New York Litigation partner Paula Anderson has been selected by the Council of Urban Professionals (CUP) as a CUP Catalyst: Change Agent 2014 | Law. This annual award recognizes diverse leaders in the legal sector who have achieved extraordinary success in business while making a significant impact on their community through nonprofit or public sector service, mentorship and philanthropy.

Founded in 2007, CUP is a leadership development organization with over 1,500 individual members, a national network of 20,000, and 70 corporate partners spanning the financial services, law, media & entertainment, digital & technology, non-profit and public sectors. CUP will recognize its “CUP Catalysts” in Law honorees at its 5th Annual Lawyers Forum in New York on October 30, 2014, where the keynote speakers will be Christopher Reynolds, Group Vice President & General Counsel, Toyota Motor Sales, Inc. and Deirdre Stanley, Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Thomson Reuters.