MEXICO CITY AND MONTERREY, MX (November 14, 2012) – The Mexico offices of Littler Mendelson, P.C. (Littler), the world’s largest employment and labor law firm representing management, have been recognized by the inaugural Chambers Latin America Women in Law Awards in the “Best Gender Diversity Initiative” category. The recognition is bestowed on firms with initiatives that support the retention, work/life balance and promotion of female lawyers.
“We are pleased to be recognized for the firm’s female diversity initiatives by the publishers of one of the legal industry’s most esteemed publications,” said Marko Mrkonich, president and managing director of Littler. “We take great pride in cultivating and nurturing a workplace environment that encourages both work/life balance and leadership opportunities for our women attorneys, and this award truly underscores our efforts.”
To be considered for the Women in Law Awards, firms were invited to send in submissions describing initiatives undertaken on a regional scale that benefit female attorneys and demonstrating how these initiatives have directly impacted women lawyers involved in Latin American-related work.
Javiera Medina Reza, a shareholder in Littler’s Mexico City office who authored the firm’s submission, added, “As a female attorney at Littler, I have benefitted directly from the firm’s female-friendly policies and initiatives, and I am proud that Littler remains steadfast in its commitment to the retention and advancement of women.”
Littler has developed a number of programs and policies geared towards women. The firm’s Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI) equips females with techniques to enhance and increase leadership opportunities while maintaining work/life balance. Additionally, Littler offers remote work and flex-time options for its attorneys. The firm’s FlexTime Attorney program encourages career/home balance and creates alternate career tracks for the firm’s attorneys. Littler’s attorney workforce is currently comprised of 48% women.
A number of organizations and media outlets have recognized Littler in 2012 for the firm’s female-friendly initiatives, including:
- Certified as a “Gold Standard Firm” from the Women in Law Empowerment Forum, 2012 and 2011
- Ranked #3 in Diversity for Women by the 2013 Vault Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms
- Ranked #5 for Top Firms for Female Partners, 2012 by Law360.com
- Ranked #1 of the Top 100 Law Firms for Women by MultiCultural Law magazine’s Top 100 Law Firms for Diversity 2012
- Named a “Top Ten Family Friendly Firm” and awarded with Recognition of Superior Performance in the category of “Gender Equity in Partner Promotions”, 2012 by Yale Law Women
About Chambers
Since 1990, Chambers has published the world’s leading guides to the legal profession and has built a reputation for in-depth, objective research. The publication has a team of 100 highly qualified full-time researchers who conduct thousands of interviews with lawyers and their clients worldwide. Working with editors, they identify and rank the world’s best lawyers (i.e. those who perform best according to the criteria most valued by clients—such as technical expertise, business acumen, prompt delivery, value for money).
About Littler Mendelson
Littler Mendelson is the world’s largest labor and employment firm exclusively devoted to representing management. With over 950 attorneys and 56 offices throughout the U.S. and globally, Littler has extensive resources to address the needs of U.S.-based and multi-national clients from navigating domestic and international employment laws and labor relations issues to applying corporate policies worldwide. Established in 1942, the firm has litigated, mediated and negotiated some of the most influential employment law cases and labor contracts on record.