Press Release
K&L Gates Continues Decade-long Commitment as Title Sponsor of Corporate Counsel Women of Color’s Annual Career Strategies Conference
21 September 2015
New York - For the 10th consecutive year, global law firm K&L Gates LLP will serve as the Title Sponsor of Corporate Counsel Women of Color’s (CCWC) Annual Career Strategies Conference, taking place Sept. 23-25 at the Downtown Atlanta Marriott Marquis.
Since CCWC’s inception — during which time its membership has grown from 40 to now more than 3,300 globally — K&L Gates partners have worked closely with the organization’s leadership to drive value-added content that continues to attract the law firms and corporations supportive of CCWC’s vision. At this year’s annual conference, K&L Gates partners will lead or participate in several sessions, including a “General Counsel Roundtable: Effective Law Department Management and How to Develop a Best-in-Class Law Department.”
“K&L Gates believed in the CCWC concept when it was just a thought on paper,” said Laurie Robinson Haden, Corporate Counsel Women of Color Founder & CEO. “The firm has been with us from the beginning, and its support has been a key propeller to helping CCWC expand its programming into what it is today.”
Paul W. Sweeney, administrative partner of K&L Gates’ Los Angeles office, chair of the firm’s Diversity Committee, and a member of K&L Gates’ Management Committee, stated: “We are proud to be affiliated with CCWC and its flagship conference. As a global law firm, we appreciate the organization’s commitment to furthering global diversity in the workplace and providing women of color the resources necessary to advance their careers.”
Corporate Counsel Women of Color is a not-for-profit organization that provides support to diverse women lawyers across the globe; facilitates networking opportunities; promotes career advancement and successes; and advocates all aspects of global diversity in the legal profession and workplace. Its membership includes women lawyers serving as general counsel, assistant general counsel, corporate counsel, in-house legal counsel, and in other capacities for Fortune 1000 companies, Forbes 2000 companies, not-for-profit corporations, and other entities across a diverse range of industries.
In 2015, K&L Gates was named the “Outstanding Firm for Women’s Advancement” by Chambers USA. The firm has also launched an innovative Cyber Civil Rights Legal Project this year, providing global pro bono legal representation for victims of the emerging threat, cyberporn.
Since CCWC’s inception — during which time its membership has grown from 40 to now more than 3,300 globally — K&L Gates partners have worked closely with the organization’s leadership to drive value-added content that continues to attract the law firms and corporations supportive of CCWC’s vision. At this year’s annual conference, K&L Gates partners will lead or participate in several sessions, including a “General Counsel Roundtable: Effective Law Department Management and How to Develop a Best-in-Class Law Department.”
“K&L Gates believed in the CCWC concept when it was just a thought on paper,” said Laurie Robinson Haden, Corporate Counsel Women of Color Founder & CEO. “The firm has been with us from the beginning, and its support has been a key propeller to helping CCWC expand its programming into what it is today.”
Paul W. Sweeney, administrative partner of K&L Gates’ Los Angeles office, chair of the firm’s Diversity Committee, and a member of K&L Gates’ Management Committee, stated: “We are proud to be affiliated with CCWC and its flagship conference. As a global law firm, we appreciate the organization’s commitment to furthering global diversity in the workplace and providing women of color the resources necessary to advance their careers.”
Corporate Counsel Women of Color is a not-for-profit organization that provides support to diverse women lawyers across the globe; facilitates networking opportunities; promotes career advancement and successes; and advocates all aspects of global diversity in the legal profession and workplace. Its membership includes women lawyers serving as general counsel, assistant general counsel, corporate counsel, in-house legal counsel, and in other capacities for Fortune 1000 companies, Forbes 2000 companies, not-for-profit corporations, and other entities across a diverse range of industries.
In 2015, K&L Gates was named the “Outstanding Firm for Women’s Advancement” by Chambers USA. The firm has also launched an innovative Cyber Civil Rights Legal Project this year, providing global pro bono legal representation for victims of the emerging threat, cyberporn.
K&L Gates comprises approximately 2,000 lawyers globally who practice in fully integrated offices located on five continents. The firm represents leading multinational corporations, growth and middle-market companies, capital markets participants and entrepreneurs in every major industry group as well as public sector entities, educational institutions, philanthropic organizations and individuals.
