For the sixth consecutive year, Carlton Fields was one of the premier sponsors of the Orlando Business Journal's Women Who Mean Business Awards. The elegant evening awards celebration honoring Central Florida's top female executives was held on April 14, 2011 in Orlando. During the awards program, the Orlando Business Journal named the following winners:

• Overall Winner and Business Woman and Business Executive of the Year: Karen Dee, Fifth Third Bank
• Business Owner of the Year: Veronica Anderson, Anderson & Associates PA
• Legacy Award – Harriett Lake
• Up and Comer – Tricia Johnson, Progress Energy

Carlton Fields recognizes the value of women in the work force and strives to recruit, train, advance, and retain our women professionals. The firm's culture emphasizes a work place that supports everyone's ability to balance a professional and personal life. Carlton Fields further encourages its women attorneys to achieve leadership positions in the local and national bar associations, civic organizations, and within our communities.

From left: Carolyn Fennell of the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority, Johanna Clark of Carlton Fields and Liz Birlet of Sanford-Burnham

Click here to watch the video of Carlton Fields Orlando shareholder Johanna Clark speaking on behalf of Carlton Fields at the Orlando Business Journal’s Women Who Mean Business program.