Archived Issue
September/October 2010
Hispanic Power Couples
Making a marriage work is hard enough for some people. Making a marriage work when each spouse is a legal leader is even tougher. Despite this, three Hispanic power couples share how they make each other stronger, and demonstrate the exponential benefit they have on the Hispanic community.
Features
Columns
Hispanic Power Couples
By Chana Garcia
Combining two successful legal careers with a successful marriage is no easy feat. The following Hispanic power couples, Carol and Nelson Roman, Georgina and Frank Angones, and Holly and Marlon…
NBA’S Top Lawyers Under 40
By Joshua Shields
In most cases, a lawyer's career is typically a gradual, plodding course, built on years of experience and accumulated knowledge. This is why it is exceptional when an attorney grasps…
The Impact of the ADA Amendments Act
By Kara Mayer Robinson
The ADA Amendments Act is changing the landscape for disabled Americans. How will it affect your company? When the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law in 1990,…
Notes from the Executive Director
By Veta T. Richardson
When I graduated from law school in 1986 and accepted my first legal job as in-house counsel to Sunoco, an energy company in Philadelphia, the dearth of diversity among general…
Perseverance in Profile
By Tom Calarco
Mayer Brown attorney Jasmin Sethi sees practicing law as more than just a job. For this visually impaired counselor, it is a means through which to change the world. Jasmin…
Lawyer’s Lantern
By Lori L. Garret
Playing for Team Inclusion Take a minute to let the following terms wash over your mind: millennial, Latina, rural upbringing, Black, Japanese, Muslim, person with disability, Middle Eastern, queer, Chicano,…
Departments
Spotlighting
By Patrick Folliard
A Life of Integrity Charles A. Berardesco OFFICIALLY, CHARLES BERARDESCO IS THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL, corporate secretary, chief compliance officer, and diversity council chairman of Constellation Energy. But…
Diversity News
By Joshua Shields
Diversity Still Lacking on Corporate Boards THE RESULTS OF U.S. SENATOR ROBERT MENENDEZ’S (D-N.J.) RECENT SURVEY of women and minority representation among the senior management of Fortune 500 companies found…
Movers & Shakers
