Shook, Hardy & Bacon has launched an interdisciplinary diversity, equity and inclusion counseling, compliance and disputes practice, led by Houston office managing partner John Lewis Jr., to help clients navigate legal risks related to DEI.

John Lewis Jr., managing partner of the Houston office of Shook Hardy. Courtesy photo

Clients increasingly need that advice, because of a “few inflection points” over the last few years that have led to anti-DEI sentiment, said Lewis, a former chief litigation counsel at The Coca-Cola Co. who founded and led the company’s legal division diversity counsel.