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News & Recognition
Top in Black Solicitors Network UK League Tables
Shearman & Sterling’s commitment to diversity was recognized in the 2007 Black Solicitors Network league tables. The firm was ranked as the employer with the highest number of ethnic minority associates in the UK out of a survey that reviewed over 80 national and international law firms.
—Black Solicitors Network UK, 2007
Thomas L. Sager Award
Shearman & Sterling received prestigious recognition from the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA). Noting the firm’s “outstanding diversity efforts,” the MCCA selected Shearman & Sterling as recipient of its 2006 Thomas L. Sager Award for the Northeast region. The award is given to law firms that have demonstrated sustained commitment to improve the hiring, retention and promotion of minority attorneys.
—Minority Corporate Counsel Association, 2006
Top 100 Law Firms for Diversity
Shearman & Sterling ranked No. 1 in the 2005 Top 100 Law Firms for Diversity survey conducted by Multicultural Law, the magazine for diversity in the legal profession.
—MultiCultural Law, 2005
The Diversity Scorecard
The Minority Law Journal ranked Shearman & Sterling among the top 15 firms overall in its 2005 Diversity Scorecard.
—Minority Law Journal, 2005
Top Diversity Web Presence
Shearman was named as having a "Top Diversity Web Presence" by Diversity & the Bar.
—Diversity & the Bar, 2005
Top 100 Law Firms for Diversity
Shearman ranked #3 on the MultiCultural Law 2005 "Top 25 Law Firms for Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders".
—MultiCultural Law, 2005
Morgan Ranks Shearman & Sterling as "most diverse"
Morgan Stanley ranked Shearman & Sterling first among their outside counsel in providing the most diverse legal staffing on US matters. Morgan Stanley's general counsel and other senior members hosted a lunch in honor of Shearman & Sterling. Partners Denise Grant (NY-PDF), Joel Klaperman (NY-CM), Donna Parisi (NY-SD), Linda Rappaport (NY-ECEB), former Senior Partner, David Heleniak, and Diversity Management Attorney Anna Brown (NY) attended the event and accepted honors on the firm's behalf.
Association of Black Women Attorneys honors Shearman & Sterling Partner
Partner Denise Grant (NY-PDF) was honored by the Association of Black Women Attorneys at the organization's 12th Annual Ruth Whithead Whaley Award Lunch. Grant was honored as one of the black female partners at major NYC law firms in commemoration of the attorney and student trailblazers of Brown v. Board of Education.
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