Diversity and Inclusion Rankings & Recognition

Rankings & Recognition

From 2011 through 2019, we earned Gold Standard Certification from the Women in Law Empowerment Forum (WILEF) for our success in providing professional opportunities and leadership roles for women attorneys.
66 percent of our 2019 partner class self-identify as women or lawyers of color.
Named a 2019 Working Mother Best Law Firm for Women.
Ballard Spahr is a signatory of The Business Statement for Transgender Equality.
100 percent rating in the 2018 and 2019 editions of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation's Corporate Equality Index (CEI).
Ballard Spahr has been ranked as one of the top 10 law firms of its size for minority lawyers by Law360's Diversity Snapshot.
In 2019, American Lawyer magazine ranked Ballard Spahr 15th among all major U.S. law firms for our percentage of female equity partners.
The firm was ranked 11th for female attorneys among comparably sized firms in the 2019 Law360 Glass Ceiling Report.
Awarded the Mortgage Bankers Association's first Diversity and Inclusion Leadership Award for Organizational Diversity.
Firm Chair Mark Stewart participated as a panelist in the Mortgage Bankers Association's Summit on Diversity.
Ballard Spahr and Mr. Stewart have been recognized in Profiles in Diversity Journal as recipients of the magazine's Diversity Leader Award.
Mr. Stewart is the 2016 recipient of the Associated Black Charities' Change Agents Award. The award recognizes leaders in the effort to bring greater diversity to the legal profession.
Mark Stewart is the 2015 recipient of the Philadelphia Bar Association Albert S. Dandridge III Diversity Award. The award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated a strong commitment and has made a substantial contribution in the Philadelphia area to diversity; and promotes full and equal participation and inclusion in the legal profession.