Greenberg Traurig LLP issued the following announcement on Mar. 1.
Nikki Lewis Simon, Miami shareholder and Greenberg Traurig, P.A. chief diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) officer, has been selected by Savoy Magazine as one of its 2022 Most Influential Black Lawyers.
Simon, who was named “Top Chief Diversity Officer” by the National Diversity Council in 2020, has been recognized for her “design and strategic guidance” of the firm’s DEI efforts. She is also lauded for leading the firm to demonstrable successes in the field, such as Greenberg Traurig’s achievement of Mansfield 4.0 Certification Plus.
Savoy Magazine showcases and drives positive dialogue on and about Black culture through its collection of photography, in-depth reporting, and social commentary. This year’s profiles on some of the nation’s leading Black lawyers are featured in the magazine’s Winter 2022 issue.
Simon has long been a leader in the legal industry and in the south Florida community, serving on the Florida Bar Board of Governors and past chair of its Diversity & Inclusion Committee, as well as past vice chair of its Federal Court Practice Committee. Additionally, she serves as a fof the American Bar Foundation, on the board of directors of the Kozyak Minority Mentoring Foundation, and as historian and past president of the Gwen S. Cherry Black Women Lawyers Association.
Simon, a commercial litigator with more than two decades of experience, primarily serves as the firm’s chief DEI officer. Prior to assuming primary responsibilities on the business side of the firm, Simon has represented her cross-industry clients’ business objectives by protecting their capital – human, intellectual, and financial – against claims of wrongdoing in complex commercial and class action litigation. Those matters have spanned the panoply of issues and claims businesses often face, from discrimination to wrongful death, defamation to fraud and misrepresentation, professional negligence, and malpractice to breach of fiduciary duty, and securities law violations.
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