REACH: Diversity matters at KS
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Monica D. Jones
Diversity Program Manager
Suite 2800
1100 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30309-4530
t 404 815 6337
f 404 541 3379
MJones@KilpatrickStockton.com

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Our REACH Within

Maintaining inclusion as a basic tenet within our workplace is a top priority at Kilpatrick Stockton. We are committed to sustaining an environment where the self-defining differences of our diverse personnel do not divide us, but rather make us stronger. And while we are pleased with our progress, we are not satisfied with our performance, and we will continue to improve upon our current successes.

Diversity Profile
  • Women and attorneys of color make up 35% of our attorney workforce.
  • Women attorneys and professionals lead our Corporate Lending, Biotech/Pharmaceutical/Chemical, Mechanical, Software/Electrical Engineering Systems, Trademark/Copyright teams and Pro Bono practice as well as head our Attorney Recruiting & Development, Human Resources & Operations, Practice Management and Marketing departments.
  • Two women, including the co-managing partner, serve on the firm's Executive Committee.
  • Our total workforce is comprised of over 55% women and over 20% people of colo

By embracing and encouraging different points of view and open exchanges about the issues that underlie diversity, we are creating an environment where we learn from and support one another. As a result, we enhance the quality of services we provide our clients and our communities.

Diversity Presence
  • We offer domestic partner benefits to lawyers and staff at the Firm.
  • We offer flex-time or reduced-hour policies for those who seek alternate schedules to accommodate work/life balance needs.
  • By 2007, over 20 of our partners will be on reduced-hour schedules, and several of those partners were on reduced-hour schedules at the time of their election as partners.
  • A full-time day care center is available to employees in our Atlanta office through collaborative efforts with another local law firm.
  • WomenREACH, our women's initiative program, offers training, development, and networking opportunities to our women attorneys at all levels.
  • The firm sponsors affinity gatherings of women attorneys and minority attorneys, as well as EncourAGE, which is a forum to address age-related concerns.
  • The firm also sponsors diversity celebrations, Lunch 'n' Learns and other activities in each of its offices.
  • All junior associates are provided a coach – a senior attorney who serves as an invaluable guide to help direct the strategic planning and progress of an attorney’s career.

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