McGuireWoods joined clients and area law firms in co-hosting the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) alumni reception at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond on May 18, 2023.
McGuireWoods attorneys, alumni and summer associates attended the event. McGuireWoods attendees from Richmond included OMP Michael Herring; deputy managing partner Joanne Katsantonis; partners Janet Peyton and Jackie Stone; associates Nicole Allaband and Briana Jackson; and associates and former 1L LCLD scholars Noriya Shahadat and Max Chu. D.C. associate Tolu Olaniyan also attended.
Founded in 2009, the LCLD is a national organization of more than 400 corporate chief legal officers and law firm managing partners dedicated to creating a more open and diverse legal profession. McGuireWoods has been a member and participant in the LCLD since the organization was founded in 2009. In 2021, the LCLD honored McGuireWoods with a Top Performers and Compass Award. The firm was one of only 60 LCLD member organizations to earn both honors.