The Diversity Initiative is governed by a Global Diversity Committee comprised of partners from around the world who work in conjunction with regional and local committees in the United States and London. Its focus is to ensure that best practices are implemented in providing appropriate hiring, training and professional opportunities for minority lawyers, and to support innovative paths to achieving total inclusion for all individuals in all spheres.
We are conducting diversity training for our partners on implicit bias. The program, entitled “Inclusive Intelligence in Practice: Understanding and Interrupting Unconscious Biases in Feedback and Evaluation” is presented by Dr. Arin N. Reeves of Nextions LLC and is mandatory globally. Training for all our people is also conducted.
Global Diversity Committee
Raoul Cantero, Executive Partner for Diversity
Joseph Brazil, Partner, New York
Oliver Brettle, Partner, London
Nicole Erb, Partner, Washington, DC
Arlene Hahn, Partner, New York
Dennis Heuer, Partner, Frankfurt
Caroline Miller Smith, Partner, London
Charles Nairac, Partner, Paris
Dipen Sabharwal, Partner, London
Barrye Wall, Partner, Singapore
Ex Officio
Maja Hazell, New York
Jennifer Philpot, London
London Diversity Committee
Raoul Cantero, Executive Partner for Diversity
Adrian C. Beasley, Partner, London
Oliver Brettle, Partner, London
Lindsey J. Canning, Partner, London
Tallat Hussain, Counsel, London
John Reynolds, Partner, London
Dipen Sabharwal, Partner, London
Patrick Sarch, Partner, London
Ex Officio
Maja Hazell, New York
Madeleine Malik, London
Erica Pastfield, London
US Diversity Committee
Raoul Cantero, Executive Partner for Diversity
Craig Averch, Partner, Los Angeles
Angela Daker, Partner, Miami
J. William Dantzler, Partner, New York
David Draigh, Partner, Miami
Shamita Etienne-Cummings, Partner, Washington, DC, Silicon Valley
Eric Grannon, Partner, Washington, DC
David Hille, Partner, New York
Aalok Sharma, Partner, Los Angeles
Bijal Vakil, Partner, Silicon Valley
Anita Varma, Partner, Boston, London
Ex Officio
Maja Hazell, New York
US Office Representatives – Diversity
Craig Averch, Partner, Los Angeles
J. William Dantzler, Partner, New York
David Draigh, Partner, Miami
Shamita Etienne-Cummings, Partner, Washington, DC, Silicon Valley
Bijal Vakil, Partner, Silicon Valley