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Corporate Counsel

Ex-Commerce Department Official to Serve as Cummins' Next General Counsel

Nicole Lamb-Hale has served as deputy general counsel of the Commerce Department and as assistant secretary for manufacturing and services in the agency's International Trade Administration.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Hard Rock Atlantic City Brings New General Counsel to the Table

Nanette Horner is a veteran gaming attorney who has served as the chief lawyer for a publicly traded casino company, an industry regulator, a private lawyer specializing in gaming laws and an adjunct professor of casino law.
3 minute read

Pro Mid Market

Mid-Market Recap: A Gender-Diverse Talent Pipeline In Action

New firm leaders at two midsize firms point to mentorship, and the chance to lead at an intermediate level, as important steps to the top.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Biotech Startup Poaches Pfizer Lawyer Who Worked on COVID Vaccine Program 

Louisa Daniels, who has extensive in-house experience in the biopharma sector, headed a clinical development legal team that provided key legal support for Pfizer's "Operation Light Speed" COVID-19 vaccine program.
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

More Women of Color Take On Big Law Leadership Roles

Covington & Burling, Squire Patton Boggs and Perkins Coie appointed new leaders recently.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Closing the Patenting Gender Gap Requires More Women Patent Attorneys

In recent years, the gender gap in patenting has come into the spotlight, with hearings on the Hill and in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) highlighting that the issue is as much (and perhaps more) about women inventors not seeking to patent their inventions as it is about women not inventing at all.
9 minute read

The American Lawyer

A Recruiter's Post Sparked Outrage, But Does It Reflect a Bigger Problem in the Legal Industry?

As Merle Vaughn, a recruiter at Major, Lindsey & Africa, put it: "If all of these are people you should not hire, who is left?"
7 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Newsmakers: Week of Feb. 8, 2021

Jones Walker announced that Elizabeth "Liz" Leoty Craddock, the first woman to serve as majority staff director of the Senate Energy Committee, has joined the firm as special counsel in the Washington, D.C., office. S
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

At NYSBA Panel, Women Lawyers Encourage 'Self-Advocating' and 'Owning Contributions' in the Workplace

"I tell my mentees now," said panelist and veteran New York City real estate lawyer Margaret Ling, that you must always "fight for what you did."
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Eversheds Sutherland Shakes Up Leadership of Major US Offices

The new office leaders—all women—are part of the firm's leadership development planning and part of a push to measurably increase diversity.
5 minute read

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