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Firm President Sheryl L. Axelrod is a past President of the Temple Law Alumni Association (TLAA) and serves on its Service Committee. On April 3, 2019, she visited the James G. Blaine School for scholars from pre-K through the 8th grade, with fellow TLAA Service Committee members Judges Sheila Woods-Skipper, Sandra Moss, and Glynnis Hill,
Sheryl Axelrod, President of The Axelrod Firm, participated on a National Association of Women Lawyers webinar discussing “Business Continuity During the #COVID19 Pandemic…and How Alternative Dispute Resolution Can Help!” on June 23, 2020. The other esteemed speakers were Laura B. Frankel, Hon. Nancy Holtz (Ret.) and the panel moderator, Heather Howell Wright. Click here to
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
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 an LCA fellow for a number of years. At LCA’s Conference
Ms. Savitt also presented on the “International Arbitration & Cross-Border Litigation — Highlighting the Differences” panel at the NAMWOLF Annual Meeting in Chicago with (from left to right): Jorge A. Mestre, Steve Andersen, Phil Shinn, and The Axelrod Firm partner Lisa Savitt.
Axelrod Firm partner Lisa Savitt spoke at the 29th Annual Conference of the International Aviation Womens Association (IAWA) in Berlin Germany on November 10th. Lisa’s panel was on Aviation Challenges and Legal Responses. Lisa presented the view from the U.S. perspective. Lisa is one of the founders of IAWA which is an international organization for women who hold
For our diversity leadership, the Diversity Law Institute awarded The Axelrod Firm an award. Firm President Sheryl Axelrod is pictured in the photo with Steve Henry who founded Litigation Counsel of America and its Diversity Law Institute. Sheryl now co-chairs the Diversity Law Institute Advisory Board. Sheryl presented the keynote speech at the Diversity Law Institute Diversity Summit
Lisa was a member of the ABA Rule of Law Initiative Middle East and North Africa Council and attended the ABA Rule of Law Initiative staff and Board retreat which was held in Marrakech in 2017. The retreat included a visit to the Marrakech Court of Appeals and the Marrakech City Hall where there was