News, Events, & Initiatives
The following provides a compilation of the firm's ongoing DE&I News, Events, and Initiatives across our network of offices.
NEWS
- Woman on a Mission: Baker Botts partner and intellectual property chair Christa Brown-Sanford discusses how she juggles work, personal life, being a mentor and leadership duties
- Baker Botts Selects 2024 Diversity Fellowship Recipients as Program Renamed in Honor of Rufus Cormier
- Baker Botts Helps Secure Appellate Win for Texas Families of Transgender Youth
- Kristina Vu Elected Secretary of Asian American Bar Association of Houston
- Baker Botts Partner Macey Reasoner Stokes Appointed to Prestigious Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee
- Senior Associate Brandt Thomas Roessler Named to List of “Best LGBTQ+ Lawyers Under 40”
- Elizabeth Singleton Elected to Chair Houston Bar Association's Environmental Law Section for 2024-2025
EVENTS
- Celebrating Pride Month with Chloe Davis
Chloe Davis, author of The Queens’ English: The Dictionary For LGBTQIA+ Lingo and Colloquial Phrases led the discussion. - Commemorating Memorial Day with Jan Scruggs
BB Vets hosted Mr. Jan Scruggs, founder and creator of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. - Celebrating Women's History Month with Melissa Murray
Melissa led a candid conversation on reproductive rights and justice within the U.S., discussing the ongoing battle for Roe v. Wade. - Celebrating The Life & Legacy of Lucy Stone
Retired partner Steve Leifer delivered a compelling presentation on Lucy Stone, a 19th-century abolitionist and suffragette, was a trailblazer on numerous fronts and paved the way for the 20th-century women’s rights movement.
INITIATIVES
- Featuring Baker Botts Partner Joyce Adetutu
- Featuring Baker Botts Associate Teresa Jones
- Featuring Baker Botts Associate Madeline McCune
- January 2025 - Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- October 2024 - Celebrating Black History Month in the UK
- September 2024 - Jewish High Holidays
- June 2024 - Pride In Action
- May 2024 - Jewish American Heritage Month
- April 2024 - Microaggressions
- March 2024 - Ramadan
- February 2024 - Code Switching
- December 2023 - Watch Night Service
- November 2023 - Columbus Day vs. Indigenous Peoples' Day
- September 2023 - Hispanic Heritage Month
- August 2023 - Jewish High Holidays
- July 2023 - Race vs. Ethnicity vs. Nationality
- June 2023 - Pronouns
- June 2023 - Juneteenth
- April 2023 - Arab American Heritage Month