Diversity & the BarĀ® is excited to share with you the names of minority lawyers who joined the partnership ranks at the indicated law firms below during the 2006 year. Join us in congratulating these diverse practitioners, who after years of dedication and hard work are now reaping the rewards of their relentless efforts. A special note of recognition goes to the law firms below for their unyielding efforts in promoting a more inclusive legal profession. We sincerely wish these new minority partners the best in their careers.
* Lateral Hire
| FIRM NAME | NEW MINORITY PARTNER |
|---|---|
| Akerman Senterfitt | *Jose A. Fuentes |
| Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP | *Chang Joo Kim |
| Alston & Bird LLP | *M. Gino Brogdon,Sr |
| Arnold & Porter LLP | Arturo Caraballo |
| Baker Botts L.L.P. | Samir Bhavsar |
| Baker & Daniels LLP | Joseph L. Smith, Jr. |
| Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC | Tiffanee Wade-Henderson |
| Baker & Hostetler LLP | *Alberto S. Bustamante, III |
| Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum Perlman & Nagelberg LLP | Gayle Yeatman Fisher |
| Bingham McCutchen LLP | *Haywood Gilliam |
| Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP | *Eric Kayira |
| Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes, PLLC | Sharon F. Bridges |
| Bryan Cave LLP | Albert Lo |
| Burr & Forman LLP | Kermit L. Kendrick |
| Carlton DiSante & Freudenberger LLP | Vanessa Whang |
| Carlton Fields, P.A. | Jaret J. Fuente |
| Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP | Breon S. Peace |
| Clifford Chance US LLP | *Zarrar Sehgal |
| Constangy Brooks & Smith, LLC | Carol A. Hawkins |
| Crowell & Moring LLP | *Kimberly Baldwin |
| Dechert LLP | *James Elacqua |
| DLA Piper US LLP | Amy Chen |
| Dorsey & Whitney LLP | *Alexander A. Baehr |
| Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP | *Kenneth A. Murphy |
| Dykema Gossett PLLC | Sherrie L. Farrell |
| Foley & Lardner LLP | Daljit S. Doogal |
| Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP | Sun S. Choy |
| Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | Elizabeth Brem |
| Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan LLP | Neifor B. Acosta |
| Gordon & Rees LLP | *Mercedes Colwin |
| Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C. | *Vanessa R. Keith |
| Haynes and Boone, LLP | Stan Perry |
| Heller Ehrman LLP | *Shailendra Halbe |
| Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP | Frances M. OāMeara |
| Holland & Hart LLP | *Frank Sledge |
| Holland & Knight LLP | Barbara Mary Arco |
| Howrey LLP | Rachel A. Adams |
| Hunton & Williams LLP | *Lisa R. Brant |
| Jenner & Block LLP | Kali N. Bracey |
| Jones Day | *James A. Cox |
| Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP | *Maribel Mata Benedict |
| Kaye Scholer LLP | *Daniel R. Alonso |
| Kenyon & Kenyon LLP | Michael M. Shen |
| Kilpatrick Stockton LLP | Chintan K. Amin |
| Kirkland & Ellis LLP | Philip Chen |
| Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP | Sonny Gill |
| Laner Muchin | Debrai G. Haile |
| Latham & Watkins LLP | *Antonio A. Delpino |
| LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae LLP | Chiu-Ti Jansen |
| Locke Liddell & Sapp, LLP | Arthur E. Anthony |
| Loeb & Loeb LLP | Mark Streams |
| Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP | Laura Franco |
| Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP | Nabeela R. McMillian |
| Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP | Sonia Baldia |
| Michael Best & Friedrich LLP | *Marcia Y. Lucas |
| Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP | *Gregory Hinojosa Evans |
| Miller Alfano & Raspanti, P.C. | Maria L.H. Lewis |
| Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. | Freeman L. Farrow |
| Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP | Samantha C. Grant |
| Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, P.A. | Marco E. Gonzales |
| Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP | *Paul Lancaster Adams |
| Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP | *Lucas S. Chang |
| Morrison & Foerster LLP | S. Raj Chatterjee |
| Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP | Jason C. Kim |
| OāMelveny & Myers LLP | Michael CamuƱez |
| Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP | *Peter C. Harvey |
| Perkins Coie LLP | Kyle Branum |
| Pettit Kohn Ingrassia & Lutz PC | David G. Halm |
| Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP | Kimberly L. Buffington |
| Powell Goldstein LLP | *Julius Hobson |
| Preston Gates & Ellis LLP | Won-Han Cheng |
| Proskauer Rose LLP | Anthony Pacheco |
| Quarles & Brady LLP | Tim Medcoff |
| Reed Smith LLP | Daniel A. Cody |
| Rademaker & Nugent | Edward A. Rademaker |
| Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. | Marla R. Butler |
| Saul Ewing LLP | *Carlos Mateo Paz-SoldƔn |
| Schertler and Onorato, L.L.P. | *Vincent H. Cohen, Jr. |
| Schiff Hardin LLP | *Eric L. Barnum |
| Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP | *Joseph E. Suh |
| Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek | *Joseph P. Martinez |
| Seyfarth Shaw LLP | *James Banks |
| Shannon, Martin, Finkelstein & Alvarado, P.C. | Elizabeth D. Alvarado |
| Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP | Dave Chaumette |
| Sidley Austin LLP | Angelica Kwan |
| Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | Jaime Mercado |
| Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP | Jose A. Esteves |
| Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP | Robert Fernandez |
| Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. | J.R. Clark |
| Steptoe & Johnson LLP | *Katessa C. Davis |
| Strasburger & Price, LLP | Earsa Jackson |
| Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP | Seema A. Misra |
| Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP | Avital Stadler |
| Thompson Hine LLP | *James Jalil |
| Thorp Reed & Armstrong, LLP | Sunah Park |
| Troutman Sanders LLP | *Jerome Walker |
| Tydings & Rosenberg LLP | *Emerson L. Dorsey, Jr. |
| Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, P.C. | *David M. Hernandez |
| Venable LLP | Jagpreet Singh |
| Vinson & Elkins LLP | *Bill Jones |
| Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP | *Guillermo Aguilar-Alvarez |
| White & Case LLP | *Sandeep Qusba |
| WilmerHale | Stephanie C. Evans |
| Winston & Strawn LLP | Gaela Gehring Flores |
| Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC | Jacquelyn Austin |
From the January/February 2007 issue of Diversity & The BarĀ®