Recruitment
We are committed to and focused on increasing the diversity of our attorneys at all levels. Whenever possible, we take advantage of opportunities to meet minority, women and LGBT law students by sponsoring and attending receptions, lectures, panel discussions, and other events hosted by minority lawyer and law student organizations and local bar associations. We also attend recruiting events sponsored by minority law associations. To that end, FAB and its lawyers are actively involved in the Asian American Bar Association, Charles Houston Bar Association, Hispanic National Bar Association, La Raza Lawyers Association, South Asian Bar Association, and Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom, among others.
We are seeing some promising results from our efforts. For example, our percentage of female associates (55.5 percent) exceeds the national average of 42.7 percent for firms with 50 or fewer attorneys, based on 2007 studies by NALP, the National Association for Legal Career Professionals. The percentage of minority associates at FAB (55.5 percent) also far exceeds the national average (13.81). Among all FAB partners, 33.3 percent are female, nearly twice the NALP average of 17.11 percent. The percentage of our minority partners (5.5 percent) is on par with the national average (5.4 percent) for firms of our size. Our attorneys and professional staff collectively speak eight different languages. In addition, ten percent of our attorneys identify as members of the LGBT community.
Lawyers who are women and those who are members of minority groups and/or the LGBT community participate in all levels of firm management (such as office leaders, committee chairs, practice group leaders, and the Executive Committee) and play an integral role in managing the firm and shaping its future.
Over thirty percent of our professional staff are women and nearly thirty percent are people of color.
The firm became a member of the American Bar Association, Minority Counsel Program which promotes diversity in the legal profession through education and by building relationships between corporations and lawyers who are racially and ethnically diverse.