General counsel for BMO Financial Group, Gap Inc., NBCUniversal Inc. and Showtime Networks Inc. on Thursday lamented the lack of diversity at law firms, calling on outside counsel to do more to increase the number of minorities and women in their ranks.
Speaking at the Minority Corporate Counsel Association’s annual Creating Pathways to Diversity Conference in Washington, D.C., general counsel Jeff Ellis of BMO, Michelle Banks of Gap, Kimberley Harris of NBCUniversal and Gwen Marcus of Showtime said diversity matters at their companies and it’s a factor they consider when they hire outside firms.
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