Microsoft Picks Davis Wright Tremaine for Top Firm Diversity (1)

Davis Wright Tremaine was the top performer in Microsoft’s 2018 Law Firm Diversity Program, using diverse lawyers on more than 60 percent of its hours worked for the tech giant.

The percentage of hours worked by diverse DWT partners on Microsoft matters increased from 39 percent to more than 50 percent over the past two years.

“DWT met or surpassed expectations for all of this year’s Law Firm Diversity Program metrics, which focused on management committee diversity, firm-wide partnership diversity, and diversity of the partners working on Microsoft matters,” Microsoft said in a Dec. 11 announcement.

The law firm, which ...