SAN FRANCISCO and PALO ALTO (May 13, 2022)—Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that it has ranked highly on the San Francisco Business Times and the Silicon Valley Business Journal’s 2022 “Best Places to Work“ list for the Bay Area. The firm ranked at #14 in the midsize company category as one of the Bay Area’s leading employers and workplaces.

“We are truly honored to be recognized as a 2022 best place to work in San Francisco and across the wider Bay Area,” said Laura Zagar, Perkins Coie’s San Francisco Office Managing Partner. “This recognition reflects that our Bay Area team strives to create a diverse, collaborative, and inclusive place to work. It makes our firm a great place to work and deliver high quality service to our clients.”

“Our prominent ranking as a leading Bay Area employer and workplace reflects our unique culture and the faith shown in us by our many clients across Silicon Valley and beyond,” said Jim Snell, Perkins Coie’s Palo Alto office managing partner. “We remain committed to investing in our attorneys and business professionals as we continue to grow our Bay Area presence.”

Companies must reach a certain level of employee participation to be evaluated for the San Francisco Business Times and the Silicon Valley Business Journal’s annual workplace rankings. Companies are ranked and finalists are chosen according to an overall engagement score. The top-ranking Bay Area workplaces are then selected solely based on the results of the employee survey and, in essence, by a company’s employees themselves.

Perkins Coie has long been recognized for excellence in the legal industry and for its commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive work culture. The firm was ranked as the #1 U.S. employer among the 2021 “Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services” by Great Place to Work®, has been recognized as one of Fortune’s “100 Best Companies to Work For®” for 20 consecutive years, and has also been recognized as an Inclusion Blueprint Champion by Diversity Lab. Perkins Coie has also earned the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 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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