SGR Joins Mansfield Certification for 2024-2025

ATLANTA (August 27, 2024) - Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP (SGR) is pleased to announce that the firm has joined Mansfield Certification for 2024-2025. Mansfield helps ensure that all talent has an equal, fair, and equitable opportunity to advance into leadership through an intentional decision-making process informed by behavioral science.

Since joining the Mansfield Certification process in July, the firm has worked to increase the transparency and accessibility of our advancement processes, and to open the door wider to ensure that all talent at our firm has a transparent, fair, and equal opportunity to be considered for leadership roles and activities. This is for the benefit of our talent and our clients.

"The Mansfield Community is now 365+ firms strong and we are proud to showcase our commitment to diversity by participating in Mansfield certification," said Stephen M. Forte, SGR's managing partner and chair of the executive committee. "Mansfield Certification ensures inclusiveness and equal opportunity for all lawyers to advance into positions of importance in law firms we look forward to working toward certification."

At SGR, we recognize that attracting the widest array of talent enhances our ability to serve our clients and our communities. We provide a work environment where all people are valued for their perspectives, skills and talents, are treated respectfully, are able to communicate openly, and are encouraged to develop to their full potential as contributors to the success of the firm and the clients and communities we serve.

About Diversity Lab
We envision a world where the leaders are as diverse as the workforces and communities they represent. Diversity Lab designs, tests, and measures the outcomes of science-based and data-driven talent practices that allow for fair and equal access to advancement opportunities. For more details, visit www.diversitylab.com.

About Smith Gambrell Russell
SGR is a full-service, international law firm that advises regional, national and global businesses on a wide range of legal matters. The Firm's nearly 350 attorneys provide legal counsel in more than 50 specialized practice areas, including corporate transactions, litigation, intellectual property, aviation, banking, real estate, insurance/reinsurance, construction, employment law, international, and employee benefits and executive compensation. Founded in 1893, SGR has 14 domestic and international offices, including Atlanta; Austin; Charlotte; Chicago; Jacksonville, FL; London; Los Angeles; Miami; Munich; New York; Southampton; Springfield, IL; Tampa, FL; and Washington, D.C.