A Conversation With the First Woman To Chair Dorsey’s Policy Committee

Dorsey & Whitney announced this week that Minneapolis-based Tax Partner Kim Severson has been named chair of the firm’s policy committee, making her the first woman to ever hold the position.

The partner-elected policy committee, which acts as the firm’s board of directors, is responsible for overseeing the strategies and policies of the firm. Severson has been a member of the committee for three and a half years, and will serve for at least one year with a limit of two years as chair.

She replaces outgoing chair Richard Silberberg, a litigator based in New York, who served as chair ...