Leslie Caldwell Honored as One of the “50 Most Influential Women in America”
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New York, July 13, 2007: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP is pleased to announce that Leslie Caldwell, partner and co-chair of the Corporate Investigations and White Collar Practice, has been named one of the “50 Most Influential Women in Law” by The National Law Journal. The listing, the publication’s first since 1998, reflects the growing influence of women attorneys, in-house counsel, and law professors within the profession, business, government, and public affairs.
Readers of The National Law Journal nominated nearly 200 female attorneys with a national impact inside and outside the legal world in the past five years, according to the publication. The editorial staff also submitted names based on its own research. The pool was then reduced to the “50 Most Influential Women in Law.”
Noting that Ms. Caldwell, “spearheaded the growth of Morgan Lewis' corporate investigations and white-collar practice,” the publication also reported that she represents Fortune 500 companies and other securities issuers, audit committees, board members, and executives, and serves on the ethics committee of the board of directors of the U.S. Olympic Committee. Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Ms. Caldwell was the first director of the Justice Department's Enron task force, and she was among the first to use RICO to target violent, nontraditional, criminal organizations, such as inner city drug gangs, as a federal prosecutor in Brooklyn, N.Y.
In addition to The National Law Journal honor, Ms. Caldwell has been the recipient of numerous awards including the Attorney General's Award for Exceptional Service as Director of Enron Task Force; the Attorney General's John Marshall Award for Trial of Litigation; the Attorney General's Award for Fraud Prevention; the Henry L. Stimson Medal, awarded by Association of the Bar of the City of New York; and multiple Department of Justice Awards for Superior Performance.
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