"If firms are to recruit and retain attorneys, they must change their work environments to not only accommodate but support lawyers with families," says Jill Habig of YLW. Here is YLW’s top ten list: 

1. Quarles & Brady (Phoenix)
2. Proskauer Rose (New York City)
3. Akin Gump Strauss Hauer (Washington, DC)
4. Jenner & Block (Washington, DC)
5. Mayer Brown (Chicago)
6. Covington & Burling (Washington, DC)
7. Arnold & Porter (Washington, DC)
8. DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US (New York City)
9. Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, PC (Boston)
10. Faegre & Benson (Minneapolis) 

To see the runners-up and more family-friendly firms, click here.

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