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Lowenstein Named One of the Nation's Best Law Firms for Women
August 11, 2009
Roseland, NJ (August 11, 2009) — Lowenstein Sandler has been named among the 2009 Working Mother and Flex-Time Lawyers Best Law Firms for Women. The annual honor recognizes law firms that exhibit an outstanding commitment to work-life balance, women's issues and family-friendly policies. The 50 winning firms were selected based on their workforce profile, family-friendly benefits and policies, flexibility, leadership, compensation, advancement and retention of women, and other criteria.
A leader in diversity, Lowenstein Sandler's commitment to work-life balance and the advancement of women in the workplace is exemplified in its numerous policies and initiatives including flexible work arrangements such as flextime, reduced work schedules, telecommuting and compressed work weeks, as well as subsidized back-up child care and a flexible return following maternity leave. Through the Lowenstein Sandler Women's Initiative, which focuses strategically on issues related to the development, retention and advancement of attorneys at the firm, Lowenstein provides a support network to women attorneys and sponsors programming that focuses on women's career development and mentoring. In addition, Lowenstein is a sponsor of STRIDES® – Advancing Women in Business, a firm initiative that promotes visibility, leadership opportunities and quality peer interaction for women in business. Founded by Members of the Firm, Mary J. Hildebrand and Christine Osvald-Mruz, STRIDES® brings together mid-to-senior level executive and professional women from various industries for networking, panels and other events that address important and timely career issues.
Profiles of the 2009 Best Law Firms for Women are featured in the August/September issue of Working Mother and at www.workingmother.com and www.flextimelawyers.com. Lowenstein and the other winning firms will be honored at a luncheon at the Pierre Hotel in New York on September 15.
About Working Mother Media
Celebrating 30 years, Working Mother magazine reaches 2 million readers and is the only national magazine for career-committed mothers while workingmother.com brings to the Web a broad range of insight and solutions served to working mothers every day. Working Mother’s 24-year signature research initiative, Working Mother 100 Best Companies, is the most important benchmark for work/life practices in corporate America. With offices in New York and Washington, D.C., Working Mother Media, a division of Bonnier Corp., includes the National Association for Female Executives, Diversity Best Practices, the WorkLife Congress, and the Multicultural Women’s Conference and Town Halls. Working Mother Media’s mission is to champion cultural change.
About Flex-Time Lawyers LLC
Flex-Time Lawyers LLC® is a national consulting firm advising the legal profession on work/life balance, law firm restructure, and the retention and promotion of women. It hosts a membership organization with chapters in New York and Philadelphia, offering networking opportunities, support, career guidance, education and information sharing to effect change. Flex-Time Lawyers LLC is a resource to the press and legal community at large on work/life balance and women's issues and also provides recruiting services. It has been covered extensively in the national and legal press, including The New York Times, NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, National Public Radio, National Law Journal, and numerous others. For more information, please visit www.flextimelawyers.com.
About Lowenstein Sandler
Lowenstein Sandler PC is a nationally recognized corporate law firm with offices in New York, Palo Alto and Roseland, and approximately 250 attorneys providing a full range of legal services. The firm’s commitment to its clients is demonstrated through its client-centered, service-oriented culture. Lowenstein Sandler attorneys are regularly recognized for excellence by clients and peers in national publications, including The Best Lawyers in America, Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and The Legal 500. For more information, please visit www.lowenstein.com.
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