...[S]tatement from Covington...highlights: “In the case of our staff attorneys, we’ve been very successful in recruiting African-American lawyers. . . . We offer competitive compensation and benefits, which we will likely further enhance in the near future... Overall, African-Americans are about 5% of our combined partners, counsel and associates. While we have had less success in terms of our percentage of African-American lawyers in these groups, it is not because we have made less of an effort, and we are making progress here as well. For instance, roughly 10% of the lawyers we hired during the past two years are African-American. Over time, we are hopeful that these percentages or higher percentages will be reflected in our overall numbers.”