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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