2011 NAFE/Flex-Time Lawyers Best Law Firms for Women List

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Women are thriving at this Minneapolis-based firm, where 20% of the overall business development budget is aimed at women-only training and networking. The chairperson of this six-office firm is a...

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson

This New York City–based firm’s thriving Women’s Initiative promotes the professional goals of its women attorneys and encourages firm-wide sensitivity to issues that uniquely impact women in the...

Fulbright & Jaworski

This 90-year-old Houston-based firm, with 16 offices worldwide, aims to create a gender-neutral work environment where men and women support one another. The firm has a long history of supporting...

Gibbons

There are three formal mentoring programs for women at this Newark, NJ–based firm, which has built a reputation of supporting women in a demanding profession. All associates are paired with a...

Godfrey & Kahn

Although this Milwaukee-based firm has six offices nationwide and more than 170 lawyers, it prides itself on creating a supportive, progressive culture that cares. Its alternative work schedules are...

Goodwin Procter

A culture of respecting and supporting women’s leadership permeates this Boston-based firm, led by Regina Pisa, its first woman chair and managing partner. Passionately committed to the advancement...

Gray Plant Mooty Law Firm

Minneapolis-based Gray Plant Mooty has created a firm-wide culture of trust, respect and support for its women attorneys, including its working moms. The culture is lived and breathed from the top...

Hanson Bridgett

Recognizing that work-location flexibility helps its lawyers balance work and personal needs, this San Francisco–based firm enthusiastically supports the option of telecommuting, through technology...

Holland & Hart

Denver-based Holland & Hart prides itself on its diversity and is committed to fostering and attracting diverse lawyers, including women. The 15-office firm has a history of progressive...

Holland & Knight

Each year, this Miami-based firm selects a group of talented women lawyers to participate in its Rising Star program—a dynamic and intensive yearlong program of leadership, marketing, management,...

Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn

This Detroit-based firm continues to invest in attracting and supporting women lawyers. The firm has established a formal process for requesting and monitoring alternative work schedules. Last year,...

Hunton & Williams

This Washington, DC–based firm first established its reduced-hours/flexible-work program 20 years ago. Then, in 2007, the 18-office firm expanded its policy to create a gender-neutral program. As...

Jenner & Block

This Chicago-based firm, one of the few large firms with a female managing partner, is at the forefront of having women attorneys in leadership positions. In 2010, the firm promoted six women...