By Daniel Carrillo Gunning, Wilson Turner Kosmo LLP, San Diego, CA Passed by Congress in 1978, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act requires employers to treat “women affected by pregnancy . . . the same for all employment-related purposes . . . as other persons not so affected but similar in their ability or inability to work.” ...
Annual award presented by the Chicago Bar Association’s Alliance for Women The Chicago Bar Association’s Alliance for Women has named Scharf Banks Marmor LLC founding partner Stephanie A. Scharf the recipient of its prestigious Founder’s Award for 2015. The award was presented on May 22, 2015, at the Alliance’s Annual Award Luncheon at the Standard ...
The National Association of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms held a networking breakfast Friday. Those who attended included Ray Manista, general counsel for Northwestern Mutual; NAMWOLF CEO Joel Stern; Doug Hagerman, Rockwell Automation’s general counsel; Brian Cadwallader, general counsel for Johnson Controls; Jeffrey Lane, general counsel for MGIC Investment Corp.; and Paul Jones, general ...
The Temple Law Alumni Association (“TLAA”) recognizes distinguished alumni each year at its Annual Meeting in June. All three of the awards it is giving out this year, will be going to attorneys from NAMWOLF member law firms. Read more.
On June 6, 2015, Reginald A. Long, Esq., Partner of Love and Long, LLP, was awarded The Professional Excellence Award by the Alumni Association of California University of Pennsylvania. The award is given to those who have earned the highest standard of professional accomplishments and achievements in their chosen profession.
On April 30, 2015, Reginald A. Long, partner of Love and Long, LLP, co-presented the Stafford CLE “Structuring Real Estate Development Agreements with Municipalities (Leveraging Agreements for Long-Term Development Projects and Addressing Land Use and Infrastructure Issues). For more information relating to the CLE, click here.
The 36th National AAHGS conference will celebrate Virginia’s unique place in African-American family history while recognizing that the year 2015 also marks the anniversaries of various national events in the history of the Civil War, Emancipation, and the Civil Rights Movement. The conference will explore Virginia family history, local and national episodes in the American ...
Partner Gregory G. Johnson has been named co-chair of the Annual Meeting and Awards Gala program sponsored by African-American Chamber of Commerce of Pennsylvania/New Jersey/Delaware. The Annual Meeting and Awards Gala will be held on May 27, 2015. Dr. Rosalind C. Lee will join Greg as co-chair for the event. READ MORE
Princeton, New Jersey – May 21, 2015 – Wong Fleming, a woman- and minority-owned U.S. law firm with offices throughout the country announced today that it has entered into a working cooperation agreement with Hamburg, Germany’s Schomerus & Partner (“SCHOMERUS”), effective immediately. Read the full press release here. The agreement will effectively operate in the United ...
Wilson Turner Kosmo LLP, located in San Diego, California, is known for successfully defending manufacturers, distributors and retailers of products in both federal and state court. In recent months alone, WTK reports the following successes with motion practice, protecting their clients’ interests in the most cost-effective way possible: In April 2015, Sotera L. Anderson, ...