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21 January 2010
Categories: Legal News , Legal services , Discrimination , Profession
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Stonewall honours law firms in best employers list

Four law firms have made it into Stonewall’s Top 100 Employers list.

Simmons & Simmons were placed at number 15 in the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) charity’s best employer’s list, Pinsent Masons at 36, Herbert Smith at 56, and Eversheds at 85. The Crown Prosecution Service was at 63 in the list.

The Law Society’s diversity champion, Stephen Ward, says: “It is great news that four firms are in the Stonewall Top 100 again this year as we know there was huge competition from other sectors.

“We have seen a dramatic change in the environment in law firms for LGBT employees in the past couple of years. The Interlaw Forum for LGBT Networks particularly has made a huge impact and the Law Society is proud to be working closely with Daniel Winterfeldt (corporate partner at Simmons & Simmons and founder of Interlaw) and colleagues to promote diversity across the profession.

“We start the new decade knowing there is still a lot to do as the soon-to-be published report on

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