None of the firms meet minimum standards for 'recruiting, hiring, promoting and retaining minority lawyers', according to a survey by the African-American, Hispanic and Asian bar associations of Dallas, as reported in the Dallas News. Only 1 per cent of 799 equity partners in Dallas fall into the African-American category. 

Glacial pace

Rosa Orenstein, a partner at Sullivan & Holston and chairwoman of the survey task force, said: 'Clearly, the results are not good.  I know the wheels of justice turn slowly, but diversity in Dallas is improving at a glacial pace. In fact, the situation has become regressive.  We have to try to figure out what is going on and how to fix it.'