CHICAGO, July 3, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Katten announced today that it celebrated Pride
Month with a special event featuring FIFA Women's World Cup
Champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist Abby Wambach.
The firm hosted Wambach in a virtual event moderated by LGBTQ+
Coalition Co-Chair Brandon D. Hadley
as part of Katten's Perspectives Speaker Series, a program designed
to increase cultural awareness, broaden perspectives and inspire
dialogue across the firm community on topics ranging from race,
history and legislation to inclusive best practices.
"Abby's story is one of inspiration and empowerment. Not only is
she a phenomenal soccer player, but she is also a leader who uses
her platform to advocate for equality, addressing key social issues
like closing the women's pay gap and fighting for LGBTQ+ rights,"
Hadley said. "We are honored to celebrate her character, activism,
accomplishments and legacy, as well as the contributions of the
LGBTQ+ community and our allies that make the world a better
place."
Wambach is The New York Times
bestselling author of WOLFPACK, host of Abby's Places
on ESPN+, co-host of the We Can Do Hard Things podcast with
Glennon Doyle, and founding investor
of Angel City FC, a majority female-owned professional women's
soccer team.
"Programs like our Perspectives Speaker Series help us build a
better understanding of the issues and struggles various
communities face and a stronger culture where we champion
diversity, embrace inclusion, and ensure everyone is seen and heard
and feels they belong," said Amber
Haggins, Katten's senior director of Diversity, Equity &
Inclusion and Talent.
Katten has consistently supported the LGBTQ+ community through
its pro bono representation of LGBTQ+ individuals, charitable
contributions to the National LGBTQ+ Bar Foundation and LeGaL
Foundation, and sponsorship of the annual Lavender Law Conference
& Career Fair, the largest LGBTQ+ legal conference in the
country.
Notably, the firm recently received a top score of 100 on the
Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2023–2024 Corporate Equality
Index, the nation's foremost benchmarking report on corporate
policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality,
earning a designation as a 2023 "Equality 100 Award: Leader in
LGBTQ+ Workplace Inclusion."
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:
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Jackie Heard
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+1.312.902.5450
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jackie.heard@katten.com
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Leonor
Vivanco-Prengaman
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+1.312.577.8371
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leonor.vivanco-prengaman@katten.com
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