 2.08 | 79 | 39.24 | 7.59 | 2.53 | 8 |
Salt Lake City | 234 | 11.54 | 3.85 | 0.85 | 130 | 24.62 | 4.62 | 0.00 | 8 |
San Diego | 267 | 20.97 | 13.11 | 2.25 | 314 | 42.04 | 26.11 | 10.19 | 15 |
San Francisco | 1,245 | 24.74 | 13.17 | 4.34 | 1,454 | 50.89 | 28.89 | 16.85 | 48 |
San Jose area | 790 | 20.25 | 16.08 | 4.56 | 1,333 | 43.59 | 38.86 | 19.73 | 39 |
Seattle area | 920 | 26.09 | 8.91 | 3.37 | 498 | 45.58 | 19.48 | 10.64 | 25 |
St. Louis | 744 | 22.04 | 3.90 | 1.34 | 376 | 44.41 | 12.50 | 5.85 | 8 |
Tampa | 235 | 18.30 | 5.96 | 1.70 | 101 | 41.58 | 8.91 | 4.95 | 10 |
Washington, D.C. | 4,780 | 21.65 | 8.47 | 3.18 | 4,971 | 45.16 | 22.37 | 12.47 | 101 |
Wilmington | 202 | 22.77 | 4.95 | 1.49 | 216 | 39.35 | 10.19 | 5.56 | 10 |
States: | |||||||||
Other areas in California | 204 | 28.92% | 10.78% | 4.41% | 139 | 47.48% | 18.71% | 5.04% | 9 |
Other areas in Connecticut | 259 | 24.71 | 4.63 | 2.70 | 186 | 50.00 | 18.28 | 12.37 | 8 |
Other areas in Florida | 442 | 23.53 | 4.75 | 0.90 | 188 | 38.83 | 13.30 | 5.85 | 15 |
Kentucky | 362 | 22.93 | 1.66 | 0.55 | 154 | 43.51 | 11.04 | 5.19 | 6 |
Other areas in New Jersey | 216 | 20.37 | 6.94 | 2.78 | 125 | 40.80 | 17.60 | 8.00 | 7 |
Other areas in New York State | 759 | 21.34 | 3.69 | 0.66 | 470 | 45.96 | 10.85 | 5.53 | 11 |
Other areas in Texas | 199 | 19.60 | 10.55 | 2.01 | 99 | 52.53 | 12.12 | 7.07 | 6 |
Source: 2015-2016 NALP Directory of Legal Employers.
Some city information includes one or more
offices in adjacent suburbs. Orange County includes offices in Costa Mesa, Irvine, and Newport
Beach. The San Jose area includes offices in Menlo Park, Mountain View, Palo Alto and E. Palo Alto,
Redwood Shores/Redwood City, San Jose, and Sunnyvale. The Los Angeles area includes offices in
Santa Monica and Long Beach. The Northern New Jersey/Newark area includes offices in Newark,
Roseland, Florham Park, Hackensack, Morristown,
and Woodbridge. Northern Virginia includes offices in Falls Church, McLean/Tyson's Corner, and Reston.
State figures exclude cities reported separately. For multi-office firms that reported only firmwide figures,
the information was attributed to the reporting city if at least 60% of the firms lawyers are in that city.
Table 4. Women and Minorities at Law Firms — Total Lawyers and Summer Associates — 2015
Total Lawyers | Summer Associates | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total # | % Women |
% Minority |
% Minority Women |
# of Offices |
Total # | % Women |
% Minority |
% Minority Women |
|
Total | 113,031 | 33.38% | 13.97% | 6.81% | 1,081 | 6,509 | 47.78% | 31.16% | 16.99% |
By # of Lawyers Firmwide: | |||||||||
100 or fewer | 6,783 | 28.93% | 9.01% | 4.10% | 129 | 277 | 43.32% | 27.80% | 10.83% |
101-250 | 18,872 | 30.02 | 9.11 | 4.20 | 151 | 704 | 50.57 | 27.98 | 16.19 |
251-500 | 21,822 | 32.44 | 12.39 | 5.84 | 219 | 1,035 | 48.89 | 28.02 | 14.98 |
501-700 | 15,021 | 33.14 | 13.89 | 6.67 | 146 | 827 | 49.33 | 32.53 | 18.26 |
701+ | 50,533 | 35.72 | 17.15 | 8.60 | 436 | 3,666 | 46.92 | 32.60 | 17.89 |
Offices in: | |||||||||
Atlanta | 2,598 | 32.68% | 12.28% | 5.93% | 27 | 117 | 49.57% | 24.79% | 11.11% |
Austin | 662 | 29.76 | 15.56 | 6.19 | 17 | 42 | 52.38 | 21.43 | 7.14 |
Baltimore | 581 | 34.08 | 7.75 | 4.48 | 5 | — | — | — | — |
Boston area | 3,862 | 36.66 | 10.12 | 5.67 | 33 | 241 | 52.28 | 26.14 | 16.18 |
Charlotte | 861 | 26.71 | 8.25 | 3.14 | 14 | 41 | 41.46 | 29.27 | 17.07 |
Chicago | 6,478 | 32.29 | 11.75 | 5.62 | 51 | 362 | 45.86 | 28.73 | 14.36 |
Cincinnati | 472 | 30.72 | 6.78 | 2.54 | 6 | 20 | 45.00 | 30.00 | 10.00 |
Cleveland | 727 | 29.85 | 4.68 | 2.34 | 5 | — | — | — | — |
Columbus | 627 | 29.98 | 6.22 | 2.39 | 9 | 28 | 28.57 | 28.57 | 3.57 |
Dallas | 2,054 | 29.07 | 13.44 | 5.01 | 31 | 158 | 50.63 | 24.68 | 15.19 |
Denver | 1,173 | 36.06 | 8.10 | 4.18 | 22 | 52 | 50.00 | 32.69 | 17.31 |
Detroit area | 1,149 | 29.07 | 7.66 | 3.22 | 11 | 41 | 48.78 | 29.27 | 24.39 |
Ft. Lauderdale/W. Palm Beach | 322 | 33.23 | 9.32 | 5.59 | 8 | — | — | — | — |
Grand Rapids | 547 | 24.13 | 4.20 | 2.38 | 6 | 21 | 47.62 | 33.33 | 14.29 |
Houston | 2,383 | 30.09 | 14.94 | 6.13 | 39 | 292 | 46.92 | 28.42 | 14.04 |
Indianapolis | 581 | 31.33 | 6.88 | 3.61 | 6 | 24 | 62.50 | 25.00 | 20.83 |
Kansas City, MO | 838 | 33.65 | 6.92 | 3.34 | 6 | 37 | 62.16 | 24.32 | 10.81 |
Los Angeles area | 4,740 | 36.79 | 23.14 | 11.58 | 75 | 290 | 55.52 | 34.48 | 21.03 |
Miami | 1,002 | 33.23 | 33.73 | 13.07 | 16 | 50 | 46.00 | 46.00 | 28.00 |
Milwaukee | 944 | 30.83 | 4.98 | 2.12 | 6 | 44 | 47.73 | 31.82 | 11.36 |
Minneapolis | 1,787 | 33.63 | 6.44 | 3.47 | 16 | 74 | 45.95 | 40.54 | 18.92 |
Nashville | 391 | 29.92 | 5.12 | 3.32 | 5 | — | — | — | — |
New York City | 20,399 | 35.77 | 19.20 | 9.90 | 106 | 1,980 | 46.21 | 35.30 | 19.60 |
Nothern NJ/Newark area | 1,138 | 32.51 | 9.84 | 4.66 | 10 | 47 | 34.04 | 38.30 | 17.02 |
Northern Virginia | 336 | 28.27 | 12.80 | 4.76 | 8 | 18 | 38.89 | 33.33 | 16.67 |
Orange Co., CA | 1,267 | 27.94 | 19.65 | 7.73 | 22 | 48 | 50.00 | 29.17 | 16.67 |
Philadelphia | 1,742 | 33.87 | 8.96 | 4.59 | 12 | 61 | 45.90 | 44.26 | 21.31 |
Phoenix | 964 | 28.73 | 9.34 | 4.25 | 13 | 36 | 44.44 | 8.33 | 2.78 |
Pittsburgh | 1,145 | 32.14 | 6.99 | 3.49 | 7 | 36 | 36.11 | 33.33 | 11.11 |
Portland, OR area | 604 | 32.78 | 7.28 | 3.15 | 11 | 15 | 33.33 | 60.00 | 20.00 |
Raleigh/Durham | 298 | 27.18 | 5.03 | 2.01 | 8 | — | — | — | — |
Salt Lake City | 414 | 18.36 | 4.11 | 0.48 | 8 | — | — | — | — |
San Diego | 669 | 34.98 | 19.58 | 7.03 | 15 | 45 | 53.33 | 42.22 | 24.44 |
San Francisco | 3,121 | 39.44 | 20.70 | 10.83 | 48 | 186 | 55.91 | 36.56 | 21.51 |
San Jose area | 2,338 | 36.18 | 29.90 | 13.94 | 39 | 220 | 45.00 | 40.45 | 21.82 |
Seattle area | 1,604 | 33.54 | 12.66 | 6.11 | 25 | 50 | 56.00 | 34.00 | 18.00 |
St. Louis | 1,307 | 30.68 | 6.43 | 2.83 | 8 | 52 | 53.85 | 21.15 | 15.38 |
Tampa | 370 | 26.22 | 7.30 | 3.51 | 10 | 12 | 58.33 | 25.00 | 8.33 |
Washington, D.C. | 11,878 | 34.43 | 15.26 | 7.77 | 101 | 742 | 46.09 | 28.44 | 14.82 |
Wilmington | 446 | 31.39 | 7.40 | 3.36 | 10 | 53 | 33.96 | 18.87 | 7.55 |
States: | |||||||||
Other areas in California | 428 | 38.32% | 14.02% | 5.37% | 9 | 13 | 46.15% | 30.77% | 30.77& |
Other areas in Connecticut | 514 | 35.99 | 9.92 | 6.42 | 8 | 20 | 50.00 | 35.00 | 10.00 |
Other areas in Florida | 698 | 29.23 | 7.02 | 2.44 | 15 | 16 | 56.25 | 6.25 | 6.25 |
Kentucky | 615 | 29.43 | 4.07 | 1.63 | 6 | 35 | 54.29 | 14.29 | 5.71 |
Other areas in New Jersey | 380 | 29.47 | 10.00 | 4.47 | 7 | 11 | 54.55 | 45.45 | 27.27 |
Other areas in New York State | 1,422 | 30.52 | 5.98 | 2.39 | 11 | 41 | 60.98 | 36.59 | 26.83 |
Other areas in Texas | 333 | 33.03 | 10.81 | 3.90 | 6 | — | — | — | — |
Source: 2015-2016 NALP Directory of Legal Employers.
Some city information includes one or more
offices in adjacent suburbs. Orange County includes offices in Costa Mesa, Irvine, and Newport
Beach. The San Jose area includes offices in Menlo Park, Mountain View, Palo Alto and E. Palo Alto,
Redwood Shores/Redwood City, San Jose, and Sunnyvale. The Los Angeles area includes offices in
Santa Monica and Long Beach. The Northern New Jersey/Newark area includes offices in Newark,
Roseland, Florham Park, Hackensack, Morristown,
and Woodbridge. Northern Virginia includes offices in Falls Church, McLean/Tyson's Corner, and Reston.
State figures exclude cities reported separately. For multi-office firms that reported only firmwide figures,
the information was attributed to the reporting city if at least 60% of the firms lawyers are in that city.
Note: The number of offices reporting one or more summer associates, including demographic information, was 775. Dashes in the
summer associates columns indicate that fewer than five offices in that city reported summer associates, or the total
number of summer associates reported was less than 10.
Table 5. Partner Demographics at Law Firms — 2015
Partners by Race or Ethnicity | All Partners | # of Offices | ||||||||
Asian | Black/African American | Hispanic | ||||||||
Total # | % Minority | % Minority Women | Total % | % Women | Total % | % Women | Total % | % Women | ||
Total | 51,419 | 7.52% | 2.55% | 2.89% | 1.07% | 1.77% | 0.64% | 2.19% | 0.63% | 1,081 |
By Size of Firm: | ||||||||||
100 or fewer lawyers | 3,884 | 5.87% | 2.03% | 2.75% | 1.08% | 0.82% | 0.18% | 1.03% | 0.36% | 129 |
101-250 lawyers | 10,467 | 5.61 | 1.82 | 1.97 | 0.72 | 1.38 | 0.49 | 1.71 | 0.46 | 151 |
251-500 lawyers | 11,027 | 6.92 | 2.38 | 2.32 | 0.92 | 1.86 | 0.71 | 2.09 | 0.58 | 219 |
501-700 lawyers | 6,637 | 7.71 | 2.62 | 2.65 | 0.95 | 2.06 | 0.74 | 2.38 | 0.69 | 146 |
701+ lawyers | 19,404 | 9.16 | 3.12 | 3.83 | 1.38 | 2.03 | 0.74 | 2.66 | 0.78 | 436 |
Offices in: | ||||||||||
Atlanta | 1,236 | 8.25% | 2.10% | 2.18% | 0.32% | 4.21% | 1.05% | 1.13% | 0.49% | 27 |
Austin | 356 | 12.64 | 3.93 | 1.12 | 0.00 | 3.65 | 1.40 | 7.02 | 2.25 | 17 |
Baltimore | 305 | 4.59 | 1.97 | 0.98 | 0.98 | 2.30 | 0.66 | 0.66 | 0.33 | 5 |
Boston area | 1,607 | 4.29 | 1.62 | 1.99 | 0.93 | 1.00 | 0.25 | 1.06 | 0.25 | 33 |
Charlotte | 463 | 4.75 | 1.51 | 0.65 | 0.22 | 2.16 | 1.08 | 1.51 | 0.22 | 14 |
Chicago | 3,269 | 6.61 | 2.32 | 2.94 | 1.19 | 1.80 | 0.70 | 1.47 | 0.31 | 51 |
Cincinnati | 298 | 3.36 | 1.34 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 1.34 | 1.34 | 6 |
Cleveland | 349 | 2.87 | 0.86 | 1.15 | 0.29 | 0.86 | 0.57 | 0.57 | 0.00 | 5 |
Columbus | 342 | 4.97 | 1.46 | 0.88 | 0.29 | 3.22 | 1.17 | 0.58 | 0.00 | 9 |
Dallas | 933 | 6.65 | 2.14 | 1.39 | 0.21 | 1.50 | 0.54 | 2.57 | 1.07 | 31 |
Denver | 525 | 4.95 | 1.71 | 1.71 | 0.57 | 0.38 | 0.00 | 2.10 | 0.38 | 22 |
Detroit area | 723 | 4.43 | 1.80 | 0.83 | 0.28 | 2.90 | 1.38 | 0.55 | 0.00 | 11 |
Ft. Lauderdale/W. Palm Beach | 181 | 4.97 | 2.76 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.21 | 1.66 | 2.76 | 1.10 | 8 |
Grand Rapids | 311 | 2.89 | 1.29 | 0.96 | 0.64 | 0.64 | 0.32 | 1.29 | 0.32 | 6 |
Houston | 1,023 | 9.78 | 3.03 | 2.25 | 0.88 | 2.54 | 0.88 | 3.81 | 0.98 | 39 |
Indianapolis | 362 | 3.31 | 1.66 | 0.83 | 0.55 | 1.38 | 0.28 | 0.55 | 0.28 | 6 |
Kansas City | 419 | 4.06 | 0.95 | 0.95 | 0.48 | 1.91 | 0.00 | 0.95 | 0.24 | 6 |
Los Angeles area | 1,983 | 13.92 | 4.94 | 7.26 | 3.23 | 1.82 | 0.45 | 3.63 | 1.11 | 75 |
Miami | 559 | 29.87 | 8.23 | 0.36 | 0.00 | 2.86 | 1.25 | 26.12 | 6.62 | 16 |
Milwaukee | 550 | 3.45 | 1.27 | 0.73 | 0.55 | 0.73 | 0.00 | 1.45 | 0.55 | 6 |
Minneapolis | 1,063 | 2.92 | 1.32 | 1.03 | 0.75 | 0.38 | 0.09 | 0.75 | 0.09 | 16 |
Nashville | 221 | 1.36 | 0.45 | 0.45 | 0.00 | 0.45 | 0.45 | 0.45 | 0.00 | 5 |
New York City | 6,332 | 8.18 | 2.87 | 3.73 | 1.39 | 1.42 | 0.54 | 2.46 | 0.69 | 106 |
Northern NJ/Newark area | 529 | 4.54 | 1.70 | 1.32 | 0.76 | 0.95 | 0.38 | 1.51 | 0.38 | 10 |
Northern Virginia | 160 | 7.50 | 1.88 | 4.38 | 0.63 | 1.88 | 1.25 | 0.63 | 0.00 | 8 |
Orange Co., CA | 583 | 13.21 | 3.77 | 7.72 | 2.74 | 0.69 | 0.00 | 3.26 | 0.51 | 22 |
Philadelphia | 751 | 3.99 | 1.33 | 1.20 | 0.40 | 1.46 | 0.53 | 0.27 | 0.00 | 12 |
Phoenix | 581 | 5.85 | 1.38 | 1.38 | 0.17 | 0.34 | 0.17 | 2.07 | 0.52 | 13 |
Pittsburgh | 556 | 2.88 | 0.90 | 1.26 | 0.54 | 0.36 | 0.00 | 0.90 | 0.36 | 7 |
Portland, OR area | 369 | 4.88 | 2.17 | 1.90 | 0.81 | 0.81 | 0.54 | 1.08 | 0.27 | 11 |
Raleigh/Durham | 192 | 3.65 | 2.08 | 1.04 | 0.52 | 2.08 | 1.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8 |
Salt Lake City | 234 | 3.85 | 0.85 | 0.85 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.14 | 0.85 | 8 |
San Diego | 267 | 13.11 | 2.25 | 4.87 | 1.12 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.99 | 1.12 | 15 |
San Francisco | 1,245 | 13.17 | 4.34 | 7.79 | 2.65 | 2.41 | 0.48 | 2.09 | 0.88 | 48 |
San Jose area | 790 | 16.08 | 4.56 | 11.77 | 3.54 | 0.76 | 0.25 | 3.04 | 0.76 | 39 |
Seattle area | 920 | 8.91 | 3.37 | 4.35 | 1.85 | 1.74 | 0.54 | 1.30 | 0.43 | 25 |
St. Louis | 744 | 3.90 | 1.34 | 0.54 | 0.13 | 2.15 | 0.54 | 0.81 | 0.54 | 8 |
Tampa | 235 | 5.96 | 1.70 | 0.43 | 0.00 | 0.85 | 0.43 | 4.68 | 1.28 | 10 |
Washington, D.C. | 4,780 | 8.47 | 3.18 | 3.60 | 1.19 | 2.47 | 1.11 | 1.80 | 0.59 | 101 |
Wilmington | 202 | 4.95 | 1.49 | 1.49 | 0.50 | 1.98 | 0.99 | 0.99 | 0.00 | 10 |
Source: 2015-2016 NALP Directory of Legal Employers.
The few Native American, Native Hawaiian and multi-racial lawyers
reported are included in the overall minority percentages but are not reported separately.
Some city information includes one or more
offices in adjacent suburbs. Orange County includes offices in Costa Mesa, Irvine, and Newport
Beach. The San Jose area includes offices in Menlo Park, Mountain View, Palo Alto and E. Palo Alto,
Redwood Shores/Redwood City, San Jose, and Sunnyvale. The Los Angeles area includes offices in
and Santa Monica. The Northern New Jersey/Newark area includes offices in Newark, Short Hills
Roseland, Florham Park, Hackensack, Morristown,
and Woodbridge. Northern Virginia includes offices in Falls Church, McLean/Tysons Corner, Reston,
and Alexandria. The few Native American, Native Hawaiian and multi-racial lawyers reported are included in the overall minority.
percentages but are not reported separately. For multi-office firms that reported only firmwide figures,
the information was attributed to the reporting city if at least 60% of the firms lawyers are in that city.
Table 6. Associate Demographics at Law Firms — 2015
Associates by Race or Ethnicity | # of Offices | |||||||||
All Associates | Asian | Black/African American | Hispanic | |||||||
Total # | % Minority | % Minority Women | Total % | % Women | Total % | % Women | Total % | % Women | ||
Total | 45,619 | 22.00% | 11.78% | 10.93% | 6.00% | 3.95% | 2.25% | 4.28% | 2.03% | 1,081 |
By Size of Firm: | ||||||||||
100 or fewer lawyers | 2,054 | 16.11% | 8.37% | 9.25% | 4.72% | 2.63% | 1.07% | 2.39% | 1.56% | 129 |
101-250 lawyers | 6,029 | 15.81 | 8.53 | 7.38 | 4.10 | 3.23 | 1.84 | 3.38 | 1.59 | 151 |
251-500 lawyers | 7,526 | 21.21 | 11.12 | 9.33 | 5.22 | 4.24 | 2.47 | 4.68 | 2.06 | 219 |
501-700 lawyers | 6,140 | 21.74 | 11.30 | 9.74 | 5.07 | 4.35 | 2.44 | 4.07 | 1.92 | 146 |
701+ lawyers | 23,870 | 24.39 | 13.22 | 12.79 | 7.07 | 4.05 | 2.33 | 4.60 | 2.20 | 436 |
Offices in: | ||||||||||
Atlanta | 942 | 17.41% | 10.30% | 7.54% | 3.50% | 6.69% | 4.67% | 1.70% | 1.27% | 27 |
Austin | 223 | 21.97 | 9.42 | 8.07 | 2.69 | 1.35 | 0.45 | 8.07 | 3.14 | 17 |
Baltimore | 160 | 14.38 | 8.75 | 3.13 | 3.13 | 7.50 | 3.75 | 1.88 | 0.63 | 5 |
Boston area | 1,793 | 15.45 | 9.37 | 8.64 | 5.47 | 2.45 | 1.45 | 2.73 | 1.34 | 33 |
Charlotte | 293 | 14.33 | 5.12 | 4.44 | 1.71 | 5.12 | 2.73 | 2.73 | 0.34 | 14 |
Chicago | 2,497 | 19.38 | 10.29 | 8.65 | 4.65 | 4.29 | 1.92 | 4.00 | 2.28 | 51 |
Cincinnati | 130 | 14.62 | 4.62 | 6.15 | 2.31 | 3.85 | 0.77 | 2.31 | 1.54 | 6 |
Cleveland | 243 | 7.82 | 4.53 | 4.12 | 2.88 | 2.88 | 1.23 | 0.82 | 0.41 | 5 |
Columbus | 155 | 10.97 | 4.52 | 3.23 | 0.65 | 3.87 | 1.29 | 1.29 | 0.65 | 9 |
Dallas | 871 | 20.78 | 7.81 | 7.58 | 1.84 | 4.02 | 1.95 | 5.63 | 2.18 | 31 |
Denver | 426 | 12.68 | 7.04 | 3.99 | 3.29 | 2.58 | 0.70 | 4.46 | 2.11 | 22 |
Detroit area | 262 | 16.79 | 6.87 | 4.58 | 1.15 | 7.63 | 3.05 | 1.15 | 0.76 | 11 |
Ft. Lauderdale/W. Palm Beach | 101 | 15.84 | 8.91 | 3.96 | 1.98 | 2.97 | 2.97 | 8.91 | 3.96 | 8 |
Grand Rapids | 91 | 12.09 | 7.69 | 3.30 | 2.20 | 4.40 | 2.20 | 3.30 | 2.20 | 6 |
Houston | 1,087 | 19.78 | 9.11 | 8.00 | 3.50 | 3.68 | 1.93 | 5.43 | 2.58 | 39 |
Indianapolis | 143 | 14.69 | 7.69 | 3.50 | 2.10 | 6.29 | 4.20 | 3.50 | 1.40 | 6 |
Kansas City | 253 | 13.04 | 7.51 | 2.77 | 1.19 | 3.95 | 2.37 | 3.56 | 1.98 | 6 |
Los Angeles area | 2,144 | 32.09 | 17.35 | 18.42 | 10.54 | 2.89 | 1.54 | 6.20 | 3.17 | 75 |
Miami | 350 | 41.43 | 20.57 | 2.00 | 1.43 | 5.14 | 1.43 | 30.86 | 16.29 | 16 |
Milwaukee | 279 | 8.24 | 4.30 | 2.87 | 1.43 | 1.79 | 0.72 | 2.87 | 1.43 | 6 |
Minneapolis | 526 | 14.07 | 7.60 | 5.70 | 2.85 | 3.42 | 1.33 | 1.71 | 1.52 | 16 |
Nashville | 136 | 12.50 | 8.82 | 2.21 | 2.21 | 8.09 | 4.41 | 0.74 | 0.74 | 5 |
New York City | 11,371 | 26.31 | 14.32 | 14.51 | 8.27 | 3.98 | 2.33 | 5.08 | 2.18 | 106 |
Northern NJ/Newark area | 400 | 17.50 | 9.25 | 7.50 | 3.75 | 2.00 | 1.50 | 5.50 | 2.75 | 10 |
Northern Virginia | 133 | 20.30 | 8.27 | 11.28 | 3.01 | 2.26 | 0.75 | 4.51 | 3.01 | 8 |
Orange Co., CA | 593 | 26.64 | 11.47 | 17.88 | 8.60 | 1.18 | 0.84 | 4.05 | 1.01 | 22 |
Philadelphia | 718 | 13.93 | 7.94 | 5.85 | 3.48 | 4.46 | 2.79 | 2.37 | 0.97 | 12 |
Phoenix | 285 | 16.49 | 9.82 | 5.96 | 3.86 | 0.70 | 0.35 | 5.96 | 3.51 | 13 |
Pittsburgh | 400 | 11.75 | 7.00 | 5.00 | 2.75 | 3.50 | 2.25 | 2.50 | 1.75 | 7 |
Portland, OR area | 176 | 12.50 | 5.11 | 5.68 | 3.41 | 1.14 | 0.57 | 1.14 | 0.00 | 11 |
Raleigh/Durham | 79 | 7.59 | 2.53 | 3.80 | 1.27 | 2.53 | 1.27 | 1.27 | 0.00 | 8 |
Salt Lake City | 130 | 4.62 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.54 | 0.00 | 8 |
San Diego | 314 | 26.11 | 10.19 | 14.01 | 5.10 | 1.27 | 0.96 | 4.78 | 1.59 | 15 |
San Francisco | 1,454 | 28.89 | 16.85 | 17.95 | 11.55 | 1.86 | 0.76 | 5.09 | 2.34 | 48 |
San Jose area | 1,333 | 38.86 | 19.73 | 28.58 | 14.63 | 2.70 | 1.28 | 4.20 | 1.95 | 39 |
Seattle area | 498 | 19.48 | 10.64 | 10.24 | 5.82 | 2.81 | 1.41 | 2.81 | 1.61 | 25 |
St. Louis | 376 | 12.50 | 5.85 | 3.72 | 2.13 | 5.59 | 2.93 | 1.86 | 0.80 | 8 |
Tampa | 101 | 8.91 | 4.95 | 1.98 | 0.99 | 0.99 | 0.99 | 4.95 | 1.98 | 10 |
Washington, D.C. | 4,971 | 22.37 | 12.47 | 10.54 | 5.71 | 5.39 | 3.34 | 3.58 | 1.75 | 101 |
Wilmington | 216 | 10.19 | 5.56 | 4.17 | 2.78 | 2.78 | 1.85 | 0.93 | 0.93 | 10 |
Source: 2015-2016 NALP Directory of Legal Employers.
The few Native American, Native Hawaiian and multi-racial lawyers
reported are included in the overall minority percentages but are not reported separately.
Some city information includes one or more
offices in adjacent suburbs. Orange County includes offices in Costa Mesa, Irvine, and Newport
Beach. The San Jose area includes offices in Menlo Park, Mountain View, Palo Alto and E. Palo Alto,
Redwood Shores/Redwood City, San Jose, and Sunnyvale. The Los Angeles area includes offices in
and Santa Monica. The Northern New Jersey/Newark area includes offices in Newark, Short Hills
Roseland, Florham Park, Hackensack, Morristown,
and Woodbridge. Northern Virginia includes offices in Falls Church, McLean/Tysons Corner, Reston,
and Alexandria. The few Native American, Native Hawaiian and multi-racial lawyers reported are included in the overall minority.
percentages but are not reported separately. For multi-office firms that reported only firmwide figures,
the information was attributed to the reporting city if at least 60% of the firms lawyers are in that city.