MIAMI – Carlton Fields is pleased to announce that it was a Gold Sponsor of the Mid-Year Meeting of the National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL). The Mid-Year Meeting took place February 16-17 at the Epic Hotel in Miami.

In addition to the firm’s sponsorship, Carlton Fields Shareholders Angela T. Puentes-Leon and Kristy M. Johnson served on the event’s planning committees and Shareholder Edith G. Osman was a panelist at one of the event’s discussion panels, “Leading the Way to Economic Success: Compensation Models for the 21st Century.”

The Mid-Year Meeting featured presentations and panel discussions on issues including leadership, ethics, and client development presented by attorneys from leading law firms, as well as nationally known judges and corporate general counsel.

NAWL is a leading national voluntary organization devoted to the interests of women lawyers and women’s rights. Founded more than 100 years ago, NAWL has members in all 50 states and engages in a variety of programs and activities to advance its mission.

“The National Association of Women Lawyers has a distinguished history of promoting the values that are at the core of this firm,” said Carlton Fields Shareholder Kelly A. Cruz-Brown, who chairs the firm’s Women’s Initiative Network (WIN), which provides a forum for women attorneys and advocates for a workplace that supports the firm’s women attorneys through a wide variety of programs and policies. “We are pleased that NAWL chose Miami for its mid-year meeting and thrilled to be one of this event’s sponsors.”