Hunton & Williams LLP Named Among 50 Best Law Firms for Women

NEW YORK — August 8, 2013 — Working Mother Media and Flex-Time Lawyers LLC named Hunton & Williams LLP one of their 2013 "50 Best Law Firms for Women." The winning firms were chosen for their commitment to creating programs and policies that support women in the legal profession. Hunton & Williams has been included on this important list five of the six times it has been published since 2007. The 50 companies are featured in the August/September issue of Working Mother magazine, and on workingmother.com and flextime lawyers.com.

"We are honored to have once again been selected as one of the 50 Best Law Firms for Women," said Wally Martinez, managing partner of Hunton & Williams. "Our objective is to ensure that Hunton & Williams remains a great place to work—a place where all of our people have a real opportunity to succeed."

Hunton & Williams has developed and implemented a number of programs that benefit women, including flexible and reduced-hours work arrangements, emergency back-up child and adult care, child care leave, accommodations for new mothers transitioning back to full-time employment, a concierge program, senior associate mentors for all first- and second-year associates, informal mentoring groups within offices and a firm-sponsored Women’s Networking Forum.