Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP • A New York Limited Liability Partnership
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Patrice Jean has been recognized in the 2020 edition of "Women Worth Watching" by Profiles in Diversity Journal, a publication dedicated to promoting and advancing diversity and inclusion in the workforce.
Hughes Hubbard has been awarded the Gold Standard Certification by the Women in Law Empowerment Forum (WILEF) for the 10th consecutive year, one of only 12 firms nationally to have consistently achieved this recognition since the program's inception in 2011.
Fara Tabatabai was among 100 New Yorkers selected for inclusion in the annual list, which honors "dedicated, gifted and determined female lawyers" in the New York City metro area.
Hughes Hubbard's Diversity Committee, which helps the firm recruit, retain and promote attorneys of diverse backgrounds, is comprised of five affinity groups aligned by race, gender and sexual orientation. This series of Q&A articles introduces the leaders of those groups.
Hagit Muriel Elul, co-chair of the firm’s Arbitration practice group, has been recognized in the 2019 edition of “Women Worth Watching” by Profiles in Diversity Journal.
Hughes Hubbard was recognized as among the best firms for minority attorneys in Law360's most recent Diversity Snapshot. The firm also made one of the biggest leaps up the rankings in The American Lawyer's Diversity Scorecard.
We have strategically placed lawyers with varied backgrounds in positions of influence throughout the firm, including office and practice leaders.
We have developed both formal and informal mentoring for diverse associates as well as all associates at large. In the case of diverse associates we offer additional mentoring from members of the diversity committee and affinity groups.
To maintain accountability, our Diversity Committee, comprised of partners, counsel, associates and staff, oversees our efforts, including mentoring, recruiting, retention, outreach and affinity groups.
We actively recruit law students of diverse backgrounds and offer a select group the opportunity to participate in our summer program, where they can learn more about life at our firm and develop their career goals.
Hughes Hubbard currently supports affinity groups for African-American lawyers, Asian lawyers, Hispanic lawyers, working mothers, LGBT lawyers and our women’s roundtable. The latter group offers firmwide video-conference sessions involving featured speakers and interactive workshops.
In keeping with our strong commitment to diversity, Hughes Hubbard is proud to be one of the initial signatories to The Association of the Bar of the City of New York's "Statement of Diversity Principles" and The New York County Lawyers' Association "Statement in Support of Diversity in the Legal Profession."
“When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free.” Charles Evans Hughes
Our firm's commitment to diversity can be traced back to our founder, Charles Evans Hughes, campaigning for women's suffrage in his near-victory over Woodrow Wilson in the 1916 presidential race. In 1942, we broke ranks with other Wall Street firms in hiring the first female associate at a time when most of those firms did not even interview women. In 1969, we named as partner Amalya Kearse, the first African-American female partner of any major New York firm. Kearse went on to become the second African-American to sit on the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. In 1999, Candace Beinecke became chair of Hughes Hubbard, making her the first woman to chair a major New York law firm.
