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August 14, 2007
For more information contact:
Allysn Hurley
Director of Marketing and Business Development
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC
ahurley@eckertseamans.com
Eckert Seamans Ranked by Working Mother Magazine Among Top Women-friendly Law Firms Nationwide
The national law firm Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC today
announced that the inaugural 2007 Working Mother & Flex-Time Lawyers Best
Law Firms for Women initiative has named Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott
among its top-ranked women-friendly firms nationwide.
Published in the August/September issue of Working Mother magazine,
the rankings recognize those law firms that have demonstrated a commitment to
work-life balance and retaining and promoting women. This initiative
follows in the tradition of the Working Mother 100 Best Companies.
Women-friendly firms were selected based on surveys of large law firms with
more than 100 attorneys each. The surveys addressed six measured areas of
firm management: workforce profile, benefits and compensation, parental leave,
childcare, flexibility, and retention and advancement of women.
“We are delighted to celebrate Eckert Seamans for its efforts and successes
in retaining and promoting women,” said Deborah Epstein Henry, Founder and
President of Flex-Time Lawyers LLC. “We hope its landing on the list of
Best Law Firms for Women will further inspire the firm to use the national
benchmarking data now available to it through participation in this initiative
to improve the status of women in the profession and raise the bar on what makes
a best law firm for women,” added Henry.
“This is a tremendous honor for our firm,” said Wendy West
Feinstein, a member of Eckert Seamans and coordinator of the firm’s
survey response. “As more and more women take on leadership roles at our
firm and throughout the legal profession, these rankings and this recognition
are a reflection of the progress that has been made. Our goal is to build
on this and to continue to work to make our firm even more women-friendly with
increased attention to work-life balance, mentoring and women’s leadership
development programs.”
Eckert Seamans has a formalized women’s initiative headed by Dorothy
Davis, a member of the Litigation Group in the firm’s Pittsburgh office. “The
mission of the initiative,” according to Ms. Davis, “is to support, mentor and
showcase women’s achievements within the firm and the communities where we have
offices. This is a mission supported by the entire firm.”
About Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC (www.eckertseamans.com), a national law firm with nine offices throughout the eastern United States, provides a full range of legal services nationwide to businesses of all sizes, institutions, municipalities, colleges and universities, government agencies and individuals. Its practice areas encompass litigation, including mass tort and products liability litigation, corporate and business law, intellectual property law, labor and employment relations, aviation & aerospace law, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, employee benefits, environmental law, construction law, municipal finance, real estate, and tax and estate law. Eckert Seamans has offices in Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, and Southpointe, Pennsylvania; Wilmington, Delaware; Morgantown, West Virginia; Boston, Massachusetts, Washington, D.C. and White Plains, New York.
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