Seyfarth's Marlin Duro and Thomas F. Howley were selected to
the New York City Bar Association's 2021 Associate Leadership
Institute (ALI). The ALI is an ABA award-winning series of
high-level development trainings for mid-level and senior
associates, which includes keynote speakers, intensive training
modules, and networking opportunities.
Seyfarth is a proud sponsor of the New York City Bar
Association's Office for Diversity & Inclusion which has
run the ALI since 2017. ALI participants are trained on executive
presence and communication skills, mentor and sponsor
relationships, branding and leadership/management skills and
business development. Each curriculum topic includes a fireside
chat with senior attorneys who describe the topic in the context of
their careers, followed by an intensive workshop with a
subject-matter expert who provides actionable strategies for
improvement, and then a third component, breakout sessions, where a
volunteer attorney or coach facilitates a dialogue with the small
groups of participants.
Duro is an associate in Seyfarth's Labor & Employment
department. She represents employers in single-plaintiff and
multiplaintiff litigation, and provides counseling on various
employment matters. Duro joined Seyfarth initially as part of the
Labor & Employment department's fellowship program, an
innovative training-focused program for law students with an
affinity for labor and employment law. She is a graduate of St.
John's University School of Law and Macaulay Honors College at
the City College of New York.
Howley is an associate in Seyfarth's Labor & Employment
department. He represents businesses in litigations, arbitrations,
and investigations involving employment discrimination,
whistleblower retaliation, consumer protection, unfair competition,
and complex commercial disputes. Howley is a graduate of New York
Law School and Skidmore College.
Founded in 1870, the New York City Bar Association is a voluntary
association of over 25,000 lawyers and law students dedicated to
improving the administration of justice and promoting the study of
law.