National law firm Husch Blackwell announced it received a score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s (HRCF) 2026 Corporate Equality Index, the nation’s foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality. 2025 marks the 10th consecutive year the firm has earned the distinction of a top score.
The CEI rates companies on detailed criteria that falls under four central pillars:
Husch Blackwell’s success in completing CEI’s ranking criteria has earned the Equality 100 Award from HRCF each year since 2016. The firm joins the 534 U.S. businesses that will be honored with HRCF’s Equality 100 Award as Leaders in LGBTQ+ Workplace Inclusion.
The Human Rights Campaign is America's largest civil rights organization working to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) people.