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Firm Fast Facts

More than 1,400 lawyers in 22 offices throughout the world.

Clients include more than half of the Fortune 100 companies, including 9 of the top 10 and 16 of the top 20.

More than 2,000 clients have been with the firm for more than 5 years.

Approximately 2,000 new clients and 20,000 new projects each year.

Lawyers and support staff fluent in Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian.

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.

JOANNE SOSLOW

J.D.: 1991
Business Transactions
Philadelphia

Joanne Soslow joined Morgan Lewis after four years at a large Philadelphia law firm. She worked full-time for two years and then adopted a part-time schedule so she could devote more time to her family. Today, Joanne is a partner in the Business Transactions Practice and the mother of two boys, ages 4 and 6.

Flexibility is the key to finding balance in a law firm. Working part- time allows me to accomplish what I need to – at work and at home – but on my own schedule. The firm’s expectations of me are the same as they are for a full-time lawyer: keep the client happy.

Part-time work is not about having a part-time commitment to the firm; it’s about having a full-time commitment with the flexibility to work from home and respond to client and team member inquiries by phone, webmail and voicemail. Clients view accessibility and responsiveness as crucial. With the advent of new technologies, I am responsive to clients’ needs without physically being in the office. In addition to the many lawyers in the firm and my wonderful secretary, I rely on the considerable services available: word processing, resource support, computer support, BlackBerry® handhelds and cell phones. It’s easier to be flexible at a large firm where there are so many resources to draw upon.

A component of being a success at Morgan Lewis is having a happy, balanced life. It’s nice to know you’re a part of a firm that respects you as well as your family.