Alston & Bird’s workplace environment has been praised as one of the most open and receptive in the United States, not only among law firms, but also among all businesses.
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Alston & Bird has been ranked 10th in the nation in overall diversity in the 2010
Vault Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms. The firm was also ranked fifth with respect to GLBT individuals, and seventh with respect to minorities.
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Alston & Bird received a top rating of 100 percent from the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) Corporate Equality Index. This is the fifth year in a row that Alston & Bird has received HRC’s perfect rating. The Human Rights Campaign is America’s largest civil rights organization working to achieve equality for gays, lesbians, bisexual and transgendered persons, with more than 725,000 members and supporters nationwide.
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2011 marks the 12th consecutive year for Alston & Bird to be included on FORTUNE’s list of the “100 Best Companies to Work For.” We are the only firm to be recognized for this period of time, four years of which included a top ten ranking. While winning the award is significant, we have used it as a tool to keep us on the leading edge of building and maintaining an open and positive work environment.
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In 2009 MultiCultural Law magazine named Alston & Bird to its “Top 100 Law Firms for Diversity.” Additionally, Alston & Bird ranked among the publication’s “Top 100 Law Firms for Women,” “Top 50 Law Firms for Associates,” and “Top 25 Law Firms for African Americans.”
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Diversity Partner John Latham was elected to serve as chair of the board of trustees of the American Institute for Managing Diversity. Founded in 1984, AIMD is a nonprofit diversity think tank, providing strategies, educational programs and materials on diversity and diversity management. Alston & Bird played an instrumental role in establishing the organization.
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Several attorneys hold leadership roles in local chapters of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) and have participated as speakers in programs on the national level.
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Alston & Bird partner Jeff Swart serves as immediate past president of the Stonewall Bar Association of Georgia.
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Alston & Bird partner Lawrie Demorest serves on the national board of directors of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.
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Lisa Gilford, a partner in the firm’s Litigation & Trial Practice Group, served as past president of the National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL), the largest women lawyers association in the country.
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Jesse Jauregui, a partner in the firm’s Labor & Employment Group, serves on the board of the Mexican American Bar Foundation.
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In 2009, Alston & Bird was named to Working Mother magazine’s 50 Best Law Firms for Women list. The list, presented by Working Mother magazine and Flex-Time Lawyers LLC, recognizes 50 law firms for their commitment to the retention and advancement of women.
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In 2006, Alston & Bird’s diversity program was selected as a “Model Program” by the State Bar of California Diversity Pipeline Taskforce.
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Alston & Bird was awarded the 2007 Corporate Community Ally Award from the Atlanta Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. Nominees are judged on their accomplishments, their activity in the LGBT community, as well as what separates them from their peers and competitors.