Our Commitment to Diversity
Spotts Fain Diversity Policy
One of our core values and objectives is to foster a diverse and inclusive workplace and to develop the outreach initiatives needed to ensure that such values and objectives are shared by everyone at our firm. We believe that diversity means recognizing, accepting and including differences, such as race, gender, religion, national origin, heritage, and sexual orientation. Our Strategic Plan recognizes that our continued success depends upon our ability to recruit, hire, train, mentor and retain excellent and diverse attorneys and staff. Maintaining an inclusive organization where all feel welcomed and empowered to succeed enables us to provide the breadth of experience and perspective that best serves our diverse clients and our community.
As part of our strategic planning process, we established our Diversity Committee. The Diversity Committee's mission includes three essential initiatives:
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to act as an advisory group and to conduct programs to educate the Firm concerning diversity issues and to suggest diversity policies to implement at the Firm;
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to sponsor Firm-wide outreach activities and events, as part of our effort to increase the number of diverse attorneys and staff at the Firm; and
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to act as a resource on diversity matters for the administrative management, recruiting, and management committees, as well as other groups in the Firm.
For additional information, please contact Brian Marron, Chair of the Spotts Fain Recruitment and Diversity Committee.
Recent initiatives:
2009 Sponsorship of the VBA Diversity Job Fair
Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute
Members of the Diversity Committee include:
Meade Spotts
Hugh Fain
Tom O'Brien
Jennifer West
