When Diversity Starts at the Top for Law Firms

Carlton Fields Shareholder Nancy Faggianelli was quoted in the Law360 article, “When Diversity Starts at the Top for Law Firms.” In the article, Faggianelli comments on her own search for an inclusive law firm back in the 1980s where she could feel comfortable while obtaining her ambitious career goals. After being hired at Carlton Fields shortly thereafter, and remaining at the firm ever since, she states, “I found that I was right in thinking that this is the place where I would eventually fit in. Here I am, 40 years later, a practicing lawyer and the firm's chief diversity officer."

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