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Diversity Commitment

Strength Through Diversity

At Howrey, we believe diversity matters. We recognize that diversity at all levels of our workforce and in all forms strengthens us as a firm. By building teams with diverse characteristics – be they ethnic, racial, gender, cultural, social, economic, physical, sexual orientation or otherwise – we cultivate diversity of ideas and innovation that benefits both our clients and our people. As one of our core values, our commitment to diversity is an integral part of our drive for excellence and dedication to providing the highest level of client service.

We demonstrate our dedication to diversity in principle and in practice. Howrey’s Diversity Committee serves as an integral part of the firm management and operational structure and acts on a firmwide basis to promote hiring, retention and career and business development opportunities for diverse attorneys in the firm. Our established diversity initiative promotes a work environment enabling all attorneys to contribute to the success of the firm and to achieve their full potential in service to our clients. Howrey’s Women’s Leadership Initiative, founded in 1992, actively promotes the advancement of professional women within the firm through mentoring, networking and career development.

Participation at All Levels of Firm Management

Diverse attorneys participate at all levels of firm management and in professional and business development activities, serving on Howrey’s Evaluation, Hiring, Attorney Development, Assignment, Professional Development, Pro Bono and Executive Committees, as well as holding other positions in firm governance and management, including practice group leadership.

Howrey’s Diversity Committee

Diversity Committee's Board of Advisors

Diversity Committee Members

Washington DC office: Ed Han, Fiona Philip, Vivian Kuo, Sonia Murphy, Sasha Hodges-Wren, Eddie Ferrer, Veronica Berger and William Lewis
New York office: Terri Gillis
Chicago office: Romeo Quinto
Houston office: Heather Khassian and Deidra Penny
East Palo Alto office: Anne Ortel
Northern California: K.T. Cherian, Henry Su and Denise De Mory
Southern California: Roman Darmer and Ben Davidson
European Union: Marina Cousté and Martina Maier
Human Resources: Eileen Billinson

Our Diversity Statement

Howrey values diversity as an asset that contributes to the firm's competitive advantage. For Howrey, Diversity Management is not a legal requirement but rather a strategic business imperative.

Diversity refers to the full range of differences in which people differ from one another, including: race, gender, geographic origin, lifestyle, age, sexual orientation, physical and personality traits, tenure with the firm, and functional and educational backgrounds, etc., and in all ways that our workforce parallels the differences of the client base we serve.

Diversity Management means creating and sustaining an environment where no one will be given either unnatural advantage or disadvantage in any way in matters of hiring, promotion or assignment, and where every employee is able to make meaningful contributions and achieve his/her full potential and to use this potential to realize the firm's vision.

It is the policy of Howrey to establish and maintain a workforce that is broadly representative of the diversity of our customers and to create and sustain an environment that enables all employees to contribute to the success of the firm and to achieve the full potential in service to our clients.

Each individual's ability to progress will be determined by whether the individual is the best-qualified for a given opportunity. Each decision regarding Human Resources policies and practices affecting Howrey employees will be measured by this standard.

Howrey's Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Statement

It is the policy of Howrey to provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, sex/gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, physical and mental disability, and past, present and future service in the uniformed services of the United States. This policy also includes disabled and Vietnam-era veterans. It relates to all phases of employment, including but not limited to recruitment, benefits, compensation, disciplinary actions, layoffs and recalls from layoffs, leaves of absence, promotional opportunities, social and recreational programs, termination of employment, work environment, training and tuition assistance.

It is also the policy of Howrey to comply fully with all applicable state and local fair employment laws, which may forbid discrimination on the basis of other characteristics, such as marital status.