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About JAMS

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Local Solutions. Global Reach.

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About Jackson Lewis

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Focused on labor and employment law since 1958, Jackson Lewis P.C.’s 950+ attorneys located in major cities nationwide consistently identify and respond to new ways workplace law intersects business. We help employers develop proactive strategies, strong policies and business-oriented solutions to cultivate high-functioning workforces that are engaged, stable and diverse, and share our clients’ goals to emphasize inclusivity and respect for the contribution of every employee.

The foundation of our client service philosophy is to build strong relationships. We believe it is important to learn about each client’s particular industry, business and culture, with the goal of becoming an extension of their team.

At Jackson Lewis, we understand no legal issue can be viewed in isolation. Whether we are counseling clients on compliance strategies or defending a high-stakes lawsuit, we work with clients to devise an approach that fits with the company’s core values and culture. We also believe it is often most effective to meet with clients in person to better understand their particular issues, and our national footprint allows us to literally be where our clients need us most. In addition, our vast subject matter and industry-specific experience give us critical insight into the workplace law challenges our clients face on a daily basis.

Our commitment to excellence is just as strong today as it was in 1958 when Lou Jackson and Robert Lewis opened our doors in New York City.

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Benefactor Sponsor

About Beusse Sanks PPLC

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When considering years in existence as a law firm, we are a new but rapidly growing firm. But the age of the current embodiment of our firm does not tell the whole story. For example, James Beusse hired Terry Sanks directly out of law school in 1998 and they have practiced together ever since. Their time together included starting another IP boutique law firm, in 2001, with five other attorneys. For the majority of this prior firm’s history, the firm was managed by either Terry (for nine years) or Jim (during its initial year and formation). Primarily under their leadership, their former firm grew from 7 to 19 attorneys. Also, under Terry’s leadership, their former firm not only became one of the most recognized IP boutique law firms in Florida, but also one of the most racially and gender diverse intellectual property boutique law firms in the country.

Desiring to maintain principals that directly contributed to the success of their prior firm, in 2020, Terry and Jim set out to create a new IP boutique law firm focused on their shared vision that contributed to their prior success.

Today, to meet client needs, the firm expects to expand with the additional, attorneys, patent agents, and other professionals to enhance its concentration in intellectual property law, IP litigation and IP transactions.

With a strong foundation center around ingenuity and integrity, Beusse Sanks intends to provide the same high level of quality service equally to all clients ranging from our multi-national corporate clients to individual inventors or start up companies. We look forward to working together as we assist you in monetizing, protecting, enforcing, and defending your U.S. and international intellectual property rights.

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About DLA Piper LLP

https://www.dlapiper.com/en/us/

DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, positioning us to help clients with their legal needs around the world.

We strive to be the leading global business law firm by delivering quality and value to our clients.

We achieve this through practical and innovative legal solutions that help our clients succeed. We deliver consistent services across our platform of practices and sectors in all matters we undertake.

Our clients range from multinational, Global 1000, and Fortune 500 enterprises to emerging companies developing industry-leading technologies. They include more than half of the Fortune 250 and nearly half of the FTSE 350 or their subsidiaries. We also advise governments and public sector bodies.

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Bronze Sponsor

About Workday

www.workday.com

Workday is a leading provider of enterprise cloud applications for finance, HR, and planning. Founded in 2005, Workday delivers financial management, human capital management, and analytics applications designed for the world’s largest companies, educational institutions, and government agencies. Organizations ranging from medium-sized businesses to Fortune 50 enterprises have selected Workday.

Our core values give us a framework for leadership and daily decisions, and help us enjoy our time at work. Sounds so simple, but too often companies get caught up in politics, ivory-tower attitudes, and market mania instead of focusing on the things that probably made them successful in the first place.

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About Winston & Strawn

www.winston.com

For more than 160 years, Winston & Strawn LLP has served as a trusted adviser and advocate for clients across virtually every industry. In that time, through careful growth and thoughtful fiscal management, we have built a law practice with tremendous breadth and a global reach. We are proud of the many accolades we have received over the years—a tribute to our lawyers’ creativity, flexibility, depth of experience, and commitment. The most meaningful accolade to us, though, is the continued trust and confidence of our clients.

WE ARE A FIRM WITH A MISSION

At Winston & Strawn, we strive to:

• Provide our clients with creative solutions to their business problems—on time and on budget
• Serve our communities and the public interest
• Promote diversity within our firm and throughout the legal profession
• Maintain a culture of teamwork and collegiality

WE GET DEALS DONE

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Silver Sponsor

About Stroock

www.stroock.com

At Stroock, we are transforming the way legal services are delivered. In today’s competitive marketplace, we recognize the pressures facing our clients and understand success is no longer defined by yesterday’s status quo.

That’s why our commitment to clients mirrors what they demand of themselves: creativity, awareness of opportunities, determination, efficiency and flexibility. Our 360-degree partnership with clients means we’re in the trenches with you, proactively advancing toward your goals at every turn.

Resting on our legacy of 145+ years isn’t enough; we’re looking to the future. Our forward-focused clientele – an enviable mix of financial institutions, multinational corporations, investment funds and entrepreneurs that do business in the U.S. and around the world – rely on our full-service counsel to take on tomorrow’s opportunities and challenges. Located in New York, Los Angeles, Miami and Washington, D.C., Stroock lawyers are leaders in real estate, litigation, private funds and asset management, and corporate matters. We are also well-positioned to deliver the full range of legal services that are vital to your upward momentum and growth.

Good People. Great Results. Innovating since 1876.

October 2022 Attorney Spotlights

Gold Sponsor

About Debevoise & Plimpton

www.debevoise.com

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is a premier law firm with market-leading practices, a global perspective and strong New York roots. Our clients look to us to bring a distinctively high degree of quality, intensity and creativity to resolve legal challenges effectively and cost efficiently.

Deep partner commitment, industry experience and a strategic approach enable us to bring clear commercial judgment to every matter. We draw on the strength of our culture and structure to deliver the best of our firm to every client through true collaboration.

Approximately 800 lawyers work in nine offices across three continents, within integrated global practices, serving clients around the world. Our lawyers prioritize developing a deep understanding of the business of our clients. We then pursue each matter with both intensity and creativity to achieve optimal results.

We are committed to serving our clients through excellence in lawyering. We receive numerous accolades and awards recognizing this commitment and the firm’s market prominence worldwide.

Debevoise is also recognized as one of the leading firms for diversity. We believe that a diverse workforce, where all of our colleagues feel respected, builds a stronger firm, and benefits clients and the wider community.

The firm’s culture fosters a collaborative approach across disciplines and regions, and, as a result, clients benefit from the dedication, cohesiveness and superior quality that we bring to all of our work worldwide.

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About Crowell

www.crowell.com

Crowell & Moring LLP is an international law firm with offices in the United States, Europe, MENA, and Asia. Drawing on significant government, business, industry and legal experience, the firm helps clients capitalize on opportunities and provides creative solutions to complex litigation and arbitration, regulatory and policy, and corporate and transactional issues. The firm is consistently recognized for its commitment to pro bono service and its programs and initiatives to advance diversity, equity and inclusion.

Why did you decide to become a NBA-CLS sponsor?

Crowell has supported Firm lawyers’ attendance at NBA-CLS for a number of years, and we have seen firsthand the value of NBA’s creating space and opportunities for diverse talent to grow and thrive. Additionally, Crowell lawyers are active members of and participants in NBA, including leading and serving as panelists for previous NBA-CLS conferences. We are proud to continue supporting the mission and strategy that NBA-CLS advances, providing valuable networking, visibility, career development, and relationship-building opportunities for Black lawyers.

Additional Information

At Crowell & Moring, we value and respect differences, knowing that diversity of culture and thought makes us a stronger firm. Under the leadership of our Chief Talent & Inclusion officer – overseeing our Recruitment, Professional Development, and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion functions of the firm – we have incorporated a talent development approach into the firm’s strategy of identifying and providing meaningful opportunities for all of our attorneys. We have advanced these goals through efforts such as our participation in the Mansfield Rule (of which we are 2.0, 3.0, and 4.0 certified); our establishment of the Crowell Rule, which supplements our Mansfield Rule efforts by requiring that every lateral associate, counsel and partner candidate position has an interview pool of 30% racial/ethnic and LGBTQ+ diversity and at least a 50% interview pool composed of women and lawyers from diverse backgrounds; our Diversity Pledge to double the number of lawyers from diverse backgrounds at each level, increasing the percentage of women and diverse lawyers in leadership positions, and adding 150 women and diverse lawyers to the firm within five years; and our ongoing engagement and business development support of our Asian Pacific Islander, Black, Hispanic & Latinx, Middle Eastern & North African, and LGBTQ+ lawyers. Our efforts have been recognized by Seramount’s (formerly Working Mother’s) Best Law Firms for Women for 11 consecutive years, LCLD’s Top Performer and/or Compass Awards for 6 consecutive years, and HRC’s Corporate Equality Index 100% score for 11 consecutive years, to name a few. More information can be found on our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion website.

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Silver Sponsor

About Duane Morris

www.duanemorris.com

Duane Morris LLP, a law firm with more than 900 attorneys in offices across the United States and internationally, is asked by a broad array of clients to provide innovative solutions to today’s legal and business challenges.

Evolving from a partnership of prominent lawyers in Philadelphia a century ago, Duane Morris’ modern organization stretches from the U.S. to London and across Asia. Throughout this global expansion, Duane Morris has remained committed to preserving its collegial, collaborative culture that has attracted many talented attorneys. The firm’s leadership, and outside observers like the Harvard Business School, believe this culture is truly unique among large law firms, and helps account for the firm continuing to prosper throughout changing economic and industry conditions.

Our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Mission Statement

Duane Morris is committed to being a law firm that includes people of diverse backgrounds and fully utilizes their talents to provide legal services of the highest quality. The firm will employ effective methods of recruitment of a diverse array of talent, and we will support their success and advancement within the firm.

Duane Morris is committed to fostering understanding, communication and respect among all people in the firm, including people of different races, religions, ages, genders, ethnic and cultural backgrounds, national origins, sexual preferences or orientations, medical conditions or disabilities, and marital, veteran or family statuses. The firm believes it should capitalize on the strength emanating from these differences. Drawing on the talents of all of the firm’s personnel helps to create an optimum workplace, one which can attract and retain diverse personnel and clients, allowing it to enter and serve varying markets and approach services to its clients more creatively. Duane Morris has the ability to meet these challenges and recognizes the beneficial impact a successful diversity program will have on firm morale, productivity, strategies and success.

The Executive Committee of Duane Morris has appointed a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee to facilitate the implementation of this Mission Statement.

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