One of Walter Harvey’s main goals after being appointed general counsel to the Miami-Dade School Board was to increase the diversity of its outside counsel, ensuring minorities receive a good chunk of the $6 million to $10 million in annual work.
He issued a request for proposals and appointed a committee to make recommendations, with diversity being a key criteria just behind pricing and quality. Harvey, who is black, appointed Miami lawyer Manny Kadre, general counsel of Eagle Brands, to chair the committee.
