Both the president and president-elect of The Florida Bar say improving diversity is a top priority for the legal profession, but their small firms lack minority representation. Atkinson Diner managing partner David Mankuta says it's challenging for small firms like his to attract minority attorneys because it has little turnover. "I think it's too limiting to say we want this nationality or this gender. I can't afford to do that," he says. But smaller firms do have one big advantage over large firms.
July 14, 2008 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Both the president and president-elect of The Florida Bar say improving diversity is a top priority for the legal profession, but their firms lack minority representation.
Bar president John “Jay” White III is a partner with Richman Greer, which has two minority lawyers out of 21. The firm ranks in the bottom 10 among large Florida law firms for the number of minority attorneys and the bottom 20 for its percentage of minorities, a Daily Business Review survey indicated.
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