Archived Issue
November/December 2004
Cover Story: Profiles of MCCA’s 2004 Award Winners-The Champions’ Table: Summaries of Top Law Departments and Law Firms
Read the individual profiles of MCCA’s 2004 award winners, honored with the Thomas L. Sager, Employer of Choice, Rainbowmaker, and Trailblazer awards. These 22 honorees became diversity champions by demonstrating a sustained commitment to inclusiveness within their corporate law departments or firms.
Features
Columns
Presenting MCCA’s 2004 Diversity Award Winners
By Diane Patrick , By I. Clayvon Lighty
Profiles of Law Departments and Law Firms Profiles by Diane Patrick Introduction by I. Clayvon Lighty MCCA® is proud to present profiles of our 2004 diversity award winners. Every year,…
The Best Law Departments for Diversity: A Report on Why Some Names Appear on Every List
By Kathleen Dreessen
As diversity becomes more and more important to corporate America, business publications and organizations have begun tracking those companies that are the most successful in creating an environment where women…
Missing In Action: Atlanta’s Partners of Color
By Melanie Lasoff Levs
At least a dozen law firms in Atlanta, a city central to the civil rights movement, have no partners of color. How do they explain themselves? As the nation recently…
Notes from the Executive Director
By Veta T. Richardson
MCCA® A Year in Review At the risk of being accused of tooting our own horn, we feel pretty good about all that was accomplished and thank you very much…
D&B Brief
By Heather Bradley , By Miriam Bamberger Grogan
To Tell the Truth: Giving and Receiving Supportive Feedback Miriam Bamberger, CPCC, and Heather Bradley, CPCC, are the co-founders of The Flourishing Company, which helps emerging professionals sharpen their leadership…
Departments
MCCA Remembers Justin L. Johnson: A Dynamic Leader
By I. Clayvon Lighty
The legal community is mourning the death of Justin L. Johnson, vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of Atlanta Life Financial Group. Mr. Johnson, 41, died on Aug. 21,…
Spotlighting
By Tom Calarco
Lawrence Tu: A Leader for Change Dell Senior Vice President and General Counsel Lawrence Tu began tackling challenges at the age of five. That was when his first-generation Chinese parents…
Diversity News
By MCCA
Ikon General Counsel Don Liu Honored for Championing Diversity Don Liu, senior vice president and general counsel of IKON Office Solutions, was awarded the "Business Leadership Award" by the Korean…
Movers & Shakers
