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(February 18, 2025, Washington, DC) – Steptoe LLP is pleased to announce that partner Samantha Jarvis has been named a 2024 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Fellow, while associates Maia Danna and James Purce have been selected as 2025 LCLD Pathfinders. The LCLD is an organization of more than 400 corporate chief legal officers and law firm managing partners who have pledged themselves to creating a truly diverse US legal profession.
The LCLD Fellows Program offers high-potential, mid-career attorneys from diverse backgrounds at LCLD Member organizations the opportunity to develop leadership skills and build meaningful relationships within the legal profession. LCLD Fellows have distinguished themselves within their organizations by being deeply engaged, indispensable to key clients and teams, invested in attorney mentoring and professional development, and on a trajectory toward leadership positions.
The LCLD Pathfinder Program provides high-potential, early-career attorneys from diverse backgrounds with the opportunity to learn from top leaders in the legal profession while gaining foundational leadership skills and relationship-building resources. It offers practical tools for developing and leveraging internal professional networks, leadership skills, and an understanding of career development strategies. Pathfinders are selected by the leaders at LCLD Member corporations and law firms, and have been identified as early-career emerging leaders who have distinguished themselves within their organizations.
Samantha Jarvis is a trial and litigation partner and serves as the Managing Partner of the Houston office. She has significant experience in managing all stages of the litigation process from inception through trial, including giving the opening statement to the jury, examining facts and expert witnesses, and arguing pre- and post-trial motions. Her practice spans a wide range of business disputes, including breach of contract, trade secret misappropriation, financial fraud, unfair business practices, and breach of fiduciary duty.
Maia Danna is an associate in Steptoe's Transportation group. She represents clients on complex commercial litigation and regulatory matters. James Purce is an associate in Steptoe’s Investigations & White-Collar Defense group. He represents individuals and companies in criminal investigations and prosecutions, and internal investigations and compliance. He has defended clients against a wide range of allegations by state and federal agencies.
Visit LCLD's website for more information about the Fellow and Pathfinder Programs.
About Steptoe
In more than 110 years of practice, Steptoe has earned an international reputation for vigorous representation of clients before governmental agencies, successful advocacy in litigation and arbitration, and creative and practical advice in structuring business transactions. Steptoe has more than 500 lawyers and other professional staff across offices in Beijing, Brussels, Chicago, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Washington. For more information, visit www.steptoe.com.
