Greenberg Traurig LLP issued the following announcement on Mar. 10.
Nikki Lewis Simon, Miami shareholder and Greenberg Traurig, P.A. chief diversity, equity & inclusion (DE&I) officer, spoke at two events held at the University of Miami School of Law in early March.
The first panel was held at the First-Generation Law Association’s 2nd Annual Spring Reception March 3. This was an opportunity for Miami law students to hear about the experiences of renowned first-generation practitioners and alumni. Simon also spoke on a panel titled “Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in the Workplace” March 8. This panel, co-sponsored by the school’s Student Bar Association, the Asian Pacific American Law Student Association, the Black Law Students Association, the Hispanic Law Students Association, and OUTLaw, provided students an opportunity to hear from practicing leaders in DE&I and how efforts in the space have changed the workplace for diverse attorneys.
Nikki Lewis Simon is an alumna of the University of Miami School of Law and currently serves as a member of its alumni association’s board of directors, and she was an adjunct professor at the school’s Litigation Externship Program.
As chief DE&I officer, Simon designs and guides strategic initiatives and programs to deepen firmwide diversity and inclusion efforts that further enrich client engagements and community investments. Prior to assuming primary responsibilities on the business side of the firm, she 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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