Winston’s Commitment to Diversity Initiatives Highlighted in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin

Winston & Strawn was highlighted in the August 4 Chicago Daily Law Bulletin article, titled "Winston & Strawn names first diversity manager." The article discusses the firm's renewed commitment to diversity initiatives with the recent addition of a diversity manager, Chiymelle Nunn, to the team.

According to Julie Goodman, Winston recently adopted reforms to its comprehensive diversity policy, including an expansion of its domestic partner benefit program to provide a tax gross-up payment for employees in same-sex partnerships. Additionally, the firm modified its policies for "reduced hour" employees and its child-care leave policies to "ensure that those lawyers working on a part-time basis who go out on maternity leaves are treated in the same way as any other lawyer in terms of compensation and advancement." For these and other practices, Winston & Strawn has received 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index for LGBT employees for three years, Goodman said, and was named a "leading" law firm by Equality Illinois on LGBT issues.

About Ms. Nunn's appointment, partner Amanda Groves, chairwoman of the firm's diversity committee, said, "we are constantly looking for ways to enhance our efforts to facilitate greater inclusiveness."

Ms. Nunn has a master's degree in human resources management from Roosevelt University and a diversity management certificate from Cornell University.