For us, diversity includes race, religion, national origin, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, physical ability, interests and talents. We recognize that creating and sustaining a culture of diversity is more than policy statements and written goals. It requires on-going initiatives to recruit, support and retain diverse attorneys and staff. We are committed to remaining ever vigilant on this issue.
Leading Armstrong Teasdale’s efforts in this area is Partner
Amit Shah. The firm’s Diversity committee measures its success by benchmarking our demographics with that of other firms nationwide and within the communities where we have
offices. The Diversity committee often collaborates with the firm’s
Professional Advancement of Women program on behalf of women and diverse lawyers.
Exposure to foreign cultures, legal systems and philosophies is another form of diversity we embrace. The attorney internship program in our International Law practice has included young lawyers from Argentina, Germany, China and India. The program has resulted in several lawyers electing to remain at the firm upon completion of their internships.
In the 2008 “Missouri's Best Awards” by
Missouri Lawyers Weekly, we placed second in ‘Best Law Firm for Women’ and ‘Best Law Firm for Minorities.”
Working Mother Magazine and Flex-Time Lawyers LLC selected us as a 2007 “Best Law Firm for Women.” We were named among the “Top 100 Law Firms for Diversity” by
MultiCultural Law 2009, a magazine focused on diversity in the legal profession. We also ranked in the following specialized listings: “Top 100 Law Firms for Women” and “Top 25 Law Firms for Native-Americans.”
At Armstrong Teasdale, we believe that good corporate citizenship includes supporting
supplier diversity efforts to create sustainable economic development in the communities where we live and work. We actively seek to establish business relationships with minority-owned, women-owned and LGBT-owned businesses. We want to make sure qualified, diverse suppliers are encouraged and given the opportunity to do business with us.
We are firmly committed to promoting diversity within the legal profession and are actively involved with various diversity-related community and civic organizations and programs on a local, regional and national level. Our affiliations include: