SAN FRANCISCO and PALO ALTO (May 5, 2023)—Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that it has been named as a leading “Best Place to Work” in the Bay Area for 2023 by the San Francisco Business Times and the Silicon Valley Business Journal. The firm ranked highly at 10 in the large company category of the annual list of leading Bay Area employers and workplaces.  

“We are thrilled to be recognized as a prominent Bay Area law firm with a strong and inclusive culture,” said Laura Zagar, Perkins Coie’s San Francisco office managing partner. “We know that investing in our people and our culture is the smartest investment we can make and remain committed to ensuring that all our lawyers and business professionals can thrive and succeed in their careers.” 

“Our collegial and diverse culture enables us to best serve our many entrepreneurial clients across the Bay Area and beyond and to provide creative and effective legal solutions,” said Jim Snell, Perkins Coie’s Palo Alto office managing partner. “Our unique culture also empowers our lawyers and business professionals, improves teamwork, boosts morale and productivity, and enables us to retain our people.”

Perkins Coie has had offices in the Bay Area for 25 years and is regularly recognized for its dedication to fostering a work environment in which all lawyers and business professionals can reach their full potential and for its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion within the legal industry. The firm has been awarded Mansfield 5.0 Certification Plus for Diversity Leadership and named an Inclusion Blueprint Champion by Diversity Lab. The Human Rights Campaign Foundation has awarded the firm its top rating of 100% in the Corporate Equality Index, a national benchmarking survey on corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality, for 14 straight years.          

Perkins Coie is a leading international law firm that is known for providing high-value, strategic solutions and extraordinary client service on matters vital to our clients’ success. With more than 1,200 lawyers in offices across the United States and Asia, we provide a full array of corporate, commercial litigation, intellectual property, and regulatory legal advice to a broad range of clients, including many of the world’s most innovative companies and industry leaders as well as public and not-for-profit organizations.

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