DIVERSITY

Knobbe Martens is committed to promoting diversity through its hiring practices, staffing of clients' legal matters and its involvement in the community. The firm ranked third in the nation of 193 major law firms for highest number of minority equity partners in a 2007 survey conducted by Diversity & The Bar, a publication of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association. The lawyers at Knobbe Martens are involved in professional organizations and community associations dedicated to supporting professionals from diverse backgrounds, including the California Minority Counsel Program (CMCP), Orange County Diversity Task Force, TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs), American Intellectual Property Law (AIPLA) Education Foundation, Georgetown Law Center Diversity Resume Collection Program and the Diversity Fellowship Program.

The Firm's Diversity Committee meets regularly to discuss initiatives for enhancing the firm's growth and outreach to recruits of diverse backgrounds. The Diversity Committee's goal is to ensure that the firm is continuing to support diversity initiatives and identify innovative ways to encourage diversity within our firm and in the community.