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Flex Partners Who Inspire

The Diversity & Flexibility Alliance Announces the 2014 Flex Success™ Honorees

WASHINGTON, DC, February 18, 2014 — To make partner in a law firm is an amazing accomplishment; to make partner while working a reduced hours schedule is inspirational. The 2014 Flex Success™ Award Honorees prove that working a reduced hours schedule in the law does not preclude incredible professional success. Each year, the Diversity & Flexibility Alliance (the “Alliance”) recognizes a partner working a reduced hours schedule and the client that is integral to making workplace flexibility a reality. The Alliance is pleased to announce the two attorney/client honorees for 2014: Julia E. Markley of Perkins Coie LLP (Portland, OR) and her client, Laura E. Proctor, Associate General Counsel of Louisiana-Pacific Corporation; and Victoria Lee of DLA Piper (Silicon Valley, CA) and her client Karen M. McGee, General Counsel and Privacy Officer at ID Analytics, Inc. Read more

Share of Women Among New Partners Grows Incrementally

The Diversity & Flexibility Alliance Releases Its Annual New Partner Report

WASHINGTON, DC, October 30, 2013 — The share of women among new partner classes at major law firms gained only one percentage point in the last year. Thirty-four percent of attorneys promoted to the partnership in 2013 were women, as compared to 33 percent in 2012, according to data collected by the Diversity & Flexibility Alliance (the “Alliance”).

The Alliance’s New Partner Report compiles data from announcements and other self-reported sources from law firms about the attorneys promoted partnership in 2013. Data for over 100 of the nation’s largest law firms are detailed in the report, including members of the Alliance and many among the The American Lawyer 100 (AmLaw 100) ranks. Read more

The Alliance Is Pleased to Welcome Eliza Park Musallam and Denise A. Robinson As Our New Member Specialists

WASHINGTON, DC, September 26, 2013 — Eliza and Denise will be working directly with Alliance President & CEO, Manar Morales, to implement and develop programming and Alliance initiatives. As Member Specialists, they will engage the membership and be a resource for fostering individual and organizational development goals through the Alliance’s Annual Conference, Member Teleconferences, Research Surveys, Member Outreach, and the newly developed Flex Success Leadership Institute.

With over 20 years of experience between them, Eliza and Denise bring extensive knowledge of the legal profession covering law schools, legal employers, and law departments with a focus on diversity initiatives, flexibility, and cross-cultural competencies. Eliza joins us from American University Washington College of Law (WCL) where she worked as the Diversity Liaison and Career Counselor in the Office of Career & Professional Development. Prior to joining WCL, she was a toxic tort defense attorney at Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP and clerked for the Honorable Eileen T. Gallagher at the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas. Denise joins us from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) where she was the Diversity Officer. Prior to joining the IMF, she was the Director of Diversity & Inclusion for O’Melveny & Myers LLP, an admissions professional for Georgetown University, and a labor and employment attorney at Dinsmore & Shohl LLP. Read more

Part-Time Lawyers Achieve Full Success

The Diversity & Flexibility Alliance Announces the 2013 Flex Success™ Honorees

WASHINGTON, DC, February 4, 2013 — Equity partners who are recognized as leaders in their fields and their firms, with significant books of business and deep client relationships, are standouts by any measure. When they have achieved this success while working reduced hours, they also become award winners – along with their clients who support them.

The Diversity & Flexibility Alliance (the “Alliance”) is proud to present the 2013 Flex Success™ Award to two attorney/client teams: Eve N. Howard, a corporate partner in the Washington, DC office of Hogan Lovells US LLP, and her client, Susan Herlick, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary at Orbital Sciences Corporation; and Marci Rose Levine, a Health & Life Sciences partner in the Washington, DC office of SNR Denton, and her client, Janine Friede, Senior Associate General Counsel, Walmart. Read more