“Vernā has conducted diversity workshops at Ropes & Gray for many years now, working with a diverse group of partners and associates as well as paralegals and support staff. Vernā has an engaging style and light touch; she gets to the core issues and engenders a lively dialogue. Vernā’s program has been universally well-received at Ropes, with participants’ only complaint being that the workshops aren’t long enough!”

-Joan McPhee, Esq. Partner and Chair of the Diversity Committee, Ropes & Gray LLP

 

 

 

 
 
 

Vernā Myers Consulting Group works with leading law firms, law schools, corporate legal departments, and government agencies. Our expertise can also be useful for other professional service and consulting firms. For details, please contact us directly.

Law firms

Cadwalader Wickersam & Taft, LLP

Choate Hall & Stewart, LLP

Clifford Chance US, LLP

Day, Berry & Howard LLP

Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP

Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson, LLP

Goulston & Storrs, LLP

Lebouef, Lamb, Greene & MacCrae LLP

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, LLP

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, LLP

O'Melveny & Myers LLP

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP

Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, LLP

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Pepper Hamilton, LLP

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pitman, LLP

Ropes & Gray, LLP

Shearman & Sterling, LLP

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP

White & Case, LLP

Wildman Harrold, LLP

Willkie Farr & Gallagher, LLP

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP

Governmental Legal Offices

Cook County State's Attorney's Office

New York Attorney General's Office

Office of the Attorney General of Massachusetts

Law Schools

Harvard Law School, Black Law Student Association

Boston College Law School

Chicago Kent Law School

Creighton University School of Law

Franklin Pierce Law Center

Suffolk Law School

 

 

Vernā, you [and your team] were, and are remarkable! An extraordinary number of attendees pulled me aside during and after our assembly to express how impressed they were with your mastery of the subject matter. They also extolled your oratorical skills which we collectively agreed were superb. Most of the people with whom I spoke were particularly complimentary of three things:

First, they relished the fact that the tone of the discussion was instructive rather than accusatory.

Second, the "opportunity walk" appeared to have a profound impact on the entire group.

Third, there was effusive praise for the range of proposed solutions. Several people remarked that the suggestions distinguished the program and enhanced both its meaningfulness and excellence. I am certain that we will learn more once the survey results have been reviewed and analyzed.

The fact that we appeared to have as many people at the end of the day as we did at the start is a resounding testament to your talent.

"Thank you" barely seems capable of conveying the wealth of gratitude that it purports to convey, but until someone coins a larger, more expressive phrase, "thank you" will have to do."

James K. Grasty, Esq.
Vice-President & Associate General Counsel
GlaxoSmithKline

"Verna Myers & Associates was immensely helpful to our firm in the early years of our formal diversity initiative. Ms. Myers and her colleague, Kay Kim, helped us to formulate a constructive self-evaluation process which included focus groups, interviews and analysis of strategies and programs which we have implemented. They have provided insightful guidance to our diversity committee and to our management team and have helped in the formation and execution of our firm action plan. Perhaps most importantly, they offered a creative structure for our committee and a level of confidence and comfort among our attorneys and staff in the firm's dedication to its ongoing diversity initiative and long-term dedication and commitment to the process."

Robert Shuftan, Esq.
Managing Partner and Chair, Executive Committee
Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon LLP

 
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