NAPABA Convention Washington D.C. November 3, 2017 So You Want To Be on Your Large Law Firm’s Executive Management Committee NAPABA Convention Washington D.C. November 3, 2017

Portrait Project Findings* - 2017 Highest associate to partner ratio – 3.7 AA 2.22 African Americans or Blacks 1.92 for Hispanics or Latinos 0.86 for whites Lowest percentage of seats on senior management committees 7.05% of all attorneys are AA 2.09% of seats on executive management comm. 2.32% of seats on partner review comm. 3.78% of seats on associate review comm. NAPABA Subcommittee has approximately 30 members Management committees, law firm boards, office head, practice group head, office practice group heads in AmLaw 100 *Yale Law School and NAPABA, Justice Liu et al. (2017)

Moderator and Panelists Yoon-Young Lee Management Committee, WilmerHale Susan L. Shin Policy Committee, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer Gina Shishima US Management Committee, Norton Rose Fulbright Debra Wong Yang Management Committee, Gibson Dunn

Yoon-Young Lee Associate (1988-1995) Partner (1996- present) Hiring Committee Summer Associate Program Working Group Womens’ Forum Partner (1996- present) Management Committee Partner Compensation Committee Group Head: Broker-Dealer Compliance and Regulation Practice Diversity Committee (former co-chair; current member) Women’s Leadership Initiative Counsel Review Committee Business Intake Approval Committee Former Chair of Partner Elevation Committee Former Member of Hiring Committee and Summer Associate Program Working Group

Susan L. Shin Partner (2011 - present) Policy Committee (elected)

Gina Shishima Associate (1997-2005) Partner (2006- present) Recruiting Committee Partner (2006- present) US Management Committee US Group Head for IP (3 groups total – Business, Disputes, IP) Partnership Review Committee (promotions/partner comp) Elected Partnership Committee (Board) US Practice Head of IP Transactions (1 of 23 practice area heads) US Chief Diversity Officer; Global Diversity and Inclusion Committee Diversity Committee

Debra Wong Yang Judge– California Superior and Municipal Courts (1997-2007) Supervising Judge of the Hollywood Court U.S. Attorney for Central District (2002-2006) Member, Attorney General’s Advisory Committee; Chair Attorney General’s Committee on Intellectual Property Partner (2006 - present) Management Committee Executive Committee Chair of Crisis Management Practice Group (current) Former Co-Chair of practice groups-- White Collar Defense and Investigations and Privacy, Cyber Security, and Consumer Protections

Many Paths/Many Titles/Many Roles What are the different positions, titles, and roles at your firm? Your firm’s management structure Who has information? Who makes decisions? Which positions are elected? What are the different committees? Identify committee(s) of interest Learn about committee(s) of interest Identify who chairs the committee and who decides committee membership Learn something from each role

Is there a path? Substantial book of business/key clients or high profile practice Organizational dynamics—the politics Known by others, especially for elected positions Becoming part of “we” and not “they” Building a coalition Career-changing event Right place at the right time

Leadership characteristics Barriers/overcoming stereotypes Invisible to Visible – finding a voice Leadership/management training Other training/coaching Authenticity Participation in diversity committee? To be or not be “That Person”

Learning the job Skills/Attributes Walking the walk Being a doer The next step A plan/scrap the plan

Challenges Your job as a lawyer Priorities Being positive The stress/the hard things What’s next