Morgan Lewis

Life at Morgan Lewis Striving for Excellence

Firm Fast Facts

More than 1,300 lawyers as well as patent agents, employee benefits advisors, regulatory scientists, and other specialists—nearly 3,000 professionals total—serve clients from our 22 offices throughout the world.

Clients include more than half of the Fortune 100 companies, including 8 of the top 10 and 15 of the top 20.

More than 2,000 clients have been with the firm for more than 5 years.

Approximately 2,000 new clients and 20,000 new projects each year.

Lawyers and support staff fluent in Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish.

Diversity Highlights

Receipt by Grace Speights of the Washington Business Journal Minority Business Leader Award (2010).

Grace Speights recognized by the Washingtonian magazine as one of "Washington's 100 Most Powerful Women" (2009).

Ted Cruz named by Texas Lawyer as one of the "Extraordinary Minorities in Texas Law" (2009).

Named as a Top Law Firm for Diversity by MultiCultural Law magazine (2009).

Receipt by Joan Haratani of the American Bar Association Spirit of Excellence Award (2009).

Receipt by Joan Haratani of the Council on Legal Education Opportunity's Bar Association Diversity Award (2008).

Receipt by Joan Haratani of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund's Award of Excellence for Outstanding Achievements in the Field of Law and Criminal Justice (2008).

Recipient of the Hispanic National Bar Association's Corporate Partner of the Year Award (2007).

Recipient of the first-ever University of Pennsylvania Black Law Students Association "Contribution of Distinction" Award (Feb. 2005).

Recognition of Anne Marie Estevez by Hispanic Business magazine as a "2006 Elite Woman" and finalist in its 2006 Hispanic Woman of the Year award. Anne Marie has also been recognized by Diversity Inc. Magazine and in Working Mother magazine.

Selection of Grace Speights and Celia Roady as two of the Top 50 Women in Washington, D.C. by Super Lawyers magazine.

Election of Joan Haratani as the first female minority president of the Bar Association of San Francisco.

Election of Maria Gonzalez Calvet as president-elect of the Hispanic Bar Association of Philadelphia.

Receipt by Dennis Morikawa and Joan Haratani of the NAPABA "Trailblazer Award" at the NAPABA Annual Convention (Nov. 2006).

19% of the female attorneys who were elected to partnership in the past five years did so while working on an alternative schedule.

Premier sponsor of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA).

Pro Bono in 2009

More than 90,000 hours were spent on pro bono representations, at a value to our pro bono clients of tens of millions of dollars.

More than 75% of the firm's attorneys contributed at least 20 hours to a pro bono matter; representations span all practice groups and offices.

Representations included more than 1,300 active matters, including nearly 600 new matters.

Full "above the line" credit given for pro bono time charges.

Morgan Lewis is a signatory to the Pro Bono Institute's Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge.

At Morgan Lewis, we go beyond our in-house training and mentoring programs to offer you preeminent offsite educational programs sponsored by industry leaders. We understand that supporting and developing our attorneys in the pursuit of premium performance is the key to our mutual success.

We encourage everyone to cultivate a mindset of ownership and accountability for their practice and the firm. This is one of the reasons that we are able to perform as a top-tier international law firm. The defining element in your career will be the pursuit of excellence as you set goals and pursue your professional objectives.

Whether you are collaborating with your peers or developing your practice, our commitment to knowledge-sharing and global best practices is unrivaled – it’s our road map to representing Fortune 100 companies and achieving operational excellence.

To ensure your success, we offer a training program unsurpassed in its ability to impart a competitive advantage. We provide you with:

  • The opportunity to develop and reinforce your legal aptitude in emerging industries.
  • The essential tools to foster and enhance client relations.
  • A chance to embrace rapid changes in technology and product delivery.
  • A vibrant and communicative workplace.