Gender Fairness

HBA Gender Fairness Committee logoThis 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

Feb 27

HBA Gender Fairness Event
 Annual Speed Mentoring Event

February 27 @ 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Apr 29

HBA Gender Fairness Event
 Business Development for Women: How to Overcome Obstacles and Thrive

April 29 @ 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

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Further resources for the Gender Fairness Implicit Bias Panel on November 28, 2018.

Read the HBA Gender Fairness Commitment Statement

Thank you to all the firms who have signed the 2018 Gender Fairness Commitment Statement as of November 20, 2019:

Ajamie LLP

Akerman LLP

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Armstrong Lee Savage LLP

*Baker Botts L.L.P.

*Baker Donelson

*BakerHostetler LLP

*Baker McKenzie

Baker Wotring LLP

*Berg & Androphy

*Blank Rome LLP

BoyarMiller

*Bracewell LLP

Bush + Ramirez, PLLC

The Buzbee Law Firm

*Caldwell Boudreaux Lefler PLLC

*Cersonsky, Rosen & Garcia, P.C.

Copeland & Rice LLP

*Cozen O’Connor

Daniels & Tredennick, LLP

Dentons US LLP

Edmonds and Cmaidalka, P.C.

Eversheds Sutherland US LLP

Fibich, Leebron, Copeland & Briggs

Fletcher Yoder, P.C.

*Fogler, Brar, Ford, O’Neil and Gray, L.L.P.

*Foley Gardere

Galligan & Manning

Germer PLLC

The Gilbert Law Firm, LLP

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Harris County Attorney’s Office

Hartline Barger LLP

*Haynes and Boone, LLP

Hendershot, Cannon & Hisey, P.C.

*Hogan Lovells US LLP

*Holmes Diggs & Sadler

*Horne Rota Moos LLP

Hughes Watters Askanase LLP

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

*Husch Blackwell

Jackson Walker L.L.P.

Jenkins & Kamin LLP

*Johnson, Trent & Taylor, LLP

Jordan, Lynch & Cancienne PLLC

*Kane Russell Coleman & Logan PC

Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP

King & Spalding LLP

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

KoonsFuller, P.C.

The Lanier Law Firm, P.C.

Latham & Watkins, LLP

*LeClairRyan

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP

*Liskow & Lewis, APLC

Littler Mendelson, P.C.

*Locke Lord LLP

MacIntyre McCulloch & Stanfield, L.L.P.

Madan Law PLLC

Mayer Brown LLP

McDermott Will & Emery LLP

McDowell Hetherington LLP

MehaffyWeber, P.C.

Miller, Scamardi & Carrabba, P.C.

*Monty & Ramirez LLP

*Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, PC

Nathan Sommers Jacobs

*Nistico, Crouch & Kessler, P.C.

*Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.

*Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Patterson + Sheridan, LLP

*Paul Hastings

*Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittmann LLP

*Porter Hedges LLP

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

Rapp & Krock, PC

*Reed Smith LLP

Roberts Markel Weinberg Butler Hailey PC

Shearman & Sterling LLP

Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P.

Sidley Austin LLP

Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP

Susman Godfrey LLP

Thompson & Horton LLP

Thompson & Knight LLP

Vinson & Elkins LLP

*Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

White & Case LLP

*Winstead PC

*Winston & Strawn LLP

Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP

Wong Fleming

Yetter Coleman LLP

Firms listed with an asterisk (*) signed the statement before March 1, 2019.

 

Committee Volunteer Form (PDF) | Sign up Online

2019-2020 Co-Chairs:
Kristin Kruse Lotz, Daniels & Tredennick
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.

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