
A Call to Action - Diversity in the Legal Profession

In 1999, the Chief Legal Officers of about 500 major corporations signed a document entitled Diversity In The Workplace - A Statement of Principle.
See the official web site for the Statement to see the most up-to-date list of corporate signatories and get information on how to sign up.
The Statement evidenced the commitment of the signatory corporations to diversity in the legal profession. In particular, it was intended to be a mandate for law firms to make immediate and sustained improvement in this area. Unfortunately, however, all objective assessments show that the collective efforts and gains of law firms in diversity have reached a disappointing plateau.
As Chief Legal Officers, we hereby reaffirm our commitment to diversity in the legal profession. Our action is based on the need to enhance opportunity in the legal profession and our recognition that the legal and business interests of our clients require legal representation that reflects the diversity of our employees, customers and the communities where we do business.
In furtherance of this renewed commitment, this is intended to be a Call to Action for the profession generally and in particular for our law departments and for the law firms with which our companies do business.
In an effort to realize a truly diverse profession and to promote diversity in law firms, we commit to taking action consistent with the referenced Statement.
To that end, in addition to our abiding commitment to diversity in our own departments, we pledge that we will make decisions regarding which law firms represent our companies based in significant part on the diversity performance of the firms. We intend to look for opportunities for firms we regularly use which positively distinguish themselves in this area. We further intend to end or limit our relationships with firms whose performance consistently evidences a lack of meaningful interest in being diverse.
Name
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Title
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Company
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Joseph Ryan
| Executive Vice President & General Counsel
| Marriott International, Inc.
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Richard L. Manetta
| Corporate Vice President & General Counsel
| The Dow Chemical Company
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Rich Baer
| Executive Vice President & General Counsel
| Qwest Communications International Inc.
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Don H. Liu
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
| Ikon Office Solutions, Inc.
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D. Cameron Findlay
| Executive Vice President & General Counsel
| Aon Corp.
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Hayward D. Fisk
| Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
| Computer Sciences Corporation
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Paul S. Williams
| Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer
| Cardinal Health
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Paul N. Harris
| Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
| KeyCorp
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Maura A. Smith
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
| International Paper
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Kenneth S. Siegel
| Executive Vice President & General Counsel
| Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
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Carol Graebner
| Executive Vice President & General Counsel
| Dynegy Inc.
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M. Patricia Oliver
| Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary & Chief Corporate Governance Officer
| BB&T Corporation
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Gary F. Kennedy
| Senior Vice President & General Counsel
| American Airlines
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Jay H. Meltzer
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
| The TJX Companies, Inc.
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Frank H. Menaker, Jr.
| Senior Vice President & General Counsel
| Lockheed Martin Corporation
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Lauri Shanahan
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
| Gap Inc.
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Kenneth C. Frazier
| Senior Vice President & General Counsel
| Merck & Co, Inc.
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Sheila Kearney Davidson
| Senior Vice President & General Counsel
| New York Life Insurance Company
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Andrea Levin
| Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer
| Clear Channel Communications
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Joseph W. Schmidt
| Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
| Dover Corporation
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Linda V. Tiano
| Senior Vice President & General Counsel
| Well Choice, Inc.
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Allen E. Hill
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
| UPS
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Vincent A. Maffeo
| Senior Vice President & General Counsel
| ITT Industries
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Dennis Stryker
| General Counsel
| Rick Engineering Company
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Dennis J. Broderick
| Senior Vice President & General Counsel
| Federated Department Stores Inc.
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Anastasia D. Kelly
| Executive Vice President & General Counsel
| MCI
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James D. Ellis
| Senior Executive Vice President & General Counsel
| SBC Communications Inc.
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Jerome D. Okarma
| Vice President, Assistant Secretary & Deputy General Counsel
| Johnson Controls, Inc.
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J. Michael Hemmen
| Senior Vice President - Law & General Counsel
| Union Pacific Corporation
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Pamela F. Craven
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
| Avaya Inc.
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James J. Bender
| Senior Vice President & General Counsel
| The Williams Companies, Inc.
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Tom Dunlap
| Senior Vice President & General Counsel
| Intel Corporation
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Peter M. Kreindler
| Senior Vice President & General Counsel
| Honeywell
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James G. Potter
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
| Delmonte Foods
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Bert Cornelison
| Executive Vice President & General Counsel
| Halliburton Company
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Cathy Lamboley
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
| Shell Oil Company
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Douglas G. Bain
| Senior Vice President & General Counsel
| Boeing
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James C. Diggs
| Senior Vice President & General Counsel
| PPG Industries
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David Andrews
| Senior Vice President & General Counsel
| Pepsico, Inc.
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Dan Cooperman
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
| Oracle
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James J. Johnson
| Chief Legal Officer & Secretary
| P&G
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Ann Baskins
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
| Hewlett Packard
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Tom Harvie
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
| Goodyear
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Robert A. Armitage
| Senior Vice President & General Counsel
| Eli Lilly & Co.
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Mark C. Morril
| Vice President & Deputy General Counsel
| Viacom
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Richard F. Ziegler
| Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs & General Counsel
| 3M Center
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Stacey J. Mobley
| Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer & General Counsel
| DuPont Company
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Jose de Lasa
| Senior Vice President & General Counsel
| Abbott Laboratories
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Samuel H. Gillespie III
| Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel
| Unocal Corp.
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Douglas L. Williams
| Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel
| Limited Brands, Inc.
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W. Scott Nehs
| Vice Presient, Legal & Chief Compliance Officer
| PepsiAmericas, Inc.
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Jennifer OConnor
| Vice President & General Counsel
| Puget Energy, Inc.
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Andrea Zopp
| Senior Vice President & General Counsel
| Sears
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