These charts provide a snapshot of our attorney demographics from June 2020 and compare them to attorney demographics statewide. As the charts reflect, minorities have far more representation in our office than among attorneys in our state.
Non-Hispanic Whites account for approximately 49% of all attorneys, 46% of our supervising attorneys, and 43% of State Attorney Fernandez Rundle’s Executive Team. To put this in further perspective, we can compare the SAO to similarly sized private law firms. The SAO is staffed for approximately 330 attorneys. Law360 surveys private firms of various sizes, placing them into different categories, including firms of 251 to 600 attorneys. They reported that “at least 20% of their attorneys [were] people of color” at the “top” firms of that size. They also found that only 28.6% and 18.4% of the equity partners at the top firms were minorities.
Our office is also home to numerous members of the LGBTQ community and people of varying religion (we do not keep data on either gender identify or religion).
| NUMBER | % of Attorney Staff* | EstIMATED % OF attorney STATEWIDE** | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 182 | 60% | 39 |
| Male | 122 | 40% | 61 |
| Total | 304 | 100% | 100% |
| Source | * Numbers are rounded | ** Florida Bar |
| NUMBER | % of Attorney Staff* | EstIMATED % OF attorney STATEWIDE** | |
|---|---|---|---|
| White | 148 | 49% | 82% |
| Black | 46 | 15% | 4% |
| Hispanic | 99 | 33% | 10% |
| Other | 11 | 4% | 4% |
| Total | 304 | 100% | 100% |
| Source | * Numbers are rounded | ** Florida Bar |