Nelson Mullins made the shortlist for Chambers and Partners’ Most Innovative Gender Diversity Initiative for its High Potentials Program (HPP) and was recognized June 21 at the Chambers Women in Law Awards in New York. Launched in 2016, HPP is a two-year program involving a select group of women non-equity partners who are identified by firm leadership based not only on their legal skills, but also on their genuine high potential for business development. These women work closely with dedicated senior “rainmaker” sponsors, an internal marketing coach, and an external executive coach to affirm their personal brands and interaction styles, raise their profiles internally and externally, develop client opportunities, and expand leadership capabilities. The program involves a rigorous one-on-one coaching regimen, weekly discussions with sponsors, and quarterly coach-led participant/sponsor education sessions.

Attending the event, left to right, were summer associate Frank Pray and attorneys Brendi Kaplan, Sue Stoffer, Kay Gordon, Gillian Deutch, and Richard Smith.