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Also Recognized Among Top Firms for African-Americans For the fifth consecutive year, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC has been named among the "Top 100 Law Firms for Women" by MultiCultural Law, a magazine focused on diversity in the legal profession. The Firm was also ranked among the "Top 25 Law Firms for African Americans" for the second consecutive year.

Farella Braun + Martel LLP announces the recipients of its annual Diversity Scholarships. The firm has awarded $5,000 to five diverse first-year students at Bay Area law schools, totaling $25,000.

Jovita M. Foster, a partner in Armstrong Teasdale’s Litigation Practice group, is being honored by Sister Salute, a newly formed organization that celebrates women of color. She will be recognized at the group’s inaugural luncheon event on May 11, 2012 at the Millennium Hotel in St. Louis.

The Missouri Asian-American Bar Association (MAABA), the Mound City Bar Association, Lawyers for Equality, the Women Lawyers’ Association of St. Louis and the Hispanic Bar Association of St. Louis are pleased to invite the St. Louis community to the 12th Annual Unity Dinner. This year’s Unity Dinner will introduce the Hispanic Bar Association of St.

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce it has awarded $15,000 in diversity scholarships to three local law students as part of the firm’s ongoing commitment to diversity in the legal profession. Each scholarship includes a summer clerkship at one of the firm’s offices. This year’s diversity scholarship recipients are:

Deborah Weinstein, President of The Weinstein Firm, has been named to the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) “Special Expertise Panel on Workplace Diversity and Inclusion.” Special expertise panel members act as thought leaders and serve as subject matter experts for SHRM on public policy and emerging human resources practices relating to diversity and inclusion.

Gail Appleson, Communications Editor at Armstrong Teasdale, has been appointed to the Diversity Committee of the American Bar Association’s Law Practice Management Section.

The National Association of Women Business Owners-Indianapolis (NAWBO-Indy) has honored Amie Peele Carter of Baker & Daniels LLP with the Indianapolis Choice award in recognition of her advocacy for the organization and Indiana's women business owners.

Sedgwick LLP is pleased to announce that, for the fourth consecutive year, the firm has earned a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s (HRC) Corporate Equality Index (CEI).

Sedgwick LLP was named one of the “Top Firms for Diversity” by The American Lawyer, ranking 39th on the publication’s 2011 “Diversity Scorecard,” a survey of 194 major U.S. law firms. This score marks the third consecutive year Sedgwick has improved its ranking, making it into the top 40 for the first time.