Top Women Lawyers
May 13, 2010
Jockeying for Power
It may be informal, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. Patricia Gillette calls it the two-seater rule: "Most law firms don’t want more than two women on any committee," said Gillette, a partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and longtime advocate for the advancement of women in the legal profession. The paucity of women in the top ranks of law firm management is undeniable: On average, female attorneys make up 15 percent of a firm’s highest governing committee, and 14 percent of the nation’s largest firms have no women at all in such roles, according to a National Association of Women Lawyers’ report tracking the retention and promotion of female attorneys at the nation’s 200 largest law firms. The issue is getting serious attention from the California legal community, and groups in San Francisco and Los Angeles are launching new initiatives to tackle the imbalance.
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It may be informal, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Patricia Gillette calls it the two-seater rule: "Most law firms don't want more than two women on any committee," said Gillette, a partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and longtime advocate for the advancement of wom...
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