Morgan Lewis Litigators Share How They Tackled Bias and Won

Morgan Lewis litigators Grace Speights and Robin Nunn have seen it all in their combined decades as prominent attorneys, while navigating the difficulties of being among the few Black women partners in a predominantly white and male industry.

People of color comprise less than 8% of equity partners among the firms who participated in a 2019 survey by the National Association for Law Placement. Black attorneys accounted for less than 2% of partners among the firms surveyed by NALP, while Black women made up less than 1%.

To get to the partnership in Big Law, Washington-based Speights and Nunn have ...