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The Diversity Steering Committee is responsible for developing and overseeing the firm's strategy focused on the recruitment, promotion, and retention of diverse attorneys. Duties of the Diversity Steering Committee include:

  • Developing policies that will enhance the success of our diversity efforts
  • Coordinating and assisting the diversity partners in each office as they perform the day-to-day tasks of originating and overseeing their offices' diversity initiatives;
  • Educating lawyers and staff about Dorsey's diversity efforts and policies;
  • Interacting with firm affinity groups to ensure that the firm is aware of and responsive to issues of importance to the groups; and
  • Reporting to the Policy Committee semiannually with respect to activities and performance of the Diversity Steering Committee.
The Diversity Steering Committee members are:

In addition, the Diversity Steering Committee has formed an advisory committee of non-partner attorneys:

Office Diversity Partners
These partners provide leadership to local diversity initiatives.

Anchorage
Bill Evans

Missoula
Jack Manning
Denver
Ken Sam
New York
Michael Bellinger
Des Moines
David Claypool
Palo Alto
Karen Wentzel
Fargo
Sarah Andrews Herman
Salt Lake City
Steve Marsden
Hong Kong
TBD
Seattle
Alex Baehr
Lisa Marchese
London
Fran Doherty

Shanghai
Jay Yan
Minneapolis
Lynette Slater-Crandall
Jim Langdon
Michael McCormick
Sara Peterson
Southern California
Mandana Massoumi