Our goal in picking the “Diverse Attorneys of the Year” was to recognize those minority lawyers who made significant contributions to the practice of law between our last Diversity supplement in 2009 and this year.
Our criteria was relatively broad, and yet simple: we sought to shine the spotlight on Pennsylvania-based attorneys who had a major impact on the legal profession, whether it was by winning a major court decision or a large verdict, achieving a leadership position at a firm or in the bar, bringing in a significant piece of business to a firm, closing a major deal, or having a major public policy impact.
