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

• Association of Women Attorneys Foundation 
• Association of Law Firm Diversity Professionals, Inc.
• Catalyst
• Corporate Counsel Women of Color
• Charting Your Own Course
• Center for Women in the Law at the University of Texas School of Law
• DirectWomen Support Fund
• Fordham's Latin American Law Students Association (LALSA)
• Hispanic Bar Association
• Houston Area Women's Center
• Human Rights Campaign
• Lambda Legal
• LGBTQ Bar Association
• Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD)
• Mexican American Bar Association
• Minority Corporate Counsel of America (MCCA)
• NAACP
• National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
• National Association of Women Lawyers
• National Hispanic Corporate Council
• National Lesbian and Gay Law Association
• National Native American Bar Association Foundation
• South Asian Bar Association of NJ (“SABA-NJ”)
• Texas Diversity Council
• Texas Minority Counsel Program
• Texas Women's League
• The Diversity & Flexibility Alliance
• Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund

Select Awards

• Mansfield Rule Certified Plus 6.0, Diversity Lab
• Diversity in Business Award, Houston Business Journal, 2024
• Diversity Leader Award, Profiles in Diversity Journal, 2024
• Leaders in Diversity Award, Dallas Business Journal, 2023
• Women in Law Empowerment Forum (WILEF), Gold Standard Certification, recognizing our incorporation of women into top leadership positions (10-time recipient), 2023
• Corporate Equality Index, perfect score of 100 percent for policies and practices related to LGBT workplace equality, Human Rights Campaign Foundation, 2016 – 2022
• Legalweek, Innovations in Diversity and Inclusion Award, ALM/The American Lawyer, 2022
• Chambers Associate, Top law firms for diversity – Endorsed, Chambers and Partners, 2022
• Tipping the Scales recognition, The Alliance's New Partner Report, 2021
• Diversity & Inclusion Leaders, Lawyers of Color, 2019
• ABA Commission on Disability Rights: A Pledge For Change, 2019
• CEO Champions For Change, 2017 – 2021
• Working Mother and Flex-Time Lawyers, 50 Best Law Firms for Women, Working Mother Media, 2017