Sheryl Axelrod founded the Temple Law Alumni Association (TLAA) Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI) and the TLAA Diversity Committee, during her term as President of TLAA, and co-chaired the TLAA WLI from its inception in 2012 to 2015. As such, The Axelrod Firm was proud to sponsor the TLAA WLI’s Spring Event in loving memory of […]
The Axelrod Firm sponsored The Barristers’ Association of Philadelphia, Inc.’s 71st Annual Awards & Scholarship Gala, and Sheryl Axelrod attended this premier event. The Axelrod Firm has been a sponsor of The Barristers’ Association of Philadelphia, Inc. since 2014 when Sheryl became The Barristers’ Association of Philadelphia, Inc.’s first non-Black member. Sheryl has remained a
Sheryl Axelrod spoke along with panelists Jean Chou of JLC & Associates | Attorneys at Law and Monique DeLapenha of Ahmad Zaffarese LLC and moderator Virginia G. Essandoh, JD of Ballard Spahr LLP on, “The Future of Work: Structuring small business practices to impact representation, equity, inclusion, and business performance” at Women Owned Law’s Annual
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We are delighted to report that Sheryl Axelrod appears on the Home page of Litigation Counsel of America (LCA) (at the 5th screen). LCA is an aggressively diverse, by-invitation-only honorary society of top trial lawyers that accepts less than one-half of one percent of American and Canadian trial and appellate lawyers into membership, as Fellows. Sheryl has been an
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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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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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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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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
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
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.”