Overview
(October 11, 2022, Washington, DC) – Steptoe has been named a Top Performer by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD), recognizing those law firms and corporations showing a strong commitment to building more diverse organizations and a more inclusive legal profession.
LCLD is one of the nation’s leading organizations promoting diversity and consists of more than 430 corporate chief legal officers and law firm managing partners—the leadership of the profession—who have dedicated themselves to creating a truly diverse U.S. legal profession.
The Top Performer award recognizes those organizations in the top 20% for participation in LCLD programs and activities.
In February of this year, four of our lawyers were named LCLD Fellows and Pathfinders. Partner Elizabeth Cassady and of counsel Onika Williams were named members of the 2022 class of LCLD Fellows, and associates Li Guo and Christopher Suarez were selected as 2022 LCLD Pathfinders. Learn more about the Fellows and Pathfinders programs.
View the full list of LCLD winners here.
About Steptoe
In more than 100 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, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Washington. For more information, visit www.steptoe.com.
The diversity of the firm is a critical factor in its success. The firm’s Chair is a woman; the majority of Steptoe's nine offices are managed by women; the majority of Steptoe’s practice groups have women as leaders; and the firm’s twelve-person elected compensation committee is headed by a woman and includes five women as members. The firm's seven-person professional business services leadership is equally diverse, with three of the c-suite made up of women, all of color, and other leaders who openly identify as LGBTQ+.