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)
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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
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
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
Sheryl Axelrod was a Panelist on, “Race, Gender & the Law in Post Obama America,” National Bar Association Women Lawyers Division, Philadelphia Chapter (Aug. 17, 2017)
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