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Committee Members
The Diversity Policy and Program Committee is comprised of lawyers who are leaders in their practice as well as committed advocates for a culture committed to diversity and inclusion. The success our committee members have had in their respective fields is representative of a firm culture that is dedicated to recruiting and advancing the best legal talent.
Diversity committee members include:
- Elena R. Baca
- Employment Law Partner, Los Angeles
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Elena Baca is the chair of the firm's Los Angeles office. Selected as one of California's top 20 attorneys under 40 by the Los Angeles Daily Journal, Ms. Baca has served as an officer of the Board of Directors for Children Affected by AIDS Foundation, a board member of the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, Voting Inspires Participation and the Hispanic Bar Association of Orange County.
- Arun K. Birla
- Tax Partner, London
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Arun Birla is a partner in the Tax practice of Paul Hastings. Mr. Birla advises UK and international clients on transactions involving M&A, private equity, investment funds, structured and asset finance, investment funds, financing arrangements and corporate mergers, joint ventures, demergers, reorganisations, and restructurings.
- Erika C. Collins
- Employment Law Partner, New York
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Erika Collins is a partner in Paul Hastings’ employment law practice, where she chairs the firm’s international employment law practice. Ms. Collins provides strategic advice and counseling to multinational employers on a wide range of global employment law and human resources matters. She leads a team of employment lawyers in the firm’s U.S. and non-U.S. offices and has developed a network of international employment counsel to provide assistance worldwide.
- Ned N. Isokawa
- Litigation Partner, San Francisco
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Mr. Isokawa is the chair of Paul Hastings’ Asia litigation practice and also serves as the chair of the litigation practice in the San Francisco office. He has served as the president of the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area, and is a frequent speaker and panelist on topics of special interest to minority lawyers and law students.
- Barbara L. Johnson
- Employment Law Partner, Washington, D.C.
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Ms. Johnson is the chair of the firm’s Pro Bono and Community Committee, and co-chair of attorney recruiting for the D.C. office. She is active in a number of community organizations, including the Washington, D.C. Bar Association, the American Bar Association, National Employment Law Counsel, the American Employment Law Council and organizations supporting diversity in the legal profession.
- Alexander Lee
- Tax Partner, Los Angeles
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Alexander Lee is a partner in the Tax Department and serves as the vice chairman of the Los Angeles office of Paul Hastings. Mr. Lee heads the transactional tax practice in Los Angeles and handles transactional tax matters for the firm’s West Coast offices (Los Angeles, San Francisco, Palo Alto, Orange County and San Diego) as well as the firm’s international offices.
- Anton Mack
- Managing Director of Diversity and Global Talent
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Anton Mack is the managing director responsible for the firm's Attorney Recruiting, Global Diversity, Pro Bono and Community Services Administration, and University Relations. He oversees the firm's diversity strategies, policies and communications as well as the attorney affinity networks and law school scholarships. He is a board member of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and served in leadership roles for the American Bar Association, NALP, and the Law School Admission Council.
- Siobhain McCarthy, Ed.D
- Managing Director of Global Attorney Development
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Dr. McCarthy has an extensive background in the field of organizational and professional development. She has worked with diverse populations, in both the private and public sector, implementing large scale organizational change, and talent management and leadership development initiatives. Dr. McCarthy has authored and co-authored several articles and conducted presentations on the effects of stereotype threat and women in leadership. Dr. McCarthy completed her doctoral thesis at UCLA on "Portals in the Glass Ceiling: The Role of Surreptitious Knowledge in the Leadership Advancement of High Potential Middle Management Women." Dr. McCarthy is a member of the Professional Development Consortium, the American Society for Training and Development, The Organizational Development Network and the UCLA Psychology Alumni Association.
- Donna D. Melby
- Employment Law Partner, Los Angeles (Committee Chair)
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Donna Melby is a business trial lawyer. She co-chairs the Employment and Labor department in the Los Angeles office of Paul Hastings, where her practice emphasizes nationwide litigation and trial of class actions (employment and business) as well as employment and business matters of all kinds for private industry and public entities in state and federal courts across the country.
- Thomas Mounteer
- Real Estate Partner, Washington D.C.
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Tom Mounteer helps businesses comply with state and federal environmental laws for controlling air and water pollution and for managing and cleaning up solid and hazardous waste. He helps buyers and sellers identify, quantify, and allocate environmental liabilities associated with businesses and real estate. He also represents businesses before Congress and federal and state agencies in a wide range of environmental, health, and safety areas.
- Greg M. Nitzkowski
- Managing Partner
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Mr. Nitzkowski is the managing partner for Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, and a partner in the firm’s Real Estate Department. He has served as managing partner since 1999. He has 18 years of experience in a wide range of commercial real estate transactions, including equity investments, joint venture formations, acquisitions and dispositions, real estate-related lending, secondary market transactions (including securitizations and whole loan sales) and workouts.
- Elizabeth H. Noe
- Corporate Partner, Atlanta
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Ms. Noe is chair of the firm’s global corporate practice and an advisor to the Atlanta Women's Network. As a board member and former president of the Board of Directors Network, Ms. Noe has worked for many years to increase the number of women directors on corporate boards; in addition, she volunteers and fundraises for the Atlanta Women's Foundation which promotes women's leadership on nonprofit boards.
- Cheryl Saban
- Chief Employment Counsel, New York
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Cheryl Saban is a partner in the employment law practice of Paul Hastings in the New York City office. She represents management in all aspects of labor and employment law. Her clients include domestic and foreign employers in the financial services, hospitality, health care, telecommunications, media, executive search, real estate, retail and entertainment industries.
- Mary Sullivan
- Chief Human Resources Officer
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Ms. Sullivan is the firm's Chief Human Resources Officer, responsible for Workforce Management, Compensation and Benefits, Staff Recruiting, Human Resources Management Systems and HR Administration. Her experience includes executive positions in professional services firms in the accounting, consulting and engineering industries, in both the public and private sectors. Ms. Sullivan has successfully established talent management systems, designed executive compensation plans, developed diversity programs and new employee benefit programs. In addition, Ms. Sullivan has won several TELLY awards for the design and production of professional development programs.
- Meg Sullivan
- Chief Business Development and Marketing Officer