Diversity: Howrey LLP

Howrey's Commitment to Diversity

At Howrey, we believe diversity matters. We recognize that diversity at all levels of our workforce and in all forms strengthens us as a firm. By building teams with diverse characteristics – be they ethnic, racial, gender, cultural, social, economic, physical, sexual orientation or otherwise – we cultivate diversity of ideas and innovation that benefits both our clients and our people. As one of our core values, our commitment to diversity is an integral part of our drive for excellence and dedication to providing the highest level of client service.

We demonstrate our dedication to diversity in principle and in practice. Howrey’s Diversity Committee serves as an integral part of the firm management and operational structure and acts on a firmwide basis to promote hiring, retention and career and business development opportunities for diverse attorneys in the firm. Our established diversity initiative promotes a work environment enabling all attorneys to contribute to the success of the firm and to achieve their full potential in service to our clients. Howrey’s Women’s Leadership Initiative, founded in 1992, actively promotes the advancement of professional women within the firm through mentoring, networking and career development.

Howrey values diversity as an asset that contributes to the firm's competitive advantage. For Howrey, Diversity Management is not a legal requirement but rather a strategic business imperative.

Diversity refers to the full range of differences in which people differ from one another, including: race, gender, geographic origin, lifestyle, age, sexual orientation, physical and personality traits, tenure with the firm, and functional and educational backgrounds, etc., and in all ways that our workforce parallels the differences of the client base we serve.

Diversity Management means creating and sustaining an environment where no one will be given either unnatural advantage or disadvantage in any way in matters of hiring, promotion or assignment, and where every employee is able to make meaningful contributions and achieve his/her full potential and to use this potential to realize the firm's vision.

It is the policy of Howrey to establish and maintain a workforce that is broadly representative of the diversity of our customers and to create and sustain an environment that enables all employees to contribute to the success of the firm and to achieve the full potential in service to our clients.

Each individual's ability to progress will be determined by whether the individual is the best-qualified for a given opportunity. Each decision regarding Human Resources policies and practices affecting Howrey employees will be measured by this standard.