IC Suey Shows GEass cemngby Rivian Taylor

Women comprise more than 50per- case basis None of the firmsprovides

cent of the partnersin only one law day care however one firm said it is

firmin San Diego the San Diego office investigating the issue

of Gibson Dunn Crutcher in which Gibson Dunn Crutcher also has

three of fivepartners are women the largest percentage of women

according to survey conducted by attorneys 43 percent Women attor

Lawyers Club of local firms with at neys make up 25 percent or more of

least 15 attorneys Survey results are the attorneys in seventeen San Diego

included in this issue of LC News firms In the remaining 20 law firms in

The survey based on information the survey women comprise less than

Presildents CoOurnn contained in the 1990 edition of quarter of the firms attorneys

by Denise McGuire Martindale-Hubbell law directory In one firmin the survey there are

also showed that none of the other 31 no women attorneys and in two of

We went to the same law schools asreporting firms in San Diego with 15 the firms there is only one woman

our male counterparts we took theor more attorneys has more than 25 attorney

same classes academically many ofpercent women partners Women The LC survey was modeled after

us excelledcomprise 25 percent of the partners in similar survey conducted annually by

In the 80s women constituted closethree firms the Queens Bench in San Francisco

to 50% of law school graduates By Fourteen of the 31 reporting firms According to the 1990 Queens Bench

1988 the ABA reported women corn- have no women partners according to survey women attorneys comprise 50

prised 20% of all U.S attorneys the survey percent or more of the firms partners

Today many are reaching the ages ofMembers of LCs Gender Bias in two of the 86 San Francisco firms

40 to 45 when attorneys in large law Committee also polled the firmsto included in the surveyfirms begin taking over significant determine if they have work option Women comprise 50 percent or

management responsibilities programs or provide on-site day care more of the attorneys in three San

Yet women today continue toSeven finns responded they offer Francisco firms In 70 percent of the

play only marginal role in private work option programs to their attor- San Francisco firms in the surveylaw firms

neys and another 18 firms said they women comprise 25 percent or morerecent study of Harvard Law

arrange work options on case-by- of the firms attorneysSchool graduates in private practice _________________________________________________________________10 years out of law school shows Noticewhile 59% of the men made partners

Copies of the San Francisco Survey may be obtained atonly 23% of the women had...

comparison of Lawyers Club the Lawyers Club office

Survey to an identical one done in San Contact Mary Cleveringa at 544-9533

Francisco yields even more discourag

ing results In San Francisco women About Ushold 30% of all attorney positions

Close to 14% of all partnerships are Cass Gulbranssen has been appointed by Mayor OConner and confirmed by

held by women Out of 81 firms only the City Council to serve on the Advisory Committee for Senior Citizens

16% have no women partners Congratulations to North County Chapter members Folly Voorhies Paul

By contrast San Diego women hold Marks Maureen de St CroixRobin DeVito Cheiyl Tomac Janet Pratt

22% of all attorney positions Absent Shelley Patton and Michelle Sullivan who each passed the Januaiy 90 Legal

the aberration of Gibson Dunn and Certification exam Voorhies passed the Wills and Estate Planning Specialty

Crutcher only 7% of all reported part- exam all others passed the Family Law Specialty exam

nerships are held by women Indeed The LC Board has new director Rebecca Frater Prater was voted in by the

nearly one half of all reported San Board to fill the vacancy left by Deborah Wolfe who resigned due to personal

Diego firms have no women partners and professional obligationsIt appears the cool reception

Kitty Juniper was appointed to the Office of LC Treasurer by vote of the

women attorneys received in the mid-Board to replace Judi Foley who stepped down from her second term as LC

seventies continues to haunt theirTreasurer but will remain on the Board

climb to partnership in the 90sBirths North County Chapter member Diane May and her husband Bruce are

the proud parents of Matthew born July 13 1990 Other proud new North

County Chapter parents are member Michelle Sullivan and her husband

Dennis Michelle gave birth to Quinn Sullivan on July 1990

LAWYERS CLUB 1990 SURVEY OF SAN DIEGO LAW FIRMS

The figures used in this survey the 1990 Surveyt werecompiled from the 1990 MartindaleHubbell Law Directory by themembers of the Gender Bias Committee The numbers and percentagesdo not reflect any changes in firm size or composition after the1990 publication date

Only firms having total of 15 or more attorneys wereincluded in the 1990 Survey The method of determining firm sizewas restricted to firms which have 15 or more attorneys residentin San Diego if that distinction is made in the MartindaleHubbell Attorneys listed as advisory partners or of counselwere not included in determining firm size or calculatingpercentages

The firms are listed in descending order according to thepercentage of women attorneys in the firm If two or more firmshave an equal percentage of women attorneys they are listedalphabetically All percentages have been rounded up to thenearest percentile An indicates that Martindale-Hubbell didnot distinguish partners from associates in the firms directorylisting

The first three columns of the 1990 Survey describe thepercentage of women in each law firm as reflected in the 1990Martindale-Hubbell and the size and composition of the law firm as

whole The next three columns describe the composition of thepartnership For the purpose of this Survey the words partnerand partnership includes shareholders and corporation intheir meaning The next three columns describe the composition ofthe group of employees who are associates

The last two columns describe whether each firm has workoptions program wherein the firm has set policy concerningparttime flextime or any other type of work option other than the

category of fulltime attorney and whether each firm has an onsitedaycare facility

Name of of of of 1/ of /1 of of 1/ of /1 of Work Option Day Care

Women Attys Women Women Prtnr Women Women Assoc Women On Site

90 90 90 Prtnr Prtnr Assoc Assoc

Gibson Dunn

Crutcher 43% 21 60% 38% 16 Unavailable for cooment

Lewis DAmatoBrisbois

Bisgaard 38% 26 10 25% 41% 22 Case by case No

Mulvaney

Kahan 38% 21 Case by case No

Shiff let

Walters

Bailey Kane 30% 23 25% 37% 19 Case by case No

Jennings

EngstrandHenrikson 32% 50 16 Case by case No

Milberg Weiss

BershadSpecthrie

Lerach 32% 25 11% 44% 16 Case by case No

Baker

McKenzie 30% 20 17% 43% 14 Case by case No

Seltzer CaplanWilkins

McMahon 30% 47 14 Case by case Investigating

SheppardMullin Richter

Hampton 30% 33 10 0% 42% 24 10 Yes No

Ault Deuprey

Jones Danielsen

Gorman 28% 32 Case by case No

Wi ngertGrebing Anello

Brubaker 28% 18 0% 36% 14 Case by case No

Duke GerstelShearer

Bregante 27% 22 0% 43% 14 No No

Haasis Pope

Correll 27% 26 0% 32% 22 No No

Lorber GradyFarley Volk 26% 34 25% 27% 26 Yes No

Post KirbyNoonan Sweat 26% 23 14% 31% 16 Unavailable for coimient

Schall Boudreau

Gore 26% 31 8% 12 37% 19 Case by case No

Lorenz Alhadeff Lundin

Oggel 25% 16 0% 40% 10 No No

Mclnnis Fitz

gerald Rees

Sharkey

McIntyre 25% 48 12 0% 13 34% 35 12 No No

see over

Higgs Fletcher 24% 59 14 11% 28 35% 31 11 Yes No

Mack

BrobeckPhieger

Harrison 23% 30 13% 27% 22 Case by case No

McCormickRoyce GrimmDeane Vranjes 23% 22 14% 27% 15 Case by case No

SulliyanMcWilliamsLewin

Markham 22% 23 10% 10 31% 13 Case by case No

EdwardsWhite

Sooy 21% 28 0% 26% 23 Case by case No

Gray Cary

Ames Frye 20% 156 31 10% 70 28% 86 24 Yes No

Jenkins

Perry 20% 15 No No

ThorsnesBartol ottaMcGuire

Padilla 20% 15 0% 33% No No

Luce Forward

Hamilton

Scripps 19% 115 22 11% 57 28% 58 16 Yes No

Latham

Watkins 17% 54 6% 17 22% 37 Case by case No

Procoplo

Cory Hargreavesand Savitch 17% 42 7% 28 36% 14 No No

Lillick

McHose 16% 32 8% 12 20% 20 Yes No

Neil Dymott

Perkins Brown

Frank 16% 25 Case by case No

Duckor

Spradi ing 13% 23 0% 10 23% 13 Case by case No

Solomon Ward

Seidenwurm

Smith 13% 15 0% 33% No No

Hillyer

Irwin 11% 36 No No

Stutz

GallagherArtiano 9% 22 0% 12% 17 No No

LindleyLazar Scales 7% 15 0% 14% No No

Hinchy WitteWood Anderson

Hodges 6% 16 0% 14% Case by case No

McCormick

Mitchell 0% 15 0% 0% 11 Yes No