Colleen Davies, a partner in the Oakland, CA office of Reed Smith, was recently chosen to head the firm’s 625-lawyer litigation team. This a first for the firm – Davies is the first woman to be a part of the senior management team. Though Reed Davis increased its female partnership by 50 percent (making 18 percent of the partners women) from 2002 to 2005, the firm still has progress to make. According to a study by Harvard Law graduates, the firm ranked 73 out of 105 for best large law firms for women.
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