The Black General Counsel Project: Coca-Cola’s Bradley Gayton

Coca-Cola senior vice president and general counsel Bradley Gayton sees bringing more Black lawyers into the profession as a moral obligation and said there’s a business imperative to fix the diversity problem quickly.

“In my view, the curve is still flat. Now is not the time to get the confetti cannons out. It’s time to double our efforts with a resolute focus on addressing this issue from early education, college pipeline, law school admissions, recruiting, on-boarding, and career development at every stage,” Gayton said in a recent Bloomberg Law survey.

Black general counsel now make up over 5% of all ...