Bingham Named One of Calif.’s Best Places to Work
California-based Employers Group ranks Bingham second in large-company category
Bingham has been ranked second among large companies by California’s Best Places to Work program, the most recent recognition of the firm’s culture and working environment.
Bingham was one of five winners in the large company category, which consists of organizations with 500 or more employees. Bingham was one of only two law firms on the list of 20 companies, which were selected from more than 400 entrants.
“This recognition reflects a true team effort,” said Bingham Chairman Jay Zimmerman. “This is the second competition that has named Bingham as a Best Place to Work this year, after being named for the fourth straight year to FORTUNE magazine’s ‘100 Best Companies to Work For’ list. We hope to build upon this momentum in 2008 and beyond.”
The ranking was based on the blind scoring of more than 400 companies’ responses to a survey of employers and employees in nine categories, including: pay, benefits, training and advancement opportunities, work-life balance, diversity programs, turnover, perks, employee voice and workplace culture, and community involvement.
“Bingham has distinguished itself as a champion for leading-edge employee benefits and best HR practices, and in doing so, has raised the bar for employers elsewhere,” said Mark Wilbur, president and CEO of Employers Group, a California-based human resources consulting firm and sponsor of the Best Places to Work program.
The recognition of Bingham’s California offices comes after a year in which the firm expanded significantly in the state. The firm combined with the 40-lawyer high-stakes litigation firm Alschuler Grossman in May 2007, giving Bingham an office in Santa Monica. Other Bingham offices in California are located in Los Angeles, Orange County, San Francisco, Silicon Valley and Walnut Creek.
In January, Bingham was named for the fourth straight year to the FORTUNE magazine “100 Best Companies to Work For” list. The firm ranked 41st on the list, up from 94 in 2007, with the percentage of women and minority employees noted as a main factor for the firm’s selection.
In September 2007, the Los Angeles Business Journal ranked Bingham’s Los Angeles and Santa Monica offices No. 7 on its “Best Places to Work” list.
Bingham also was the only large law firm named to the Boston Business Journal’s “Best Places to Work” list for 2007, ranking fifth. The firm was one of only four companies that has made the newspaper’s list each year since it was launched.
In August 2007, Working Mother magazine named Bingham one of the top 50 law firms for working mothers and flex-time lawyers.
Bingham also has been recognized for its diversity efforts. It was one of only 30 law firms and 195 major U.S. companies to score 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2007 Corporate Equality Index, which rates companies on their treatment of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees, customers and investors.