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Bhavik R. Patel, CEO and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard
In addition to leading the firm he joined in 2004, Bhavik R. Patel chairs Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard’s wealth planning and special needs planning group. Widely recognized as an […]
Mary Olson, Associate, Shook, Hardy & Bacon
As leader of Shook, Hardy & Bacon’s Project Affirmation — a name-change and gender-marker amendment clinic — Mary Olson is a well-known and active ally for the transgender community in […]
Khevna Patel, Recruiter, Brown & Crouppen
Khevna Patel works toward equal access to opportunity and maintaining diverse viewpoints that are critical to a law firm’s success. In her two years at Brown & Crouppen, Patel has […]
Kevin K. Peek, Associate, Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard
When he looks around, Kevin Kohei-Uchida Peek sees a lack of representation of Asian attorneys among his peers. That helps to drive the Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard medical malpractice […]
Kenneth Powell, Managing Partner, The Powell Law Firm
His grandfather led several civil rights protests. His father sang at the funeral of Dr. Martin Luther King. Kenneth Powell springs from a long line of civil rights activists. “My […]
Shaun Stallworth, President, Jackson County Bar Association Of-Counsel, Holman Schiavone
Raised around New Orleans and once an aspiring television news anchor, Shaun Stallworth has made Kansas City his home, and diversity and inclusion in law one of his causes. It […]
Student Law Academy/Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Foundation
Several years ago, the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Foundation evolved from a grant-making institution to one that offered programming aimed at improving the justice system in and around Kansas City. […]
Deborah C. Weaver, CEO & Owner, Alaris Litigation Services
As CEO and Owner of Alaris Litigation Services, Deborah C. Weaver has become a leader among women business owners during her 35 years in the legal industry. Her St. Louis-based […]
Shook, Hardy & Bacon
For law firms, it’s not enough to focus diversity and inclusion initiatives on recruiting and hiring diverse attorneys. Firm leaders also must ensure their new hires can advance and lead, […]
Diversity & Inclusion 2020 Publisher’s Letter
The differences among us humans are many. We come in different colors, shapes, origins and sexual identities, with different thoughts, preferences and convictions. But there are core elements we all […]
Diversity & Inclusion 2020 Digital Edition
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Missouri Lawyers Media honors 21 for diversity and inclusion work
Missouri Lawyers Media honored 21 attorneys, firms and legal professionals from around the state with its 2020 Diversity & Inclusion Awards for their work to support and advance those initiatives.
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