Phelps Dunbar Ranks Among Top Firms for Diversity

June 01, 2007

Phelps Dunbar has been recognized once again as a national leader among law firms for diversity by Minority Law Journal and Multicultural Law Magazine.

In its annual survey of the nation's leading firms, the Summer 2007 issue of Minority Law Journal recognized Phelps Dunbar for having the highest percentage of African American lawyers among the 255 largest and highest-grossing firms law firms in the United States. This is the sixth consecutive year that Phelps Dunbar has been recognized for its diversity by this publication. Minority Law Journal also ranked the firm as having the highest percentage of African American lawyers in 2006, 2004 and 2002, and as one of the top three firms in this category in 2005 and 2003. The 2007 survey was based on data collected by The National Law Journal as part of its census of the country's 250 largest firms ("NLJ 250"), as well as five firms that made The American Lawyer's Am Law 200, but did not make the NLJ 250. A total of 209 firms reported data for this year's survey.

The 2007 edition of Multicultural Law Magazine also recognized Phelps Dunbar as a top firm for diversity. The firm is listed in the following diversity categories: Top 100 Law Firms for Diversity, Top 25 Law Firms for African Americans, Top 100 Law Firms for Women, and Top 50 Law Firms for Partners. This is the third consecutive year that Phelps Dunbar has been recognized for its diversity by this publication.

Phelps Dunbar is a regional law firm of more than 260 attorneys, with offices in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Jackson, Tupelo, and Gulfport, Mississippi; Houston, Texas; Tampa, Florida; and London, England.

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