Eleanor Fox was elected the Firm's first woman partner in 1970. Today, the partnership includes 39 women partners: 22 in Corporate, 10 in Litigation, 2 in Personal Planning, 3 in Tax, 1 in Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits, and 1 in Exempt Organizations. In the last three years, 33% of our new partners were women.

Our women partners are well-known legal experts who serve on national, state and local bar committees and lecture at groups such as The Practising Law Institute and The American Law Institute. In 2010, 13 of our women partners were ranked in the Chambers & Partners survey of leading U.S. attorneys. Sarah Cogan was acknowledged by Vault as one of the top women leaders in the law in their book "The Vault View from the Top: Q&A with Women Leaders." Alexis Coll-Very was named one of the 2010 “Top Women Litigators” in California by the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal. Our women partners are frequently honored by bar and pro bono organization. For example, Marissa Wesely, chair of the Firm’s Women’s Committee and corporate partner, was presented with the New York City Bar’s 2010 Diversity Champion Award. In addition, Lynn Neuner, a litigation partner, was recently elected Chair of the Executive Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

Our female partners are prominent within the Firm, as well.  Three of our women partners currently sit on the Firm's Executive Committee, one of whom is Co-Administrative Partner of the Firm. Two women partners are department chairs and one is a practice group head within the Corporate Department. Women partners currently serve on 14 of the 17 firm committees, including the Executive Committee and the Business Development, Finance, Investment and Technology Committees, and serve as chair or co-chair of the Diversity, Finance, Pro Bono, Recruiting and Women's Committees.

Overall, our women attorneys come from more than 70 colleges, 50 law schools and 15 countries, and speak more than 20 languages. They are prominent in national, civic and community groups, and have served as David Rockefeller Fellows, directors of prominent non-profit organizations and class parents at local schools. A female associate was named a 2006 Southern California Super Lawyer "Rising Star"and other women attorneys have been honored by organizations such as the Legal Aid Society, Sanctuary for Families and InMotion. Our retired partners and other alumni include a former Senior Treasury Department official, a Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs, the President of USA Basketball and former founding President of the WNBA, a prominent New York University Law School professor and the General Counsel of the FBI.