CHICAGO, April 29,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Katten announced today that
three attorneys — Partner Dilen Kumar and Associates Katie E.
O'Brien and Christopher T. Vazquez —
were selected for the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD)
Fellows and Pathfinder programs focused on professional
development.
"These programs present a tremendous opportunity for our
attorneys to develop new relationships with industry leaders,
expand their leadership skills and continue the upward trajectory
in their career paths," said Katten Chief Diversity Partner Leslie
Minier. "This group of high-achieving attorneys is not only
committed to delivering industry-leading client service but also is
deeply engaged in the firm's DEI efforts."
Kumar, selected for the Fellows program, has extensive
experience representing private equity firms and public and private
companies in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, carve-outs,
investment transactions and general corporate governance matters.
He previously served as co-chair of the Texas Minority Counsel
Program, an affiliate of the State Bar of Texas that seeks to increase opportunities for
diverse attorneys in Texas.
The yearlong Fellows program offers mid-career attorneys
leadership training, relationship-building resources, and
opportunities to interact with and learn from legal leaders,
including managing partners from various law firms and the general
counsel of large US corporations.
A participant in the Pathfinder program, O'Brien focuses her
practice on intellectual property, advertising and related
commercial litigation, including trademark infringement, false
advertising, unfair competition and defamation. She is also a
co-chair of the firm's Committee for Racial and Ethnic Diversity,
which provides mentoring, educational and career development
support and resources, and leadership opportunities for associates
of color. She completed the 1L LCLD Scholars program at Katten in
2016.
Also named to the Pathfinder program, Vazquez focuses his
practice on consumer class action litigation and complex commercial
litigation, representing corporate clients and financial
institutions in cases involving breach of contract, tortious
interference, fraud, and violation of consumer
protection and discrimination laws. He is chair of the
Latinos@Katten affinity group, which offers networking, mentoring
and educational activities to attorneys and business professionals
from the Hispanic and Latine communities.
The seven-month-long Pathfinder program is designed to provide
early-career attorneys with practical tools for developing and
leveraging internal professional networks, leadership skills and an
understanding of career development strategies.
LCLD is an organization comprised of more than 400 corporate
chief legal officers and law firm managing partners with the
ultimate goal of building a more equitable and diverse legal
profession.
Katten is a full-service law firm with approximately 700
attorneys in locations across the United
States and in London and
Shanghai. Clients seeking
sophisticated, high-value legal services turn to Katten for counsel
locally, nationally and internationally. The firm's core areas of
practice include corporate, financial markets and funds, insolvency
and restructuring, intellectual property, litigation, real estate,
structured finance and securitization, transactional tax planning,
private credit and private wealth. Katten represents public and
private companies in numerous industries, as well as a number of
government and nonprofit organizations and individuals. For more
information, visit katten.com.
Contact: Jackie Heard
+1.312.902.5450
jackie.heard@katten.com
Leonor Vivanco-Prengaman
+1.312.577.8371
leonor.vivanco-prengaman@katten.com
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