Sedgwick Chair Michael Tanenbaum Receives Distinguished Diversity Award
James M. Strothers Award to Be Presented October 17 in San Francisco.
- San Francisco, CA (1888PressRelease) August 24, 2013 - Sedgwick LLP is pleased to announce that our Chair Michael Tanenbaum has been named the recipient of the 2013 James M. Strothers Award from InsideCounsel magazine. The award recognizes a law firm managing partner whose courage, unyielding vision, integrity, conviction and authenticity has carved a groundbreaking path and laid a new foundation to accelerate the economic empowerment of attorneys of color or women. The award will be presented at the Second Annual Transformative Leadership Awards West gala dinner and reception on October 17, 2013 at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis.
"It is a tremendous honor to have received this award," said Tanenbaum. "I am very proud of Sedgwick's efforts to promote diversity within our firm and the profession. This award recognizes the collective accomplishments of many people within our firm who have taken ownership of our obligation to our communities and driven our programs forward."
As chair of Sedgwick LLP, Tanenbaum has played an integral role in not only supporting diversity within the firm, but, more importantly, in implementing key diversity initiatives. Through his leadership, Sedgwick has become a national leader in diversity. In 2012, the firm received the Drucilla Stender Ramey Majority-Owned Law Firm Award by the California Minority Counsel Program and the State Bar of California's Diversity Award. The firm has also been named by The American Lawyer as one of the "Top 40 Firms for Diversity," achieved a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index for the fifth consecutive year, and attained Gold Standard Certification from the Women in Law Empowerment Forum for the second year in a row.
"Michael has shown his commitment to diversity through his personal and unheralded deeds within the firm to promote and provide opportunities to attorneys and enhance the firm's diversity objectives," said the co-chair of Sedgwick's Inclusion & Diversity Committee Craig Barnes. "He has made it clear to all members of our firm and the broader legal community that diversity is a vital part of Sedgwick's culture and future growth."
The 2013 Transformative Leadership Award winners were selected by a national committee comprised of general counsel from leading corporations and partners at top law firms. The committee was co-chaired by executive vice president and general counsel at GAP Inc. Michelle Banks and InsideCounsel magazine publisher Lloyd Johnson. For more information about the awards, visit www.transformativeleadershipawards.com.
About Sedgwick
The international trial firm of Sedgwick LLP provides trial, appellate, litigation management, counseling, risk management and transactional legal services to the world's leading companies. With more than 370 attorneys in offices in Austin, Chicago, Dallas, Fort Lauderdale, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Newark, Orange County (California), Paris, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C., and an affiliated office in Bermuda, Sedgwick's collective experience spans the globe and virtually every industry. For more information about Sedgwick, its attorneys and services, visit http://www.sedgwicklaw.com/.
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