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Weldon H. Latham Diversity Committee Chair

Tanya Bovée

A Word from Our Diversity Committee Chair…

I would like to start off by congratulating Tanya Bovée(HFD) on her appointment toManaging Principal of theHartford office. Tanya has done a terrific job as a Co-ChairoftheAsianAmericanAttorneyResourceGroupandweknowshewillexcelinherroleasManagingPrincipal.Iwould also like to congratulate thewomenandminoritieswhowere selected for elevation to Incomeor Equity Principal. It isworth

noting that of the firm’s 2016 elevation class, 33% are women, and 15% are minorities.Congratulationsto:IncomePrincipals:

TiffanyBuckley-Norwood(DET)

AlisonCrane(CHI)

JodyKahnMason(CHI)

DavidSalazar-Austin(HFD)

CoreyTracey(CLE)

NadineTrinh(WP)

EquityPrincipals:

KathrynMontgomeryMoran(CHI)

OtienoOmbok(WP)

AmyPeck(OMA)

StephaniePeet(PHI)

DanaWeisbrod(NYC)

Diversity Committee Newsletter 4th Quarter 2015

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Michael R. Hatcher Diversity Manager

Diversity Manager’s Update As 2016 begins, I want to encourage everyone to help recruit additional diverseminorityandfemaleattorneystothefirm.WiththeleadershipoftheBoardLiaisonto theDiversityCommitteeGregAlvarez (MOR), theBoardofDirectorshasmaderecruitingdiverseattorneysapriority.IhavebeenworkingwithHRtoensurethatJL attorney position openings are posted with minority bar associations, bothnational and local, recruiting sites focused on diverse lawyers, and friends of thefirmwho have referred associate candidates to us in the past. A number of ourpartnersandassociateshavealsoreferredcandidatestome,andIhavebeenableto

put them in touchwith theappropriateOfficeManagingPrincipal. Pleaseworkwith your localOfficeManagingPrincipalstoidentifyqualifieddiversecandidatesforyourofficeandletmeknowifthereisacandidatewho is interested inworking foranother JLoffice.Pleasealso letmeknow if there isabarassociation,newsletter,orotherplacewhereweshouldbepostingourattorneyopenings.

Attorney Resource Groups Update The Attorney Resource Group Chairs provided the following updates on behalf of their members.

African American ARG Led by LeRoy Watkins (MOR), Dev Sukhdeo (MIA) and Marlo Johnson Roebuck (DET) TracieMaurer(ATL)presentedtwiceattheNationalBusinessInstitute’ssymposium,“HumanResourcesLawfromStarttoFinish,”inOctober.ShealsopresentedduringtheAtlantaoffice’sannual“SurveyingtheWorkplaceLawLandscape”symposiuminDecember.Weldon Latham (DC) participated in the Annual Gala of the Executive Leadership Council (“ELC”) onOctober8th.ELCmembersareAfricanAmericancorporateofficersofFortune500companies.TheGalais well-attended by ELCmembers andmany of their CEOs. Weldonwas able to extend his circle ofcontactsamongthispowerfulgroupofexecutives.On October 21st,Maurice Jenkins (DET) presented as part of the firm’s Corporate Governance andInternalInvestigationsWebinarSerieson“ConductingEffectiveInternalInvestigationsandPreventionofRetaliationClaims.”HealsoattendedtheAmericanCollegeofTrialLawyersAnnualMeetinginChicago.OnOctober22nd,WeldonLathamandMikeHatcher(bothDC)andRichardMarguliesandBillMosely(bothJAX)representedthefirmattheNAACPofJacksonvilleAnnualFreedomFundDinner.ThekeynotespeakerwasNationalNAACPPresidentCornellBrooks.

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OnOctober27th,RuthieWhite(HOU)andLeRoyWatkins(MOR)presentedaCLEtitled“UnderstandingtheADA&FMLAPuzzle.”Letitia Silas (BAL) won theMaryland Daily Record's “LeadingWomen” award in November, andwasrecognizedduringaceremonyinDecember.LeadingWomenidentifieswomenwhoare40yearsoldoryoungerforthetremendousaccomplishmentstheyhavemadesofarintheircareers.Theyarejudgedonprofessionalexperience,communityinvolvement,andtheircommitmenttoinspiringchange.TiffanyBuckley-Norwood (DET)was selectedbyMichigan LawyersWeekly to theprestigiousClassof2015“Up&ComingLawyers.”Thisawardislimitedtoonly30attorneysandisgiventolawyerswith10yearsorlessofpracticewhohaveestablishedthemselvesasthe“bestandthebrightest.”TheawardsceremonywasinDecember.

Asian American ARGLed by Tanya Bovée (HFD) and Monica Khetarpal (CHI) GreetingsandHappyNewYear!On September 2nd, the Hartford office sponsoredthe SouthAsian Pacific AmericanBarAssociation’sannual dinner. Attorney NikeshM. Patel, FormerActing Solicitor General of the United States, wasthe Keynote Speaker and received the 2015Distinguished Legal Professional Award. BeverlyGarofalo,AnnaMatsuo, Edward Richters,David Salazar-Austin, Jim Shea, Sarah Skubas, and CollinUdell(allHFD),aswellasRonaldJohnson(WP)andJustinTheriault(STA)representedJLatthisevent.OnOctober7thKoKoHuang(SEA)spokeattheNorthwestHumanResourcesManagementAssociation(NHRMA)Conference inPortland,OR,on“ImmigrationReform:WhatBusinessesNeedtoUnderstandandOutlookforEmployers.”OnOctober8th,theHartfordofficesponsoredtheConnecticutAsianPacificAmericanBarAssociation’sannual dinner and cheered on the swearing in of Anna Matsuo (HFD) as the Vice President ofCommunications.ThekeynotespeakerwasDaleMinami,aSanFrancisco-basedlawyerbestknownforheadingthelegalteamthatoverturnedtheconvictionofFredKorematsu,whosedefianceoftheWorldWar II Japanese American internment order lead to Korematsu v. United States, one of the mostcontroversial United States Supreme Court decisions of the 20th century. Also in attendance wereTanyaBovéeandPeggyStrange(HFD),RonaldJohnsonandLewisSilverman(WP),andJustinTheriault(STA).In November,Victor Corpuz (DAL),KoKoHuang (SEA),Tanya Bovée (HFD), andAnnaMatsuo (HFD)attendedtheNationalAsianPacificAmericanBarAssociation’s2015AnnualConvention.Thefirmwasaproudsponsorof theeventand itwasattendedbyapproximately1,600AsianPacificAmerican(APA)attorneys,judges,lawstudents,legalscholars,andelectedofficialsfromaroundthecountry.

South Asian Pacific American Bar Association’s annual dinner

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OnDecember1st,MonicaKhetarpal and JamesBotana (CHI) (Co-Chairsof JLAsianARGandHispanicARG, respectively) sponsored a table at the annual Chicago Unity Dinner to benefit the alliance’sDiversityScholarshipFoundation.Monicawasoneofthehonorarychairsoftheeventandwasaskedtointroduce three of the evening’s honorees, including Hugo Chaviano, the Director for the IllinoisDepartment of Labor. JL guests included the Honorable Judge Jorge Alonso (N.D. Illinois, EasternDivision),HonorableAnnCollins-Dole (CookCountyProbateCourt), ClaudiaCastro (President elect ofthe Illinois Hispanic Lawyers’ Association) and Karina Ayala-Bermejo, EVP & General Counsel,Metropolitan Family Services and Executive Director for The Legal Aid Society (and former GeneralCounseltotheHispanicNationalBarAssociation).OnDecember5th,MonicaKhetarpal(CHI)representedtheIndianAmericanBarAssociationinaserviceprojectattheIndo-AmericanCenter(IAC),wherevolunteerspaintedcommonareasattheCenter.TheIACprovidesavarietyofsocialservicestoChicago’sSouthAsiancommunity. Othervolunteersat theeventincludedin-housecounselsforNorthwesternUniversityandAccenture,andaCookCountyCircuitCourt judge. Monicaserveson IABA’sFoundationBoard,which isthephilanthropicarmofthe IndianAmericanBarAssociationofChicago.

Hispanic ARG Led by James Botana (CHI) and Verónica Arechederra Hall (LV) As a member of the Tennessee Latino Chamber of Commerce, Colby Morgan (MEM) attended itsEmpanada Tasting event in Nashville on October 7th. At the invitation of Latino Memphis, he alsoattendedthe“DialoguewiththeFed”onNovember5thattheMemphisFederalReserveBank. LatinoMemphis Executive Director,Mauricio Calvo, expressed his thanks for the firm’s continuing support.FedeconomistFernandoMartingavethekeynoteaddress.ColbyandDavidJones(MEM)attendedtheannual LatinoMemphisDayof theDead fiestaonOctober30th. David’swife,Allessandra,assisted indesigningthiscolorfulevent.

Empanada Tasting event

Dialogue with the Fed Latino Memphis Day of the Dead fiesta

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On November 12th, David Salazar-Austin (HFD), a board member of the Connecticut Hispanic BarAssociation,andAnnaMatsuo,TanyaBovée,SarahBaskin,SaraSimeonidisandSarahSkubas(allHFD)attendedtheConnecticutHispanicBarAssociation’sannualdinner.JamesBotanaandMonicaKhetarpal(bothCHI)hostedatableatChicago’sUnityDinnerfortheChicagoDiversityScholarshipFoundationonDecember1st.TheFoundationraisesmoneytogivescholarshipstominoritystudents,andgaveout25scholarshipsatthedinner.Pedro Torres-Diaz (PR/MIA), Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) President-Elect, andVeronicaArechederraHall (LV)arebusypreparingfortheHNBA’s2016CorporateCounselConference&MootCourtCompetition,whichwillbeheldinLasVegasonMarch16-19,2016.TheconferencewillbeheldatPlanetHollywoodResort&Casinoandpromisestobeanexcitingevent.Registrationnumbersareatrecordhighsandcorporatesponsorsarebeginning to roll in. JacksonLewis isaGoldSponsor for theCorporateCounselConferenceandtheAnnualConvention,whichwillbeheldinChicagoonSeptember7-10,2016.PedrowillbesworninasPresidentoftheHNBAattheAnnualConvention.Ifyouhaveaninterestinparticipatingintheevents,pleasecontactVeronica.TheChicagoofficewelcomesnewAssociate,KevinGallardo.Kevinhasgraciouslyvolunteered(althoughhedoesnotknowityet)toassistJames,PedroandVeronica in leadingJacksonLewis’participationintheHNBAAnnualConventioninSeptember.Finally,theHispanicARGhaditsfirstteleconferenceoftheyearonJanuary12th.Wediscussedupdatingthe resources for our Spanish Language Legal Services, coordinating activities with Hispanic barorganizations and business groups, business development opportunities,mentoring initiatives and, ofcourse,thenationalHNBAConvention. Weareaimingforateleconferenceeverythreemonths. Wewillalsobreakupintosubgroupsfordiscreetprojectsthatwillmeetperiodicallyasneeded.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender ARG Led by Michelle Phillips (WP) and Pedro Forment (MIA) On October 1st,Michelle Phillips (WP) co-presented with EEOC Investigator, Petrona Melgarejo, ontransgender and sexual stereotyping issues in the workplace at the Minneapolis Office Symposium.Michellealsoconductedwebinars regarding transgender issuesandsexual stereotypingonNovember6th, November 9th, and December 3rd. On December 17th, she presented this topic for almost 1,000JacksonLewisclientsandcontacts.On October 7th, Rebecca Benhuri (SF) andMichelle Phillips (WP) co-presented at the Out & EqualConference regarding the employer’s duty to reasonably accommodate the sincerely held religiousbeliefsasbalancedwiththesexualorientationofotherstaff.

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Women’s Interest Network Led by Stephanie Adler-Paindiris (ORL), Susan Corcoran (WP), Peggy Strange (HFD), and Samantha Hoffman (OC) WINleadershiphasbeenverybusyspeakingwithconsultantsandindustryexpertsonideasforarenewedmessageandvision.Staytunedforexcitingthingstocome.WearealsointheearlystagesofplanninganEastCoastWELClaterthisyear.Feelfreetoshareanysuggestionsorideas.

Additional Items of Interest Weldon Latham’s (DC) article, “Silicon Valley Diversity Wake-Up Call: Turning Business Risk IntoCompetitiveAdvantage”,waspublishedinBloombergBNA.Inthearticle,WeldonexaminestheSiliconValleyworkforceanddiscussesthediversitychallengesthesecompaniesface.HealsoexplainsthenextstepsthatSiliconValleybusinessneedtotakeinordertoexpandtheirdiversityandinclusionefforts.OnOctober8th–9th,MikeHatcher(DC)representedJLattheRainbowPUSHGlobalAutomotiveSummitinDetroit.OnOctober 8th, JLwas a sponsor of the 2015 Anti-Defamation League AwardDinnerwhere KennethSamet,CEOofMedStarHealthwashonored.OnNovember4th,MikeHatcher(DC)attendedthefallLatinoLeadersLuncheonastheguestofLatinoLeadersfounderMickeyIbarra,CEOofIbarraStrategyGroupandformerAssistanttothePresidentforIntergovernmentalRelations.