Tucker Ellis LLP has earned the Diversity & Flexibility Alliance’s “Tipping the Scales” recognition for having 50% or more women in its 2024 new partner class. Of the 196 law firms researched by the Diversity & Flexibility Alliance for its 2024 New Partner Report, 82 firms, including Tucker Ellis, had 50% or more women in their new partner class.

“This achievement exemplifies our commitment to building a diverse and inclusive firm,” said Tucker Ellis Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Leadership Committee Co-Chairs Chad Eggspuehler and Charissa Walker in a joint statement. “Promoting gender equity at the partnership level strengthens our firm, brings fresh perspectives, and allows us to better serve our clients and communities.”

The Alliance’s New Partner Report is a yearly compilation of data from the nation’s largest and top-grossing law firms examining the gender breakdown of attorneys promoted to partnership. The data is based upon publicly available firm announcements and other self-reported sources on new partner classes with an effective date of promotion between October 1, 2023, and September 30, 2024.

The 2024 report revealed that 41.6% of U.S.-based new partners from 196 major law firms in 2024 were women, representing a decrease of 2.1% from last year’s figure of 43.7%. Accounting for increased globalization of the legal industry, the Alliance began including data on global new partner promotions last year. Globally in 2024, women accounted for 41.6% of new partners, down from 43.3% in 2023. Other highlights include:

• While there has been a “boomerang effect” between 2021 and 2024, the share of women new partners has increased 8.7 percentage points since 2012, when the Alliance began compiling this data.
• The share of firms with 50% or more women in their new partner class increased from 39.3% last year to 41.8% this year (82 of 196 firms).
• Alliance member firms achieved a 0.6% higher share of women among U.S.-based new partners (42.2%) compared to the industry average (41.6%).
• There was a substantial 3% increase in the gap in the share of new women partners compared to the share of women associates – from a gap of 5.7% in 2023 to a gap of 8.7% this year.

Learn more about this year’s honorees at the Diversity & Flexibility Alliance’s website.