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Date: July 13, 2017

Foley & Mansfield Featured in National Law Journal 500, Women in Law Rankings

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Date: July 13, 2017
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Foley & Mansfield Featured in National Law Journal 500, Women in Law Rankings

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Foley & Mansfield is pleased to announce that the firm has again been listed among the nation’s largest law firms – the NLJ 500.  The firm ranked #263 in the annual listing, up from #271 last year in this ranking of the top 500 law firms in the nation.  Foley & Mansfield has also been listed #17 among the National Law Journal Women in Law rankings.  

The firm added three new offices since the beginning of 2016 and has experienced growth in its attorney count, most notably in St. Louis. 

The Women in Law rank was calculated by adding each firm’s percentage of women attorneys with its percentage of women partners, a formula that gives extra weight to women in the partnership ranks.  Foley & Mansfield currently has 24 women partners, three of whom serve as Managing Partners of their respective offices. 

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