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Morgan Lewis’s Joan Haratani Receives ABA Honor for Women Lawyers
Morgan Lewis partner Joan Haratani has been selected as a recipient of the 2021 Margaret Brent Women Lawyer of Achievement Award by the American Bar Association. Named after the first female lawyer in the United States, the Margaret Brent Award recognizes women...
Sidley’s Pamela Martinson Named President of American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers
Sidley Austin's Pamela Martinson, Co-Vice Chair of WILEF and a Global Advisory Board member, has been elected President of the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers for the 2020–2021 year. A partner in Sidley’s Global Finance group with 31 years of legal...
Ogletree Deakins’ Leslie Hecht Helmer Honored by Los Angeles Business Journal
Leslie Hecht Helmer of Ogletree Deakins, former co-chair of WILEF Southern California, was named an Executive of the Year finalist by The Los Angeles Business Journal as part of its Women's Council & Awards, which recognize the impact of area women leaders....
CBS Promotes Naomi Waltman
Naomi Waltman, WILEF's Deputy Global Chair for In-House, has been promoted to Executive Vice President & Associate General Counsel, Litigation for CBS Corporation. Previously, Waltman was Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel. Having worked across...
Jami McKeon Reelected as Chair of Morgan Lewis
Jami McKeon last month received a vote of confidence from her colleagues at Morgan Lewis & Bockius who unanimously reelected her as the firm's chair for a second term. Since her initial election in 2014 McKeon has been credited with transforming Morgan Lewis into...
Belinda May of Dentons Discusses Leading Major Product Safety Organization
Its name is a mouthful, but the International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization's vision is succinct: "a vibrant product safety community exchanging information, ideas, and emerging trends" in which every "sector of the community is valued and given...
All-Female Loeb & Loeb Team Notches Win for Former Pro Wrestler In Defamation Trial
When the former professional wrestler Phillip Jack Brooks, known as CM Punk, was sued for defamation, he needed lawyers who could go to the proverbial mat for him. Brooks, a former World Wrestling Entertainment champion, turned to an all-female trial team from Loeb...
Morgan Lewis Partners Re-Appointed to Export Councils
Morgan Lewis partners Giovanna Cinelli and Margaret Gatti have renewed their terms on export councils. Cinelli was recently appointed to a third term on the Virginia/DC District Export Council, while Gatti signed up for another four-year term on the Mid-Atlantic...
McCarter & English Now With Seven Women Practice Group Leaders
As a result of recently announced leadership changes at McCarter & English, women now lead seven of the firm’s 11 practice groups. WILEF Global Advisory Board Members Cynthia Keliher and Simone Wilson-Brito were appointed to serve as co-chairs of the Real Estate...