Women have a prominent voice at this Washington, DC–based firm, which is led by a female managing partner. More than half of the firm’s practice group leaders are women, and the nine-member management committee includes three women. Finnegan’s multifaceted approach to mentoring means that all associates are provided with mentoring. A Women’s Forum, created in 2006, fosters internal mentoring, networking and educational opportunities specifically for the firm’s female attorneys. A favorable approach to pro bono work allows attorneys to decide which pro bono initiatives are important to them; the firm then credits 80 hours a year toward a lawyer’s billable-hours goal. The firm’s first pro bono partner, Christine Lehman, is a working mom who chairs the pro bono committee. Moms are offered 18 weeks of paid parental leave; dads, 12 weeks.

Female Equity Partners 14%
Female Nonequity Partners 32%
Lawyers Working Reduced Hours 6%