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Recruitment | Advancement | Retention Around the Firm
Katten Hosts Diverse Attorney
Leadership Summit in Chicago
In November, partner and Chief Diversity Officer
Leslie Minier hosted the firm’s Diverse Attorney
Leadership Summit in Chicago. Katten’s diverse
attorneys at all levels attended, including our 2017
returning diverse 2L summer associates, incoming
summer associates and first year associates. The
summit was a tremendous success as it provided
our diverse attorneys with access to leadership and
knowledge, empowering them to take charge of
their careers.
Throughout the two-day summit, there were panel
discussions on various topics such as Katten’s
sponsorship program—a program through which
we pair diverse lawyers with senior partners who
take personal responsibility for the attorney’s
development and career opportunities. Also
discussed was the criteria taken into consideration
when evaluating advancement of lawyers to
partnership and beyond with members of the firm’s
Income and Capital Partner Promotion Committees
and Compensation Committee. In addition, there
was a mock pitch session with Katten partners and
in-house counsel from leading companies such
as McDonald’s Corporation, GE Transportation,
National Express, Morton Salt, MetLife and Lockheed
Martin Investment Management Company to help
demonstrate the key techniques and critical points
that should be followed to increase the chance of
winning business. Other workshops during the
summit included tools for branding, networking and
business development, providing further resources
for our diverse attorneys to grow their careers at
Katten.
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Supporting Women’s
Student Groups
bby Feinman, head of Katten’s Los Angeles
Trusts and Estates practice and a member of
the firm’s Executive Committee and Board
of Directors, serves as a member of the Trustees’
Council of Penn Women (TCPW) at her alma
mater, the University of Pennsylvania. The council
supports, fosters and promotes the advancement
of women and women’s issues in partnership with
the university. As part of TCPW’s Student Life
Committee for the past two years, Abby and other
international Penn alumnae provide financial and
mentoring support for various women’s student
groups on campus, which have included those
focused on academic and professional advancement,
cultural expression, and women’s political leadership.
“I’m incredibly proud to be working alongside such
intelligent, successful women on the Council,” Abby
shared. “This connection to a community of like-
minded peers that I greatly respect is incredibly
important to me, and the work we do in support of
other Penn women, whom we believe are the leaders
of tomorrow, is equally as rewarding.”
Ranked one of the
“Working Mother and Flex-Time Lawyers
“50 Best Law Firms for Women”
every year since the list was first
compiled in 2007