The latest promotions from Alston & Bird, Troutman Sanders, Smith Gambrell & Russell and eight other firms further show Atlanta-based firms are promoting large classes of lawyers to partner. Except for Alston, though, women still are being promoted at a lesser rate than men. For the 28 new partners named in this report, only 11 are women–and six of those are in Alston’s Atlanta office.

The Daily Report has previously reported on large new partner classes at Atlanta firms King & Spalding, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton and Morris Manning & Martin, as well as Eversheds Sutherland and Arnall Golden Gregory.