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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.

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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
Title
Company
Joseph Ryan
Executive Vice President & General Counsel
Marriott International, Inc.
Richard L. Manetta
Corporate Vice President & General Counsel
The Dow Chemical Company
Rich Baer
Executive Vice President & General Counsel
Qwest Communications International Inc.
Don H. Liu
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
Ikon Office Solutions, Inc.
D. Cameron Findlay
Executive Vice President & General Counsel
Aon Corp.
Hayward D. Fisk
Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
Computer Sciences Corporation
Paul S. Williams
Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer
Cardinal Health
Paul N. Harris
Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
KeyCorp
Maura A. Smith
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
International Paper
Kenneth S. Siegel
Executive Vice President & General Counsel
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Carol Graebner
Executive Vice President & General Counsel
Dynegy Inc.
M. Patricia Oliver
Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary & Chief Corporate Governance Officer
BB&T Corporation
Gary F. Kennedy
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
American Airlines
Jay H. Meltzer
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
The TJX Companies, Inc.
Frank H. Menaker, Jr.
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Lauri Shanahan
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Gap Inc.
Kenneth C. Frazier
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
Merck & Co, Inc.
Sheila Kearney Davidson
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
New York Life Insurance Company
Andrea Levin
Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer
Clear Channel Communications
Joseph W. Schmidt
Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
Dover Corporation
Linda V. Tiano
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
Well Choice, Inc.
Allen E. Hill
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
UPS
Vincent A. Maffeo
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
ITT Industries
Dennis Stryker
General Counsel
Rick Engineering Company
Dennis J. Broderick
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
Federated Department Stores Inc.
Anastasia D. Kelly
Executive Vice President & General Counsel
MCI
James D. Ellis
Senior Executive Vice President & General Counsel
SBC Communications Inc.
Jerome D. Okarma
Vice President, Assistant Secretary & Deputy General Counsel
Johnson Controls, Inc.
J. Michael Hemmen
Senior Vice President - Law & General Counsel
Union Pacific Corporation
Pamela F. Craven
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
Avaya Inc.
James J. Bender
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
The Williams Companies, Inc.
Tom Dunlap
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
Intel Corporation
Peter M. Kreindler
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
Honeywell
James G. Potter
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
Delmonte Foods
Bert Cornelison
Executive Vice President & General Counsel
Halliburton Company
Cathy Lamboley
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Shell Oil Company
Douglas G. Bain
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
Boeing
James C. Diggs
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
PPG Industries
David Andrews
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
Pepsico, Inc.
Dan Cooperman
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
Oracle
James J. Johnson
Chief Legal Officer & Secretary
P&G
Ann Baskins
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Hewlett Packard
Tom Harvie
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Goodyear
Robert A. Armitage
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
Eli Lilly & Co.
Mark C. Morril
Vice President & Deputy General Counsel
Viacom
Richard F. Ziegler
Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs & General Counsel
3M Center
Stacey J. Mobley
Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer & General Counsel
DuPont Company
Jose de Lasa
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
Abbott Laboratories
Samuel H. Gillespie III
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel
Unocal Corp.
Douglas L. Williams
Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel
Limited Brands, Inc.
W. Scott Nehs
Vice Presient, Legal & Chief Compliance Officer
PepsiAmericas, Inc.
Jennifer OConnor
Vice President & General Counsel
Puget Energy, Inc.
Andrea Zopp
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
Sears


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