Patent Firms Recruit Undergrads in Pipeline Diversity Push (1)

When Olivia Bedi first started out as an intellectual property attorney, her focus was more on succeeding in the field than on its need for more diversity.

“At the beginning of my career, I just wanted to keep my head down and work really hard to make it and wasn’t as aware of the lack of diversity, and how to help my peers or trying to stick together,” said Bedi.

In recent years, Bedi, now a partner at Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg, has joined forces with other attorneys of diverse backgrounds to create a support system and work toward ...