Morgan Lewis chair Jami McKeon is the sole law firm leader to be chosen in a U.S. State Department partnership with Fortune’s Most Powerful women to mentor emerging female leaders around the world – this year serving as mentor to South African attorney Lerato Thekiso. (Courtesy photo)
For each of the last five years, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius chair Jami Wintz McKeon has hosted a rising female leader from a different country at the firm’s offices on the U.S. east coast. Every time, McKeon says, she finds herself learning something new.
As a the sole law firm leader participating in the Global Women’s Mentoring Partnership, a joint initiative from the U.S. Department of State and Fortune magazine, her participation is aimed at giving a mentee – this year, South African attorney and consultant Lerato Thekiso – an up-close glimpse of how one of the largest law firms in the world operates.
