Women Lawyers Group
Sheppard Mullin is committed to the advancement and retention of our women attorneys and strives to create an environment in which all of our women attorneys grow professionally, develop successful legal practices, and flourish as leaders both within our firm and in our communities.
Individual office groups meet monthly and provide women attorneys with leadership opportunities and ongoing support. They also develop relevant activities and host special client and business development events. For more information on the Women Lawyers Group, please contact D&I@sheppardmullin.com.
Please click here to read our Women Lawyers Group brochure.
News
- Partners Guylyn Cummins and Judy Davidoff Recognized as "Top Women Lawyers" by the Daily Journal
- Sheppard Mullin Rated 100% By The Human Rights Campaign's 2011 Corporate Equality Index
- Sheppard Mullin Recognized on The American Lawyer's 2010 Diversity Scorecard
- Partners Guylyn Cummins and Tracey Kennedy Recognized as "Top Women Litigators" by the Daily Journal
- Sheppard Mullin Selected By MultiCultural Law As A "Top 100 Law Firm for Diversity"
- Partner Guylyn Cummins Recognized as a "Top Women Litigator" by the Daily Journal
- Sheppard Mullin Selected By MultiCultural Law As A 2008 "Top 100 Law Firm for Diversity" and "Top 100 Law Firms for Women"
- Sheppard Mullin Recognized as a Multicultural Law Magazine 2007 Top Law Firm for Diversity
- Partner Guylyn Cummins Recognized as a "Top Women Litigator" by the Daily Journal
- Multicultural Law Ranks Sheppard Mullin In Its "2006 Top 100 Law Firms for Diversity"
- Partner Guylyn Cummins Recognized as a "Top Women Litigator" by the Daily Journal
- Elizabeth Balfour Named to San Diego Metropolitan "40 Under Forty"
- Multicultural Law Magazine Ranks Sheppard Mullin Among Most Diverse U.S. Law Firms
- Betsy McDaniel Named an "Influential Woman in Bay Area Business" by the San Francisco Business Times
Press Releases
- Top Trademark Litigator Jill Pietrini Joins Sheppard Mullin
- Sheppard Mullin Awards Malika Levarlet 2011 Pro Bono Attorney of the Year
- Respected Art Lawyer Christine Steiner Joins Sheppard Mullin Los Angeles
- Sheppard Mullin Elects Seven Attorneys To Partnership
- Sheppard Mullin Adds Five-Attorney San Francisco Labor Group
- Real Estate and Corporate Finance Partner Michele Williams Joins Sheppard Mullin Washington D.C. & New York
- Local Law School Pipeline Programs and High School Students Benefit From Sheppard Mullin Diversity & Inclusion
- Leading Los Angeles Real Estate Attorney Pam Westhoff Joins Sheppard Mullin
- Sheppard Mullin Boosts Diversity Initiatives
- Sheppard Mullin's Donna Jones Named Downtown San Diego Partnership 2008 Chair
- Sheppard Mullin Lands Leading Health Care Attorney, Maureen E. Corcoran
- Betsy McDaniel Named an "Influential Woman in Bay Area Business" by the San Francisco Business Times; Sheppard Mullin SF Office Named to SFBT's "Best Places to Work"
- Sheppard Mullin Awards Elizabeth Balfour Pro Bono Attorney Of The Year
- Sheppard Mullin Welcomes Leading First Amendment Attorney, Guylyn Cummins
- Joan Story Welcomed Back To Law School
Events & Sponsorships
- December 15, 2011
- October 20, 2011
- Corporate Counsel Women of ColorOctober 5, 2011
- June 16, 2011
- May 11, 2011
- 22nd Annual Women's Resource Fair in San Diego, CAMarch 5, 2011
- 2011 Athena Membership2011
- Commercial Real Estate Women's Silver Sponsorship for 2011
- Noreen Fraser Foundation's Variety Magazine's Power of Comedy Philanthropy AwardDecember 4, 2010
- October 28, 2010
- October 7, 2010
- 2010 Vision Awards: Women of VisionSeptember 23, 2010
- September 23, 2010
- Commerical Real Estate Women (CREW) Orange County Benefiting WISEPlaceAugust 10, 2010
- ABA Commission on Women in the ProfessionAugust 2010
- National Employment Law Counsel Diversity ReceptionMarch 9, 2010
- San Diego Volunteer Lawyers Program - 21st Annual Women's Resource FairMarch 6, 2010
- February 24, 2010
- The Orange County Diversity Task ForceJanuary 1, 2010
Attorneys
Antitrust and Trade Regulation
Bankruptcy and Restructuring
- Donna R. Andrews
- Malani J. Cademartori
- Juliette M. Ebert
- Geraldine Ann Freeman
- Jenny Park Garner
- Gina Giang
- Kandace A. Rayos
- Susan G. Rosenthal
- Stephanie M. Seidl
- Carren B. Shulman
- Raphaela Taylor
- Michele E. Williams
- Blanka K. Wolfe
- Caroline Liset Woolsey
- Kristy E. Young
- Robyn Young
Communications
Construction and Infrastructure
Corporate
- Sarah E. Aberg
- Carrie Bai
- Stephanie S. Brecher
- Jeralin Cardoso
- Farha Chowdry
- Danica Dodds
- Lynn H. DuBois
- Camille Formosa
- Lauren Grubb
- Katherine J. Jones
- Nina Karalis
- Stacie Kariger
- Julie Komosinski
- Molly K. Lateiner
- Jennifer Lee
- Malika Levarlet
- Lauren Lewis
- Jenny Liu
- Melika E. Martin
- Linda Giunta Michaelson
- Lynsey Mitchel
- Karie Rego
- Josie Shi
- Carren B. Shulman
- Nicole M. Slattery
- Hilary St. Jean
- Amy L. Tranckino
- Pauline C. Ung
- Willow Wei
- Michele E. Williams
- Cheng Xu
- Sharon Xu
- Zhu Yi
- Lindsay S. Young
- Robyn Young
Entertainment, Media and Technology
- Valerie E. Alter
- Elizabeth S. Berman
- Guylyn Cummins
- Stacy J. Dollarhide
- Lauren Grubb
- Susan M. Hwang
- Gina Reif Ilardi
- Jessica Kantor
- Linda Giunta Michaelson
- Rose PeBenito Shiner
- Christine Steiner
- Lisa N. Stutz
- Whitney Walters
Environmental
- Katharine E. Allen
- Marguerite P. Battersby
- Misty Calder
- Kyndra Joy Casper
- Robyn B. Christo
- Judy V. Davidoff
- Donna D. Jones
- Meredith A. Jones-McKeown
- Alison N. Kleaver
- M. Elizabeth McDaniel
- Miriam Montesinos
- Deborah M. Rosenthal
- Whitney Jones Roy
Finance
- Donna R. Andrews
- Nancy Brandel
- Malani J. Cademartori
- Juliette M. Ebert
- Geraldine Ann Freeman
- Jenny Park Garner
- Gina Giang
- Kandace A. Rayos
- Susan G. Rosenthal
- Stephanie M. Seidl
- Rose PeBenito Shiner
- Carren B. Shulman
- Ethel Sidney
- Joan H. Story
- Raphaela Taylor
- Blanka K. Wolfe
- Caroline Liset Woolsey
- Kristy E. Young
- Robyn Young
Government Contracts, Investigations & International Trade
- Townsend L. Bourne
- Melissa K. Eaves
- Bethany Hengsbach
- Helen J. Lauderdale
- Pamela J. Naughton
- Kerry A. O'Neill
- Cheryl Palmeri
- Anne Bluth Perry
- Kandace A. Rayos
- Michelle Sherman
- Mary E. Tarduno
Intellectual Property
- Bridgette A. Agness
- Valerie E. Alter
- Ping Chu
- Guylyn Cummins
- Bethany Hengsbach
- Susan M. Hwang
- Gina Reif Ilardi
- Michelle D. Kahn
- Shannon S. King
- Madelyn Ma
- Jill Pietrini
- Thayer M. Preece
- Susan G. Rosenthal
- Nicole M. Slattery
- Christine Steiner
- Jennifer A. Trusso
- Michelle LaVoie Wisniewski
- Julie Yu
International Practice
- Ping Chu
- Guylyn Cummins
- Danica Dodds
- Norma García Guillén
- Jenny Park Garner
- Malika Levarlet
- Cheryl Palmeri
- Christine Steiner
- Polly Towill
- Cheng Xu
- Zhu Yi
Labor and Employment
- Sarah E. Aberg
- Ellen Bronchetti
- Jenny Chang
- Elia DeLuca
- Patricia M. DeSantis
- Cassidy M. English
- Jessica Simmons Fairbairn
- Evgenia Fkiaras
- Morgan Forsey
- Michele Haydel Gehrke
- Hayley Singer Grunvald
- Melanie M. Hamilton
- Christina M. Hanna
- Samantha D. Hardy
- Hali Michelle Henderson
- Kelly L. Hensley
- Ashley T. Hirano
- Rebecca R. Hirschklau
- Ronda D. Jamgotchian
- Karin Hunter Johnson
- Tracey A. Kennedy
- Jennifer La Macchia
- Lisa M. Lewis
- Rachel A. Miller
- Marlene M. Nicolas
- Tina Rad
- Jennifer G. Redmond
- Ryan Rosner
- Carole M. Ross
- Dianne Baquet Smith
- Lauren Thibodeaux
- Kate Visosky
- Tara Wilcox
- Suzanna Winslow
Land Use and Natural Resources
- Katharine E. Allen
- Marguerite P. Battersby
- Misty Calder
- Kyndra Joy Casper
- Robyn B. Christo
- Judy V. Davidoff
- Claudia Gutierrez
- Whitney Hodges
- Jessica A. Johnson
- Donna D. Jones
- M. Elizabeth McDaniel
- Miriam Montesinos
- Maria Pracher
- Deborah M. Rosenthal
Litigation
- Sarah E. Aberg
- Valerie E. Alter
- Elizabeth S. Balfour
- Elizabeth S. Berman
- Brenda A. Bissett
- Larissa Calva-Ruiz
- Justine M. Casey
- Guylyn Cummins
- Jennifer M. Driscoll-Chippendale
- Melissa K. Eaves
- Jennie E. Ekdahl
- Jessica Simmons Fairbairn
- Taraneh Fard
- Evgenia Fkiaras
- Morgan Forsey
- Joanna D. Frazier
- Norma García Guillén
- Kelly A. Gilmore
- Jacqueline Gottlieb
- Bethany Hengsbach
- Sascha Henry
- Kelly L. Hensley
- Kathryn Hines
- Whitney Hodges
- Jennifer Hoffman
- Rachel Tarko Hudson
- M. Eleonor Ignacio
- Ronda D. Jamgotchian
- Jessica A. Johnson
- Karin Hunter Johnson
- Meredith A. Jones-McKeown
- Sarah Kagan
- Tracey A. Kennedy
- Alison N. Kleaver
- Catherine K. La Tempa
- Jennifer Lamirand
- Helen J. Lauderdale
- Adrienne W. Lee
- Danielle Levine
- Lisa M. Lewis
- M. Elizabeth McDaniel
- Anna S. McLean
- Alona Metz
- Marisa B. Miller
- Pamela J. Naughton
- Molly R. Newland
- Jennifer G. Redmond
- Tenaya Rodewald
- Susan G. Rosenthal
- Whitney Jones Roy
- Betty J. Santohigashi
- Elise Sara
- Valentina Shenderovich
- Michelle Sherman
- Carren B. Shulman
- Mona Solouki
- Lisa N. Stutz
- Juthamas Judy Suwatanapongched
- Mary E. Tarduno
- Polly Towill
- Jennifer A. Trusso
- Karin Dougan Vogel
- Whitney Walters
- Laura Waluch
- Tara Wilcox
- Suzanna Winslow
- Michelle LaVoie Wisniewski
- Lai L. Yip
- Amanda Zablocki
- Heather Zinkiewicz
Real Estate
- Katharine E. Allen
- Donna R. Andrews
- Marguerite P. Battersby
- Nancy Brandel
- Misty Calder
- Kyndra Joy Casper
- Robyn B. Christo
- Judy V. Davidoff
- Juliette M. Ebert
- Geraldine Ann Freeman
- Claudia Gutierrez
- Whitney Hodges
- Jessica A. Johnson
- Donna D. Jones
- Meredith A. Jones-McKeown
- M. Elizabeth McDaniel
- Miriam Montesinos
- Katharine J. Mueller
- Maria Pracher
- Deborah M. Rosenthal
- Joan H. Story
- Pamela L. Westhoff
- Michele E. Williams
- Caroline Liset Woolsey
Tax
- Danica Dodds
- Lynn H. DuBois
- Joanne M. Garvey
- Nancy Howard
- Amy L. McEvoy
- Nancy Baldwin Reimann
- Nicole M. Slattery
- Amy L. Tranckino
Troubled Assets
White Collar Defense and Corporate Investigations