Our Commitment to Diversity

At Kennedy Covington, we value inclusion and are strongly committed to recruiting, retaining, and promoting a diverse group of attorneys and staff. We believe that people in our firm should be representative of our clients and the world in which we live and work and that a diverse workforce provides a more interesting and dynamic work environment.

As we embrace diversity and seek to examine and understand individual similarities, differences, and aspirations, we most often find that we share common perspectives and values that bind us together. We are more effective attorneys when we embrace diversity because we develop a better sense of who our clients are on a personal level; how diversity plays a role in each client's work environment; and how diversity can bring together the many perspectives needed to provide an overall perspective about legal problems. We will actively recruit, retain, and promote attorneys who add diversity.

We recognize that we have much to accomplish to achieve our diversity mission and are aggressively testing and supporting new programs and initiatives to enhance and foster a diverse environment that develops, values, and rewards all of our personnel. We believe that our efforts will yield an inclusive environment where all of our attorneys develop professionally and succeed in the practice of law. Our interest, creativity, and commitment to diversity, we believe, will set our firm apart and ensure that Kennedy Covington stands strong for diversity.

As part of Kennedy Covington's ongoing commitment to diversity, we will:

• Enhance our recruiting efforts to proactively recruit and hire persons from diverse backgrounds;
• Be proactively inclusive in leadership development and business development opportunities;
• Participate in bar association and community activities that reflect our value of diversity;
• Financially and enthusiastically support the firm's Diversity Committee, which is committed to promoting diversity with the firm; and
• Devote focused time and attention to accomplish the firm's diversity goals.