ATLANTA, July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP
announced today that it was ranked 9th in the nation in overall diversity by
the Vault Guide of the top 100 Law Firms. In other ratings, the Firm was 7th
in the country for diversity for women, 18th in the country for diversity for
minorities and 13 in the country for diversity for gays and lesbians.
"Our commitment to diversity is articulated as one of our Firm's core
values. We have placed a strong emphasis on recruiting and retaining female
lawyers as well as those of different ethnic and racial backgrounds and we are
pleased with our progress to date," reported Aasia Mustakeem, Chair of the
Firm's Diversity Committee and an African-American, female partner.
The Firm supports many diversity causes and has worked with the US Law
Firm Group, a networking group of 19 national law firms, to increase the
diversity in law schools to encourage a diverse population to enter the
profession. Ms. Mustakeem is also Chair of the USLFG's Diversity Committee.
Armin Brecher, Chair of the Firm's Executive Committee and Board of
Partners, stated, "Our Firm has had a long history of promoting diversity-from
its beginnings in 1909, our Firm has placed a high priority on diversity and
our efforts continue today to build our Firm with a varied and diverse
workforce. Today, women and minority attorneys occupy positions of leadership
at every level of the Firm. While we have done well in both respects, we
realize that we can and will improve and that retention is a continuing
challenge in the legal industry, but is one which we intend to meet."
Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP is one of Atlanta's largest law
firms. Established in 1909, the Firm's more than 300 attorneys provide legal
counsel to clients in a wide variety of practices from offices in Atlanta, GA
and Washington, DC. For more information, visit http://www.pgfm.com or call
404-572-6600.
SOURCE Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP
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CONTACT:
Armin Brecher, Chair, +1-404-572-6634, or
Carol Todd Thomas, Chief Marketing Officer, +1-404-572-6613, both
of Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP
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