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Sheryl Axelrod Presented At The 1-hour West / Thomson Reuter’s Podcast

Sheryl Axelrod, Sandy Sakamoto, and in-house counsel Jeffrey Hutton  presented the 1-hour West LegalEdcenter / Thomson Reuters podcast, “Diversity: It Makes for Stronger Trial Teams.”  In this for 1-CLE credit podcast moderated by Jeffrey, Sheryl, and Sandy explained why diverse trial teams stand to perform better than traditional, homogenous teams and other exciting findings contained in the breakthrough article Sheryl and Sandy co-authored, “Diverse Trial […]

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Sheryl Axelrod Joins Women Lawyer’s on Guards’ Conversations with Men Advisory Council

The Axelrod Firm is proud to report that Sheryl Axelrod has joined Women Lawyers on Guard’s Conversations with Men Advisory Council, and that The Axelrod Firm itself serves among its Roundtable of Advisory Organizations.  WLG is a network of lawyers and other professionals committed to preserving, protecting, and defending democratic values including equality and justice for all. WLG’s Conversations with Men engage

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Sheryl Axelrod Achieved Senior Fellow Status in Litigation Counsel of America

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.

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Lisa Savitt Moderated Panel at the ABA TIPS Aviation and Space Law Committee Event

Partner Lisa Savitt moderated an all-star Judges’ Panel at the ABA TIPS Aviation and Space Law Committee‘s event, “Cleared for Takeoff: Aviation Litigation in a Post-Pandemic World”!   “Views from the Bench: A Judges’ Panel” featured The Honorable Barbara A. McAuliffe of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, The Honorable Matthew W.

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Jamie Augustinsky, Sheryl Axelrod and Kevinn Souffrant Participated in American Bar Association Woman Advocate Committee (WAC) Panel Discussion

The American Bar Association Woman Advocate Committee (WAC) held a panel discussion, “Diversity: It Makes Teams Better, A Special Roundtable Discussion.” The panel, which was comprised of both private practicing attorneys — The Axelrod Firm’s Jamie Augustinsky, Sheryl Axelrod, and Kevinn Souffrant, along with fellow National Association of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF) attorneys Gerardo Alcazar, Kenneth Battle, Sandy Sakamoto, and Roberto

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Sheryl Axelrod Presented at the National Conference of Women’s Bar Association’s GOOD Guys: Law Firm Leaders Edition Program

Sheryl Axelrod presented at the National Conference of Women’s Bar Association’s GOOD Guys: Law Firm Leaders Edition program on September 23, 2021. After introductory remarks by Teresa Beck and prior to the GOOD Guys panel, Sheryl presented on, “Understanding Bias, Disrupting It, and Increasing Performance and Profit$: A Guide to Becoming a Diversity Champion.” Do

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Sheryl Axelrod Presented at the National Conference of Women’s Bar Associations, and the ABA Young Lawyers Division’s GOOD Guys and Men in the Mix: Young Lawyers Edition program

Sheryl Axelrod presented at the National Conference of Women’s Bar Associations, and the ABA Young Lawyers Division’s GOOD Guys and Men in the Mix: Young Lawyers Edition program on August 12, 2021. After introductory remarks by Teresa Beck, Sheryl presented on, “Young Lawyers Braving and Deconstructing Bias: The Rewards of Equity, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion.”

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Diverse Trial Teams: A Competitive Advantage

By Sandy Sakamoto and The Axelrod Firm’s Sheryl Axelrod with quotes from Althia Bennett, chief counsel at the Office of State Inspector General, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and Deb Carlos, vice president and senior deputy general counsel of litigation at Comcast Corporation If the PDF viewer does not appear below, please refresh the page.  About this Article This article,

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