NATIONAL – FordHarrison LLP, one of the country's largest management-side labor and employment law firms, is pleased to announce that Nicole Falcey has been selected as a member of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity's (LCLD) 2024 class of Fellows. This landmark program is an intensive, yearlong professional development program that mentors the legal industry's diverse leaders of tomorrow. Richard Bahrenburg has been selected as the Firm's LCLD Pathfinder, a seven-month professional program designed to train high-performing, early-career attorneys on foundational leadership and relationship-building.
"We take great pride in our continued collaboration with LCLD, and we are proud to announce Nicole and Richard's involvement in the esteemed Fellows and Pathfinders programs," said Dawn Siler-Nixon, FordHarrison's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Partner. "They both are excellent choices for the 2024 classes, and I know they will be steadfast in every moment of this opportunity."
Fellows are selected by the general counsel and managing partners at LCLD member corporations and law firms. Within their organizations, Fellows have distinguished themselves by being deeply engaged, indispensable to key clients and teams, invested in attorney mentoring and professional development, and on a trajectory towards leadership positions.
LCLD President Robert J. Grey Jr. added that, while the LCLD Fellows program "requires a serious time commitment from its participants, they will come away from it having learned from top leaders in the legal profession, as well as experts in the fields of learning and development and executive coaching, on what it means to be a leader."
Pathfinders are selected by leaders at LCLD member corporations and law firms. They have been identified as diverse, early-career emerging leaders who have distinguished—or have the potential to distinguish—themselves within their organizations.
According to LCLD President Robert J. Grey, Jr., "The LCLD Pathfinder Program exposes participants to intensive training, experiential learning, and opportunities to network with peers and esteemed LCLD Fellows and Alumni in small group gatherings. It's a program that can truly enhance one's career."
For more on Nicole, visit: https://www.fordharrison.com/nicolefalcey.
For more on Richard, visit: https://www.fordharrison.com/richardbahrenburg.
About LCLD
Leadership Council on Legal Diversity is an organization of more than 450 corporate chief legal officers and law firm managing partners—the leadership of the profession—who have pledged themselves, through our Leaders at the Front initiative and other means, to creating a truly diverse U.S. legal profession. Our action programs are designed to attract, inspire, and nurture the talent in society and within our organizations, thereby helping a new and more diverse generation of attorneys ascend to positions of leadership. By producing tangible results in our institutions, we work to promote inclusiveness in our organizations, our circles of influence, and our society, with the ultimate goal of building a more equitable and diverse legal profession. For more information, visit www.lcldnet.org.
