Meng Ru, Roxanne Tizravesh, Amanda Butler-Jones Named to Participate in Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Programs

(Washington, D.C.) – Akin Gump is pleased to announce that three of its lawyers have been selected by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) to participate in the organization’s landmark programs.

Akin Gump New York corporate partner Meng Ru was selected to be a member of the 2021 class of LCLD Fellows, defined by LCLD as “diverse, high-potential, mid-career attorneys,” and will participate in a year-long, in-depth program focused on, among other things, relationship-building, professional and personal development opportunities, and leadership training.

Houston litigation senior counsel Roxanne Tizravesh and D.C. investment management counsel Amanda Butler-Jones were chosen as members of the 2021 class of LCLD Pathfinders and will participate in a program designed to train high-performing, early-career attorneys in relationship-building skills, leadership skills and career development strategies.

LCLD is an organization of more than 350 in-house general counsel at major corporations and managing partners at leading law firms who have dedicated themselves to creating a diverse U.S. legal profession through action programs designed to attract, inspire and nurture the talent in society and within member organizations, thereby helping a new and more diverse generation of attorneys ascend to positions of leadership.

Akin Gump is an active supporter of LCLD. Its participation in the Fellows program stretches back to 2013, when Akin Gump litigation partner Estela Díaz was selected as the firm’s first Fellow (learn more here). Most recently, Ruben Muñoz participated as a Fellow, and Gechi Nzewi and Melissa Whitaker participated as Pathfinders (learn more here).

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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