“The EEOC is prepared to root out discrimination anywhere it may rear its head, including in our nation’s elite law firms,” Lucas said. “No one is above the law–and certainly not the private bar.”

The law firms that received letters from Acting Chair Lucas include:

1. 1. 1. A & O Shearman

      2. Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
      3. Cooley LLP
      4. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
      5. Goodwin Procter LLP
      6. Hogan Lovells LLP
      7. Kirkland & Ellis LLP
      8. Latham & Watkins LLP
      9. McDermott Will & Emery
      10. Milbank LLP
      11. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
      12. Morrison & Foerster LLP
      13. Perkins Coie
      14. Reed Smith
      15. Ropes & Gray LLP
      16. Sidley Austin LLP
      17. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
      18. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
      19. White & Case LLP
      20. WilmerHale