SAN FRANCISCO, CA (August 6, 2013 ) - Littler Mendelson, P.C. (Littler), the world’s largest employment and labor law firm representing management, has been named one of the “50 Best Law Firms for Women” by Working Mother Media and Flex-Time Lawyers LLC, marking the fifth time it has made the prestigious list. Littler was recognized for its excellence in creating flexibility and professional development programs designed to retain women and help advance them into leadership positions.
“Littler continues to be an innovator in the advancement of women and has made great strides to remove professional barriers and offer a working environment that is designed for women to thrive and to be appropriately rewarded for their achievements,” said Tom Bender and Jeremy Roth, co-managing directors of Littler, in a joint statement. “This recognition underscores the firm’s leading position with regard to improving equality, diversity and inclusion in the industry.”
Working Mother Media and Flex-Time Lawyers founded the 50 Best Law Firms for Women initiative in 2007 to celebrate law firms that have proved to be most successful in retaining and promoting women lawyers. Their goal is also to give law firms in general an array of benchmarking tools to enable them in the future to improve the status of women in their firms.
Carol Evans, president of Working Mother Media, said, “The Best 50 Law Firms for Women have created the “ultimate benchmark” in the profession. “They not only offer excellent flexibility and advancement policies to retain and grow their female talent, they fight for issues crucial to women worldwide through their powerful pro bono programs. Last year, 69 percent of the Best Law Firms had one or more women in their top ten rainmakers; this year, the number has gone up to 78 percent, a testament to the firms’ management and those who are rising through the ranks.”
“The advancement and retention of our talented female attorneys are priorities at Littler and to be recognized by Working Mother and Flex-Time Lawyers is a reflection of our continued commitment to that goal,” added Dionysia Johnson-Massie and Linda Headley, shareholders and co-chairs of Littler’s Women’s Leadership Initiative.
About Working Mother Media
Working Mother Media, a division of Bonnier Corporation, publishes Working Mother magazine and its companion website, and the Working Mother Research Institute. The National Association for Female Executives and Diversity Best Practices are also units within WMM. Working Mother Media’s mission is to serve as a champion of culture change. Working Mother magazine reaches more than 2 million readers and is the only national magazine for career-committed mothers; Workingmother.com gives working mothers @home and @work advice, solutions and ideas. This year marks the 28th anniversary of the magazine’s signature research initiative, the Working Mother 100 Best Companies, and the 10th year of the Best Companies for Multicultural Women.
About Flex-Time Lawyers LLC
Flex-Time Lawyers is an international consulting firm founded by Deborah Epstein Henry in the late 1990s, providing advisory, training and speaking services to employers and professionals on work-life balance, retaining and promoting women and new models of legal practice. Additionally, Flex-Time Lawyers provides recruiting services and hosts a membership organization with quarterly events on timely issues with prominent speakers in New York. The work of Flex-Time Lawyers has garnered extensive visibility from The New York Times, NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, The Wall Street Journal, and National Public Radio, among numerous others. The Flex-Time Lawyers network has grown to over 10,000 lawyers nationally.
About Littler Mendelson
Littler Mendelson is the world’s largest employment and labor law firm exclusively devoted to representing management. With over 980 attorneys and 57 offices throughout the U.S. and globally, Littler has extensive resources to address the needs of U.S.-based and multinational clients, from navigating domestic and international employment laws and labor relations issues to applying corporate policies worldwide. Over the last 70 years, Littler has litigated, mediated and negotiated some of the most influential employment law cases and labor contracts on record.