Bloomberg Law
Oct. 14, 2016, 6:34 PM UTC

After Colleague’s Death, New Diversity Chief Named at Reed Smith

Casey Sullivan

John Iino, the newly appointed global chair of diversity and inclusion at Reed Smith, said “we still have a long way to go” to achieve diversity at his 1,700-lawyer firm.

Based on a survey the firm conducted Thursday, about 10 percent of the firm’s U.S. partners are either Asian American, African American, Hispanic, or are from another diverse ethnicity (the survey allowed partners to respond with an “other” category).

It was announced Thursday that Iino, 54, will replace Deborah Broyles, who led the firm’s diversity initiatives for more than a year until she passed away last month .

“Obviously these are ...

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