Editor’s Letter Legal Business It’s been nearly three years since GC magazine last examined the state of diversity and inclusion within the legal sector…
Foreword Legal Business In my 35 years of practice at Weil, I have seen the significant evolution of diversity and inclusion within the…
Shining a Light Legal Business In the two years since GC last turned the spotlight on diversity and inclusion in the US, both the structure…
Christine Castellano, Former General Counsel, Ingredion Inc Legal Business In February 2019, I stepped down from my position as general counsel of Ingredion after 22 years. I had a…
Hugh Welsh, General Counsel, DSM North America Legal Business For the first 12 or 13 years of my career, I was blissfully, painfully unaware of genuine issues on inclusion…
Michael Wasser, Assistant Corporation Counsel, New York City Law Department Legal Business My journey to the law, on paper, was pretty straightforward. School, high school, undergraduate degree, and then straight into law…
Shana Cochrane Smith, General Counsel, NII Holdings, Inc. Legal Business We’ve always had a lot of diversity in the workplace. We worked to bring people into our headquarters from Peru,…
Wesley Bizzell, Senior Assistant General Counsel, Altria Client Services Inc Legal Business In October 1987, about 750,000 people gathered in Washington, DC for what was called the Second National March on Washington…
Rachel Gonzalez, General Counsel, Starbucks Legal Business Starbucks has a fundamental business tenet that we are creating a welcoming place for all people, and that means inclusion…
Naomi B. Waltman, Associate General Counsel, Litigation, CBS Corporation Legal Business Diversity means having people of diverse culture, experiences, and backgrounds in all levels of the workplace, and making sure that…
Diankha Linear, General Counsel, Convoy Inc Legal Business We provide web-enabled transportation services. One example is that we match shippers like Unilever and Anheuser-Busch to high-quality truck carriers…
Thomas J. Miles, Dean and Clifton R. Musser Professor of Law and Economics, The University of Chicago Law School Legal Business Before I became dean, I did research on the behavior of judges. We studied panels of three judges considering voting…
Connie Brenton, Chief of Staff and Senior Director of Legal Operations, NetApp Legal Business A year ago, I was invited to speak at a law school event in Miami. While there, I was introduced…
John Schultz, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Legal Business There continues to be a heated battle for talent. The battle has been happening for a while, but I think…
Verona Dorch, Chief Legal Officer, Peabody Energy Legal Business The legal department serves the business and other functions, so it’s a great opportunity to put diversity in front of…
James Chosy, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, U.S. Bank Legal Business Here in the US, the legal profession is among the least diverse of comparable white-collar professions. It should be the…
Carrie Hightman, Chief Legal Officer, NiSource Inc Legal Business It bothered me that we didn’t have any kind of support for women, so we started in 2012 by holding…
Norma Barnes-Euresti, Chief Counsel for Labor, Employment, Ethics and Compliance, Kellogg Company Legal Business At Kellogg Company, I serve on the executive diversity and inclusion council, the global legal and compliance department’s leadership team…
Kate Karas, Senior Associate General Counsel, Lending Club Legal Business The Rooney Rule is used in the football arena to make sure that when NFL teams are hiring professional staff…
Antonious Porch, General Counsel, SoundCloud Legal Business SoundCloud’s mission is to give people the power to share and connect through music. The platform’s community of creators and…
