Overview
(July 18, 2022, Washington, DC) – Steptoe achieved high rankings in The American Lawyer's 2022 Pro Bono Scorecard. The firm ranks 29 in the national category and 34 in the international category.
In the national rankings, The American Lawyer ranks the Am Law 200 by their pro bono score for work performed by US-based lawyers. The scores are based on the average number of pro bono hours for US-based lawyers in 2021 and the percentage of lawyers handling at least 20 hours. Steptoe's US lawyers averaged 68.8 pro bono hours per lawyer, and 63.1% of lawyers completed 20 or more pro bono hours.
In the international rankings, The American Lawyer ranks Am Law 200 firms by their score for pro bono work performed by lawyers based outside the United States. Steptoe's international lawyers averaged 14.4 pro bono hours per lawyer, and 23.8% of lawyers completed 20 or more pro bono hours.
Steptoe maintains a strong commitment to pro bono. Public service is an integral part of our history, ethos, and operations. The principle of increasing access to justice guides our pro bono efforts. Steptoe is a charter signatory to the Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge, and was one of the first law firms to establish a position for a lawyer with full-time responsibility overseeing the firm’s pro bono program.
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About Steptoe
In more than 100 years of practice, Steptoe has earned an international reputation for vigorous representation of clients before governmental agencies, successful advocacy in litigation and arbitration, and creative and practical advice in structuring business transactions. Steptoe has more than 500 lawyers and other professional staff across offices in Beijing, Brussels, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Washington. For more information, visit www.steptoe.com.
The diversity of the firm is a critical factor in its success. The firm's Chair is a woman; the majority of Steptoe's nine offices are managed by women; the majority of Steptoe's practice groups have women as leaders; and the firm's twelve-person elected compensation committee is headed by a woman and includes five women as members. The firm's eight-person professional business services leadership is equally diverse, with half the c-suite made up of women, including three women of color, and other leaders who openly identify as LGBTQ+.