Loretta Lynch, Former Attorney General, Is Joining a Top Law Firm Back in New York (New York Times)
New York Times, May 28, 2019
Loretta Lynch, Former Attorney General, Is Joining a Top Law Firm Back in New York
“Now Ms. Lynch, the first black woman to serve as United States attorney general, is about to re-emerge in the legal world. She is joining the law firm Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison as a litigation partner in its New York office, where she will work on complex lawsuits and defend companies in criminal prosecutions….. She was also coveted in an industry that has faced intensifying criticism for its lack of racial and gender diversity. A recent report by the New York City Bar Association faulted top law firms for the ‘slow ascension to leadership and elevated attrition rates for attorneys of color and women.’ The report found that after years of steady progress, the recruitment and advancement of minorities at big law firms had stagnated and even regressed.”
