At The NAMWOLF Annual Meeting At the NAMWOLF Annual Meeting, The Axelrod Firm collected 68 signed book plates, to be inserted into coloring books we purchased to send to Colores United in Deming, New Mexico for #immigrants separated from family members at the border. We asked the attorneys who visited our booth to write a short note […]
The GOOD Guys program is designed to break the impasse in the advancement of women and all in historically underrepresented groups, by engaging men to join us in leveling the playing field. During her keynote, Sheryl discussed, “The Profitability of Diver$ity: How leveling the Playing Field for Women and Historically Underrepresented Groups can Increa$e your
We love when attorneys post recommendations about our Alternative Dispute Resolution work! This recommendation concerns a Settlement Conference in which counsel told Sheryl Axelrod they didn’t want to waste her time. There was no point in having a Settlement Conference. “This case will never settle,” they said. Less than 4 hours later, Ms. Axelrod had successfully assisted
Litigation Counsel of America (LCA) is a by-invitation-only honorary society of top trial lawyers that accepts less than one half of one percent of American lawyers into membership, as Fellows. Fellows are nominated by other Fellows who are familiar with their work. Sheryl has been a longstanding LCA Fellow and is now a Senior Fellow.
Sheryl Axelrod was Presented with the Litigation Counsel of America Diversity Award Read More »
As Chair of the International Boards Committee of DirectWomen, a nonprofit that works to increase the representation of women lawyers on corporate boards, Lisa helped to organize a webinar exploring the role of search firms in international board placements. The distinguished panel of search firm leaders provided insight into key differences between international and U.S.
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Lisa was a panelist at a Leadership in Law and Practice Conference hosted jointly by the ABA Section of International Law and the Law Society of England and Wales last summer. The Conference was held at Lady Margaret Hall at the University of Oxford, England. Lisa’s panel “It’s INCLUSION DUMMY!” focused on the difference between diversity
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Lisa moderated a panel on Women in Leadership at the American Bar Association Section of International Law Annual Meeting which was held in Washington, DC in April. The numbers of women in leadership roles in law firms as well as in-house has not changed much in decades and the conversation centered around various initiatives that
Sheryl Axelrod was the Co-presenter on, “Crisis Management in the #MeToo Era,” to the employment lawyers in a global corporation (Feb. 26, 2019)
Sheryl Axelrod Co-Presented “Crisis Management in the #MeToo Era” to Global Corporation Read More »
In December 2018, Lisa traveled to Mali, West Africa in her role as Chair of the Board of the non-profit A Child for All (www.acfacorp.org) which helps vulnerable children in Mali. Twelve vulnerable children now live in the Bamako home of the founder. These children were living on the streets of Bamako before they came
Litigation Counsel of America (LCA) is a by-invitation-only honorary society of top trial lawyers that accepts less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers into membership, as Fellows. Fellows are nominated by other Fellows who are familiar with their work. Sheryl has been a longstanding LCA Fellow and is now a Senior Fellow. At