Leading the Way With Women in Leadership
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Why Innovative Women Choose Us
Perkins Coie supports and encourages women as they flourish as leaders. Women are influential in every aspect of our firm—advising and counseling our client service teams, leading our practices and offices, and serving in firmwide leadership positions.
By focusing on developing a strong and inclusive culture, effective training, and meaningful resources, our women lawyers play prominent roles at our firm at every level.
As of January 2024, Women Made Up:
63%
44%
36%
Administrative Roles
Executive Committee Members
Practice Group Chairs
from our people
“My colleagues and management have consistently provided me with strong mentorship and guidance to help me build my practice and better serve the firm in my subgroup chair role.”
Chian Wu | Firmwide Chair, Financial Transactions Practice
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“Diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values at Perkins Coie. Women and diverse lawyers are active in firm leadership, creating an environment of creativity and collaboration.”
patchen haggerty |
Firmwide Management and Executive Committees
Partner, Trademark, Copyright, Internet, and Advertising
“As co-chair of the Mergers & Acquisitions practice at Perkins Coie, I see firsthand how the support and community for and among the firm’s women lawyers creates pathways for leadership development.”
gina eiben | Firmwide co-Chair, mergers & acquisitions practice
“At our firm, women lawyers are not just present; they are influential, actively mentoring and paving the way for the next wave of female legal minds.”
selena linde |
member, Firmwide Executive Committee
Firmwide Chair, Insurance Recovery Practice
“Joining Perkins Coie was an accelerator to my career because the firm truly empowers its people. I call it 'empowered diversity.' We are not numbers or window dressing. We are valued contributors and leaders.”
jill louis |
dallas office managing partner
Partner, Corporate & Securities
Supporting Women on All Levels
While we are proud of the substantial progress we have made in recruiting, retaining, and promoting women lawyers, there is always more to be done. We formed our Women’s Task Force and fulfilled the following goals:
Evaluate the progress of our women lawyers in their professional journeys.
Generate strategies to materially improve women’s retention and advancement.
Identify impediments to women attaining their career goals at the firm.
Pay special attention to the unique challenges facing our diverse women.
Award-Winning Culture
Best Law Firms for Women, Seramount
Ranked among the Best Workplaces for Diversity™, Great Place to Work® and Fortune
Top rating of 100% in the Corporate Equality Index, Human Rights Campaign Foundation
Women in Law Empowerment Forum Gold Standard Certification
100 Best Workplaces for Women, Fortune
Top 100 Law Firms for Women, WomenInc. Magazine
Awarded Mansfield 7.0 Certification Plus for Diversity Leadership from Diversity Lab
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