Diversity at Godwin Lewis PC
At Godwin Lewis the Firm's commitment to inclusiveness is not only a business imperative, but also a crucial and effective component of the success that we have enjoyed over the years. Godwin Lewis has a long history of embracing diversity and is a past recipient of the Thomas L. Sager award for the Southwest region, which is awarded to law firms in recognition of minority hiring practices by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association.
Our five-member Executive Committee is comprised of 40% women, plus our named shareholder, Marilea Lewis, is one of the few women whose name is on the door of a top 100 law firm in Texas. Minorities and women hold other leadership roles within our firm such as Practice Group Chairs, Directors, Managers and Committee members. Our diverse group of leaders, attorneys and staff members come from a variety of backgrounds and cultures, giving us a global perspective that our clients find beneficial.
Godwin Lewis' culture of diversity extends to our community. We provide leadership and legal counsel to many publicly funded organizations and public-purpose organizations. In addition, we are committed to giving back to our communities' non-profits. Godwin Lewis encourages a firm-wide commitment to such organizations as the United Way, Jewish Community Center, and the Dallas Greater Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Individual employees also hold or have held leadership positions on such boards as Junior Achievement, the Housing Crisis Center, Children's Medical Center of Dallas, Pets Are Wonderful Support (PAWS), South Texas College of Law, the SMU Dedman School of Law, and the Y-Me National Breast Cancer Organization.
Godwin Lewis believes that embracing diversity ultimately results in: enhanced individual and collective learning opportunities; better client relations and client services; a sharpened competitive advantage in a global, demographically-fluid economy; broader creativity; expanded perspectives, and, thus, better decision-making; and heightened self-image among all individuals and groups. We celebrate our differences, but more importantly, we recognize and respect the fundamental commonality that we share as equal human beings. That, indeed, is the real message of diversity.
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Number of Librarians who are...
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Non-minority Males
0
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Minority Males
0
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Non-minority Females
0
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Minority Females
0
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Number of Technology Professionals who are...
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Non-minority Males
1
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Minority Males
2
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Non-minority Females
1
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Minority Females
0
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Vendor Management
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Does the firm have preferred vendor relationships?
Yes
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Disaster Recovery
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Does the firm have a disaster recovery plan in place?
Yes
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Number of partnerships with minority owned law firms?
2
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Quality Management
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Does the firm conduct end of matter reviews?
Yes
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Number of Human Resources Professionals who are...
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Non-minority Males
0
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Minority Males
0
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Non-minority Females
2
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Minority Females
0
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Number of Partners who are...
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Non-minority Males
13
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Minority Males
2
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Non-minority Females
6
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Minority Females
1
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Litigation General Best Practices
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Does the firm have a formalized new associate litigation training/mentoring program?
Yes
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Does the firm's litigation department have a structured approach to early case assessment? For example: Does your firm implement a standard approach to determine risks and strengths early in a case to assess trial or settlement options?
Yes
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Does the firm have an established records management team to assist clients with records retention, compliance and litigation preparedness?
Yes
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Number of Associates who are...
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Non-minority Males
3
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Minority Males
0
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Non-minority Females
6
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Minority Females
3
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Number of Finance Professionals who are...
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Non-minority Males
0
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Minority Males
0
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Non-minority Females
0
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Minority Females
2
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Number of Of Counsel who are...
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Non-minority Males
0
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Minority Males
0
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Non-minority Females
0
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Minority Females
0
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Number of Other Lawyers who are...
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Non-minority Males
0
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Minority Males
0
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Non-minority Females
0
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Minority Females
0
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Matter Budgeting and Financial Management
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Does the firm establish formal budgets for client engagements?
Yes
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Are bills submitted electronically?
Yes
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Number of Paralegals who are...
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Non-minority Males
0
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Minority Males
0
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Non-minority Females
5
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Minority Females
3
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Number of Marketing Professionals who are...
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Non-minority Males
1
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Minority Males
0
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Non-minority Females
0
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Minority Females
1
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Number of Administrative Professionals who are...
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Non-minority Males
0
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Minority Males
0
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Non-minority Females
2
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Minority Females
0
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Plan on partnering with minority owned law firms?
Yes
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Number of partnerships with women owned law firms?
0
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Litigation eDiscovery Best Practices
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Does your firm have a standardized protocol to guide client data collection? (i.e. Maintaining chain of custody, utilizing forensically sound procedures)
Yes
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Does the firm have a standardized protocol to guide processing clients' edata? (i.e. all data produced in PDF, meta data preserved?)
Yes
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Does the firm have a standardized approach for document reviews across practice groups (i.e. established protocol for eDiscovery review depending on the needs of the case)
Yes
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Plan on partnering with women owned law firms?
Yes
