Black Firm Leaders Drive Big Law Social Justice Efforts

Big Law firms led by Black chairmen, managing partners or presidents are backing up their efforts on social justice and anti-racism with their money and their time.

Greenberg Traurig LLP, for example, announced July 28 that it’s committing $5 million over the next five years to supporting causes that address systematic racism as part of its Social, Racial, and Economic Justice Action Plan.

Black firm leaders from Greenberg Traurig LLP, McGuireWoods LLP, Squire Patton Boggs, Beveridge & Diamond PC and Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP are also engaging in other ways to examine their firms’ internal practices. They ...