Kudos to 16 Sponsor Firms Who Received Perfect Ranking from Human Rights Campaign

The 2010 Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index of Best Places to Work has awarded the following 16 BBA Sponsor Firms perfect scores in their annual ranking:

Bingham McCutchen LLP
Brown Rudnick LLP
Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP
DLA Piper
Foley Hoag LLP
Goodwin Procter LLP
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Holland & Knight LLP
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, & Popeo PC
Nixon Peabody LLP
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP
Ropes & Gray LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LP
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP

The Corporate Equality Index conducts a survey and rates employers regarding their policies and practices pertinent to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) employees, consumers and investors. The Index rates employers on a scale from 0 to 100 percent. Ratings are based on factors such as non-discrimination policies, diversity training and benefits for domestic partners and transgender employees.

The 2011 Corporate Equality Index surveyed 130 law firms and 615 private employers in various industries.