Partnership and awards

We sponsor a number of diversity programs each year.

Over the last several years we have sponsored a number of diversity programs. Below is a list of just a few:

Organizations

• Asian American Bar Association of Houston
• Association of Law Firm Diversity Professionals, Inc.
• California Minority Counsel Program
• Catalyst
• Center for Women in the Law at the University of Texas School of Law
• Chicano/Hispanic Law Students' Association at the University of Texas School of Law
• Dallas Hispanic Law Foundation
• DirectWomen Support Fund
• Dress for Success Houston
• Hispanic Bar Association
• Hispanic Law Students Association
• Houston Area Women's Center
• Houston Area Women's Center
• Human Rights Campaign
• Lambda Legal
• Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
• Lavender Law
• Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD)
• Mexican American Bar Association
• Minority Corporate Counsel of America (MCCA)
• NAACP
• National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
• National Hispanic Corporate Council
• National Lesbian and Gay Law Foundation
• National Lesbian and Gay Law Association
• National Native American Bar Association Foundation
• State Bar of Texas
• Texas Diversity Council
• Texas Minority Counsel Program
• Texas Women's League
• The Diversity & Flexibility Alliance
• The Elimination of Bias & Promotion of Diversity in the Legal Profession CLE
• The UCLA Foundation/Law
• Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund
• Twin Cities Diversity in Practice
• UH Law Foundation

We earned the top rating of 100 percent on the (CEI) for three years in a row. The CEI is an annual survey that ranks large US companies' policies and services concerning lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees.

• Corporate Equality Index, perfect score of 100 percent for policies and practices related to LGBT workplace equality, Human Rights Campaign Foundation, 2018
• Crain’s New York Business, Linda Addison: 50 Most Powerful Women in New York (third time to receive honor), Crain’s New York Business, 2015
• Dell Legal Diversity Award, Dell, Inc., 2015
• Diversity Leader Award, Profiles in Diversity Journal, 2016
• Savoy Magazine, Shauna Clark: Most Influential Black Lawyers, Savoy Media Group Inc., 2015
• Women in Law Empowerment Forum (WILEF), Gold Standard Certification, recognizing our incorporation of women into top leadership positions (five-time recipient), 2015
• Working Mother and Flex-Time Lawyers, 50 Best Law Firms for Women, Working Mother Media, 2017