Sabita J. Soneji. a partner and litigator at Tycko & Zavareei/courtesy photo Despite Diversity Efforts, Fewer Than 10% of MDL Leadership Posts Are Going to Attorneys Who Are Not White
Data gathered by Law.com shows very little progress in ethnic diversity of MDL leadership teams: only 5% of appointments, on average, went to lawyers who identified as "nonwhite" in MDLs created from 2016 through 2019.
August 17, 2020 at 01:18 PM
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Sabita Soneji had tried several times to get leadership roles in multidistrict litigation, but it wasn't until last December that she landed a position on the plaintiffs' steering committee overseeing cases against electronic cigarette maker Juul Labs.
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