Three Fisher Phillips’ Attorneys to Participate in Leadership Council on Legal Diversity’s Prestigious Professional Development Programs

Fisher Phillips, one of the country’s preeminent labor and employment law firms representing employers, is pleased to announce that Sheila Willis has been named a Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Fellow for 2023. Designed for lawyers with eight to 15 years of experience, this landmark intensive year-long professional development program connects high-potential attorneys with leading general counsel, managing partners and their peers for mentoring and career guidance.

Sheila is among the group of talented and diverse, mid-career attorneys who have been selected by their organizations for being deeply engaged, indispensable to key clients and teams, invested in attorney mentoring and professional development, and on a trajectory toward leadership positions. As a Fellow, Sheila will have the opportunity to participate in training sessions and interact with key legal and business leaders of large U.S. corporations as well as managing partners from the country’s most prestigious law firms.

Over the years, the LCLD Fellows Program has built a reputation for helping to launch participants into top legal positions with a substantial number of Fellows alumni becoming leaders within their organizations. LCLD President Robert J. Grey Jr. noted, “Since its inception in 2011, the LCLD Fellows program has produced some of the most impactful leaders in our industry.” He added, “I am pleased to see so many talented individuals—452 of them—being recognized for their accomplishments.”

Fisher Phillips is also pleased to announce that Lyle Chan and Marianna Bertikian have been selected to participate in LCLD’s Pathfinder Program focused on helping high-performing, early-career attorneys develop critical career development strategies including leadership and the building of professional networks. Lyle and Marianna were selected for the program because they were identified as emerging leaders who have, or have the potential to, distinguish themselves here at Fisher Phillips.

The Pathfinder program provides participants with the opportunity to learn from top leaders in the legal profession as well as career development experts. Over the course of seven months, the program is designed to train high-performing attorneys who are early in their careers on foundational leadership and relationship-building skills.

In addition to the exclusive leadership and professional-development curriculum that is unique to the Pathfinder program, this year’s 462 LCLD Pathfinders will have several opportunities—from class meetings to group peer circles—to meet and interact with their peers, both in person and in a virtual format. And, in addition to full class programming, Lyle and Marianna will be placed in small groups led by a Program Facilitator who serves as a mentor to help them connect what they learn in the program to their daily professional lives at Fisher Phillips.

The LCLD President explained that “much thought and research is behind the design of the Pathfinder program, which will serve to advance high-potential diverse attorneys to the next level of their careers.”

About The Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (https://www.lcldnet.org/)

The Leadership Council on Legal Diversity is an organization of more than 400 corporate chief legal officers and law firm managing partners—the leadership of the profession—who have pledged themselves, through our Leaders at the Front initiative and other means, to creating a truly diverse U.S. legal profession. Our action programs are designed to attract, inspire, and nurture the talent in society and within our organizations, thereby helping a new and more diverse generation of attorneys ascend to positions of leadership. By producing tangible results in our institutions, we work to promote inclusiveness in our organizations, our circles of influence, and our society, with the ultimate goal of building a more equitable and diverse legal profession. https://www.lcldnet.org/