Law360 Names Top 25 Ceiling Smashers

Law360 recently announced its 2014 “Ceiling Smashers”—25 U.S.-based law firms with the highest percentage of female partners. According to the 2014 Glass Ceiling Report, which surveyed more than 380 firms, women comprise just 21 percent of partners at law firms despite representing 43 percent of non-partner attorneys. At the Ceiling Smasher firms, however, women represent 29 percent of partners. At the top 10 Ceiling Smashers, women represent at least 33 percent of partners.

Adelson Testan Brundo Novell & Jimenez and Fragomen, Del Ray, Bersen & Loewy LLP, both workers’ rights firms, top the Ceiling Smasher list with women representing 47 percent of their partners. Littler Mendelson, PC, an employment law firm and Ceiling Smasher, has the best female partner percentage of the firms ranked in the top 100 largest law firms in the U.S. According to the Law360 article, the Ceiling Smashers generally tend to be smaller firms and employment law firms.

Congratulations to the 2014 Ceiling Smashers:

Keywords: woman advocate, litigation, female partners

_{Suzanne L. Jones works at Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in Minneapolis, Minnesota}

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