Morgan Lewis

Diversity Committee

Diversity Highlights

Receipt by Joan Haratani of the Council on Legal Education Opportunity's Bar Association Diversity Award (2008).

Receipt by Joan Haratani of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund's Award of Excellence for Outstanding Achievements in the Field of Law and Criminal Justice (2008).

Recipient of the Hispanic National Bar Association's Corporate Partner of the Year Award (2007).

Recipient of the first-ever University of Pennsylvania Black Law Students Association "Contribution of Distinction" Award (Feb. 2005).

Recognition of Anne Marie Estevez by Hispanic Business magazine as a "2006 Elite Woman" and finalist in its 2006 Hispanic Woman of the Year award. Anne Marie has also been recognized by Diversity Inc. Magazine and in Working Mother magazine.

Selection of Grace Speights and Celia Roady as two of the Top 50 Women in Washington, D.C. by Super Lawyers magazine.

Election of Joan Haratani as the first female minority president of the Bar Association of San Francisco.

Appointment of Renier Pierantoni as deputy president of the Hispanic National Bar Association for the New York Region.

Election of Maria Gonzalez Calvet as president-elect of the Hispanic Bar Association of Philadelphia.

Receipt by Dennis Morikawa and Joan Haratani of the NAPABA "Trailblazer Award" at the NAPABA Annual Convention (Nov. 2006).

19% of the female attorneys who were elected to partnership in the past five years did so while working on an alternative schedule.

Premier sponsor of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA).

Pro Bono in 2007

More than 92,000 hours were spent on pro bono representations, at a value to our pro bono clients of tens of millions of dollars.

More than 75% of the firm's attorneys contributed at least 20 hours to a pro bono matter; representations span all practice groups and offices.

Representations included more than 1,100 active matters, including 425 new matters.

Full "above the line" credit given for pro bono time charges.

Morgan Lewis is a signatory to the Pro Bono Institute's Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge.

Implementing a successful diversity initiative takes more than words: It requires action and follow-up. The Diversity Committee at Morgan Lewis is dedicated to ensuring that the firm upholds its commitment to diversity: as a benchmark in our recruiting efforts, as a central focus of our firm's leadership, and throughout our firm's culture. Composed of both partners and senior staff, the Committee reports regularly to the firm's chair.

Grace Speights
Grace Speights
Committee Co-Chair
Partner, Labor & Employment
Larry Turner
Larry Turner
Committee Co-Chair
Partner, Labor & Employment
Larry Turner
William Delany
Diversity Partner
Partner, Labor and Employment
Charles Engros
Charles Engros
Partner, Business & Finance
Anne Marie Estevez
Anne Marie Estevez
Partner, Labor & Employment
Joan Haratani
Joan Haratani
Partner, Litigation
Charles Jackson
Charles Jackson

Partner, Labor & Employment
Eric Kraeutler
Eric Kraeutler
Partner, Litigation
Michele Martin
Michele Martin
Partner, Business & Finance
Nathan McCutcheon
Nathan McCutcheon
Partner, Intellectual Property
Dawn Pittman
Dawn Pittman
Partner, Litigation
Thomas Poindexter
Tom Poindexter

Partner, Energy
Joanne Soslow
Joanne Soslow
Partner, Business & Finance