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Firm Fast Facts

More than 1,400 lawyers in 22 offices throughout the world.

Clients include more than half of the Fortune 100 companies, including 9 of the top 10 and 16 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, Spanish, Russian.

Diversity Highlights

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.

Appointment of Renier Pierantoni as deputy president of the Hispanic National Bar Association for the New York Region.

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 2007

More than 92,000 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 1,100 active matters, including 425 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.

John FerrerJOHN FERRER
J.D.: 1996
Labor & Employment
Washington, D.C.

John came to the firm from the National Labor Relations Board, his first job after law school. He worked there for seven years in three different offices before making the jump from the government to the world of a law firm.

The firm has given me so many opportunities to grow as a lawyer. Working here, you’re working with the best and the brightest – your colleagues and your clients. So you have to bring your ‘A’ game every day on every project. Just being able to work with these individuals, day in and day out, has made me a better lawyer.

I chose Morgan Lewis because I wanted to diversify my law practice. I was ready for new challenges. I was aware of the firm’s excellent reputation, especially in the labor field, so I wanted to come over here and meet those challenges. It’s been a tremendous experience for me.

Soon after I joined the firm, I had the great opportunity to be part of an incredible team of lawyers who were helping a high-profile client with very important collective bargaining negotiations that affected many of their sites across the country. The project gave me exposure not only to the client, but also to the negotiations themselves. I worked with some really talented people to achieve an excellent result for an important client.