White & Case has been honored with the General Mills Champions of Diversity Award in recognition of the Firm's outstanding performance in advancing diversity and inclusion in the legal profession.

In presenting the award, Roderick A. Palmore, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance & Risk Management Officer for General Mills, one of the world's largest food companies, noted: "We are delighted to recognize White & Case's work and its shared commitment to advancing diversity and inclusion in principle and in practice." He added, "We also know it is difficult to retain diverse talent without an atmosphere of inclusion. White & Case has demonstrated excellence in these areas, and we hope the firm will widely share its best practices."

The General Mills award comes on the heels of White & Case's ranking as the second-most diverse law firm in American Lawyer's "Diversity Scorecard 2011," a survey of approximately 200 of the United States' largest and highest-grossing law firms according to their percentage of minority lawyers and minority partners as of Dec. 31, 2010.