Akin Gump Named Washington D.C.’s Healthiest Employer, Top 5 in New York and Texas

(Washington, D.C.) – Akin Gump is proud to announce that the firm has been named the Healthiest Employer of Washington, D.C. in the “midsize” category by the Healthiest Employers program. The firm also placed among the top five “midsize” Healthiest Employers in New York City and Texas.

The Healthiest Employers awards program “honors the best and brightest in workplace wellness,” ranking them in the areas of culture and leadership commitment; foundational components; strategic planning; communications and marketing; programming and interventions; and reporting and analytics.

In a profile of the firm, Healthiest Employers highlights Akin Gump’s commitment to destigmatizing mental health [and] supporting personnel in managing substance abuse disorders, noting that the firm has implemented leave policies and provides access to educational opportunities as well as onsite and virtual licensed mental health advisors. Akin Gump director of health and well-being benefits Kimm Isgar is quoted on the firm’s efforts in this critical area, saying, “By offering a wide array of tools and resources, we are able to best support our personnel on their well-being journey. For example, even pre-pandemic, we had a focus on mental/emotional well-being and self-care. This commitment strengthened during lockdown. We consistently see high participation in monthly mental health webinars and utilization of our Mental Health Advisors for one-on-one counseling has increased substantially.”

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is a leading international law firm with more than 900 lawyers in offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

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