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Skarzynski Marick & Black Achieves Midsize Mansfield Certification
NEW YORK – May 23, 2023 - Law Firm Skarzynski Marick & Black announces achievement of Midsize Mansfield Certification, marking the culmination of a rigorous 18-month collaboration with Diversity Lab to track, measure and achieve diversity in leadership. The Mansfield Rule Certification recognizes firms that affirmatively consider at least 30% women, underrepresented racial and ethnic lawyers, LGBTQ+ lawyers, and lawyers with disabilities for leadership and governance roles, equity partner promotions, formal client pitches, lateral lawyer hiring, and more.
“We are excited to join the growing cohort of firms working to build a robust pipeline of associates, partners and future leaders who reflect the diversity of the clients we serve and the communities where we live and work,” said Tammy Yuen, managing partner and chair of the firm’s Diversity Committee. “One of our firm’s core values is fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace and achieving this certification reflects an important validation of our efforts. In addition, working with Diversity Lab helped us develop more measurable and intentional processes and guidelines that further our DEI initiatives.”
You can learn more about the Midsize Mansfield Certification process here and can learn more about the Skarzynski Marick & Black diversity initiative here.
About Skarzynski Marick & Black: Skarzynski Marick & Black is a preeminent U.S. law firm, co-centered in New York and Chicago, dedicated to representing the insurance industry. The firm is recognized for its expertise with a wide variety of insurance, including directors and officers, commercial general liability, aviation, professional liability, cyber, property and product recall and contamination coverages. The firm represents domestic and international insurers in their most sophisticated and complex matters, including the enormous exposures faced by the industry over the past several decades. The firm has provided counsel and represented the interests of insurers in connection with claims related to securities and derivatives litigation, SPACs, IPOs, insolvencies, bankruptcies, ESG exposures, drug pricing and marketing, cryptocurrency and blockchain technology, data breaches and tech errors and omissions. It represents insurers in courts across the country in long-tail coverage disputes involving a wide range of causative agents including opioids, environmental damage and injuries, sexual abuse, asbestos, pharmaceutical products, lead paint and others. In addition to the firm’s deep expertise across a wide variety of insurance lines, it has a robust commercial and complex litigation practice. The firm’s litigators represent US and international businesses and individuals in a variety of disputes pending in federal and state courts across the United States, and in domestic and international arbitrations.
“We are excited to join the growing cohort of firms working to build a robust pipeline of associates, partners and future leaders who reflect the diversity of the clients we serve and the communities where we live and work,” said Tammy Yuen, managing partner and chair of the firm’s Diversity Committee. “One of our firm’s core values is fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace and achieving this certification reflects an important validation of our efforts. In addition, working with Diversity Lab helped us develop more measurable and intentional processes and guidelines that further our DEI initiatives.”
You can learn more about the Midsize Mansfield Certification process here and can learn more about the Skarzynski Marick & Black diversity initiative here.
About Skarzynski Marick & Black: Skarzynski Marick & Black is a preeminent U.S. law firm, co-centered in New York and Chicago, dedicated to representing the insurance industry. The firm is recognized for its expertise with a wide variety of insurance, including directors and officers, commercial general liability, aviation, professional liability, cyber, property and product recall and contamination coverages. The firm represents domestic and international insurers in their most sophisticated and complex matters, including the enormous exposures faced by the industry over the past several decades. The firm has provided counsel and represented the interests of insurers in connection with claims related to securities and derivatives litigation, SPACs, IPOs, insolvencies, bankruptcies, ESG exposures, drug pricing and marketing, cryptocurrency and blockchain technology, data breaches and tech errors and omissions. It represents insurers in courts across the country in long-tail coverage disputes involving a wide range of causative agents including opioids, environmental damage and injuries, sexual abuse, asbestos, pharmaceutical products, lead paint and others. In addition to the firm’s deep expertise across a wide variety of insurance lines, it has a robust commercial and complex litigation practice. The firm’s litigators represent US and international businesses and individuals in a variety of disputes pending in federal and state courts across the United States, and in domestic and international arbitrations.