"The firm has not only permitted me to work flexible hours, but it promoted me to partner while I was doing so," says Lauri Rasnick, a lawyer in its labor and employment practice, who occasionally adjusts her schedule to make time for her two daughters. She’s not alone in that arrangement: Amazingly, three of the four women who earned partnership promotions here in 2011 continue to work part-time, while many female attorneys flex their hours or telecommute to accommodate family obligations, some even working a thousand miles away from their appointed home office. Women’s interests are also well represented at the top, where they make up 27% of all partners, 30% of the board of directors and 33% of those chairing practice steering committees. The firm’s Women’s Initiative hosts speakers on industry and lifestyle topics and treats members to media skills workshops, golf clinics and wine tastings.

Female Equity Partners 13%

Female Nonequity Partners 39%

Lawyers Working Reduced Hours 16%

Pictured: Amanda Schneider, Leah Kendall, Amy Simmons, Carrie Valiant, Kirsten Backstrom and Constance Wilkinson.