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Diversity & Inclusion
Diverse Leadership Styles Help Lawyers and Their Firms Achieve Success
McGuireWoods Chairman Jonathan Harmon graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and served in Operation Desert Storm as a first lieutenant in the Army’s 1st Cavalry Division before earning his law degree. He joined McGuireWoods in 1995 and became chairman in 2017.
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Diversity & Inclusion
JPMC Teams With Outside Counsel to Change the Diversity Game
It takes collaboration and commitment to advance diverse leadership in the profession.
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Pro Bono
Strengthening Communities Through Pro Bono Partnerships
Angie Zimmern, Senior Counsel and Director of Pro Bono at McGuireWoods, and Todd Stillerman, Associate General Counsel and Director of Bank of America (BofA), discuss the collaborative pro bono efforts between the law firm and the bank’s law department in the Charlotte, N.C. area and beyond.
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Pro Bono
How a Pro Bono Partnership Enhanced a Longstanding Relationship
McGuireWoods and Verizon partner on more than the telecom’s legal matters – they have collaborated on a legal clinic for underserved people in Northern Virginia for more than a decade, benefiting those clients, the participating lawyers and both organizations in equal measure.
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Piloting an Aviation Practice Into the Great Beyond
Deepak Reddy’s aviation practice at McGuireWoods is ready for takeoff.
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How Can Companies Successfully Assert the "Functional Equivalent" Doctrine?
Starting in 1994, most courts have recognized an enormously important privilege doctrine – treating as if they were full-time corporate employees independent contractors who are the "functional equivalent" of such employees. As companies' outsourcing has dramatically increased since then, this "functional equivalent" doctrine has become a key weapon in corporations' privilege arsenal.
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