Hunton & Williams LLP Receives Top Rating in 2014 Corporate Equality Index
December, 2013 - Richmond, Virginia
NEW YORK, NY — December 13, 2013 — Hunton & Williams LLP received a perfect score in the recently released Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s annual "Corporate Equality Index." The Foundation, which is the educational arm of American's largest civil rights organization working for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality, rated 934 businesses in its 2014 report on policies and practices related to LGBT employees.
Factors contributing to Hunton & Williams’ top rating are its inclusive nondiscrimination policies, firmwide diversity training, domestic partner benefits, LGBT affinity group, and contributions to related community organizations. This is the third year in a row that the firm has received a 100 percent ranking and been rated as a Best Place to Work for LGBT Equality.
Hunton & Williams believes a diverse group of lawyers and staff allows the firm to better serve its clients, and maintains a vigorous Diversity Program to help attract a workforce representative of the firm's global practice.
About Hunton & Williams LLP
Hunton & Williams LLP provides legal services to corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals, as well as to a broad array of other entities. Since our establishment more than a century ago, Hunton & Williams has grown to more than 800 lawyers serving clients in 100 countries from 19 offices around the world. Our practice has a strong industry focus on real estate, energy, financial services and life sciences, and our experience extends to practice areas including bankruptcy and creditors' rights, commercial litigation, corporate transactions and securities law, intellectual property, international and government relations, regulatory law, products liability, and privacy and cybersecurity.
