Núñez, Craig Selected for 2019 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Programs

Vorys is pleased to announce that Jacinto Núñez, a partner in the Vorys Akron office and a member of the finance, energy and real estate group, has been selected to be a member of the 2019 class of Fellows, and will participate in a landmark program created for mid-career attorneys by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) to identify, train, and advance the next generation of leaders in the legal profession.

Additionally, Akilah Craig, an associate in the Vorys Houston office and a member of the labor and employment group, was selected as a 2019 LCLD Pathfinder. The LCLD Pathfinder program trains early-career attorneys in critical career development strategies including leadership and the building of professional networks.

According to LCLD President Robert J. Grey, Jr., LCLD offers participants “a year-long, in-depth program devoted to relationship-building, in-person training, peer-group projects, and extensive contact with LCLD’s top leadership and the best teachers in the business.” 

Founded in 2009, LCLD is a growing organization providing access to more than 285 corporate chief legal officers and law firms who are personally committed to creating a more diverse and inclusive legal profession.  To learn more about LCLD, click here.

About Vorys: Vorys was established in 1909 and currently has nearly 375 attorneys in seven offices in Columbus, Cincinnati, Cleveland and Akron, Ohio; Washington, D.C.; Houston, Texas; and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Vorys currently ranks as one of the 200 largest law firms in the United States according to American Lawyer magazine.