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Lovita Tandy Chairs King & Spalding's Diversity Committee
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ATLANTA, GA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- February 6, 2007 -- King & Spalding, a leading international law
firm, has named Lovita Tandy chair of the firm's diversity committee. Tandy
will be responsible for continuing to improve and implement the firm's
diversity strategies and training, working with minority and female
attorneys on specific development and advancement plans, and working with
practice group leaders to ensure execution of diversity strategies.
Tandy, a labor and employment partner in the firm's business litigation
practice group, succeeds Kevin R. Sullivan, whose term ended in 2006.
Sullivan is a partner in the firm's Washington, D.C.-based antitrust
practice.
King & Spalding's diversity committee includes firm leaders and has
directed action to advance diversity both within the firm and in the legal
profession as a whole, including increasing the number of women and
minorities hired, providing diversity training to the firm's attorneys,
creating a mentoring program and committing funds to a minority scholarship
program. In 2006, the committee also hosted its first minority attorney
retreat and launched the King & Spalding Diversity Fellowship Program. The
fellowship provides a $10,000 stipend and summer clerkship to up to four
students each year.
The committee has helped the firm win acclaim for its diversity efforts,
including being ranked 16th in the nation for diversity by MultiCultural
Law Magazine based on the diversity of the firm's lawyers, mentoring
program and the commitment of the firm's leadership to diversity.
Tandy's practice focuses on traditional labor law, employment
discrimination litigation, and employment related contractual disputes. She
is a member of the Labor and Employment Sections and the Litigation
Sections of the American, Georgia and Atlanta Bar Associations and of the
Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys and the National Employment
Law Council. She is former vice president of the Atlanta Anti-Prejudice
Awareness Consortium.
"Our diversity committee has continued to make significant strides, and
Lovita is committed to continuing that momentum in advancing our diversity
initiatives," says Robert D. Hays, Jr., chairman of King & Spalding.
"Achieving a work environment that encourages diversity is a fundamental
core value of King & Spalding."
About King & Spalding
King & Spalding is an international law firm with more than 800 lawyers in
Atlanta, Dubai, Houston, London, New York and Washington, D.C. The firm
represents half of the Fortune 100, and in a Corporate Counsel survey in
August 2006 was ranked one of the top ten firms representing Fortune 250
companies overall. For additional information, visit www.kslaw.com.