Background - Diversity 2017

Recognition, Awards and News

  • Aug.16.2017: BigLaw Champions Diversity In Wake Of CharlottesvilleWorking Mother Best Law Firms for Women

  • July.23.2017: Crowell & Moring Chair, Angela Styles, featured in Law360's 4 Female Perspectives On BigLaw Leadership
  • We are ranked among Working Mother's 50 "Best Law Firms for Women" for the sixth consecutive year in 2017.
  • We are ranked as one of the top 25 law firms for diversity by Chambers Associate: The Student's Guide 2017-2018.
  • Mar.15.2017: Crowell & Moring Announces 2017 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellow and Pathfinders
  • In 2017, we were honored by Law360 as among the best firms for female attorneys, and we placed in the top third of 200 firms on The American Lawyer Diversity Scorecard.
  • We have received a perfect 100 percent rating for the past seven years on the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index, based on our treatment and policies around LGBT employees.
  • We have the third highest percentage of women lawyers working on cases at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board – 47.3 percent – among all law firms, according to Law360. (By comparison, just 12 percent of all attorneys who appear before the PTAB are women.)
  • We have also been among Multicultural Law Magazine's "Top 100 Firms for Diversity" for seven straight years.
  • Ranked first by The Financial Times in 2015 in the Talent Development category for the firm's Sponsorship Program.
  • Recipient of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association's 2010 Thomas L. Sager Award for the Mid-Atlantic Region and the 2012 Sager Award for the West Region for sustained commitment to diversity and inclusion.