Gender Fairness
This committee examines issues related to gender fairness in the legal profession and develops programs that provide a forum for the discussion of issues related to gender fairness, including seminars and networking opportunities. The committee promotes awareness of these issues within the profession and encourages law firms and corporate legal departments to sign the “Gender Initiative Commitment Statement.”
Upcoming Events
There are no upcoming events at this time.
HBA Gender Fairness Committee presents Judge Lee Rosenthal, Justice Eva Guzman, Judge Belinda Hill and Judge Sylvia Matthews discussing “Gender Parity on the Bench” at @hclawlibrary. Thanks to lunch sponsors Horne Rota Moos and Pillsbury Winthrop. Another HBA member benefit! pic.twitter.com/NIgiK0Drnc
— Houston Bar Assoc. (@thehba) May 2, 2019
Further resources for the Gender Fairness Implicit Bias Panel on November 28, 2018.
Thank you to all the firms who have signed the 2018 Gender Fairness Commitment Statement as of May 14, 2019:
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
*Caldwell Boudreaux Lefler PLLC
*Cersonsky, Rosen & Garcia, P.C.
Fibich, Leebron, Copeland & Briggs
*Fogler, Brar, Ford, O’Neil and Gray, L.L.P.
Harris County Attorney’s Office
Firms listed with an asterisk (*) signed the statement before March 1, 2019.
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2019-2020 Co-Chairs:
Kristin Kruse Lotz, Attorney at Law
Marissa Marquez, Legacy Community Health Montrose Clinic
Emery Richards, Blank Rome LLP
For more information on this committee, contact Tara Shockley at taras@hba.org or (713) 759-1133.