Heidi Levine, left, and Alycia A. Degen of Sidley. Courtesy photos How Do You Build a Mass Torts Practice Where 90% of Partners are Women? For Sidley, It's Been Decades in the Works
In the core team of 20 lawyers in the firm's product liability and mass torts practice, Sidley reports 90% of the partners are women as well as more than 80% of associates.
April 26, 2022 at 07:30 AM
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When putting together client pitches, Heidi Levine, the global co-leader of the product liability and mass torts practice at Sidley Austin, says her group puts together "little facebooks" of the team that potentially would work on any matter for a client.
Why include a collection of names and headshots of the Sidley lawyers who might be involved in the assignment? With clients increasingly calling on law firms to put together teams of lawyers that better reflect the gender and racial diversity of their customer bases, the "little facebooks" might just be a competitive advantage for Sidley.
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