{"id":6149,"date":"2021-07-16T11:42:40","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T15:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/?p=6149"},"modified":"2021-07-16T11:42:59","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T15:42:59","slug":"law-practice-today-meet-namwolfs-new-ceo-leslie-davis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/law-practice-today-meet-namwolfs-new-ceo-leslie-davis\/","title":{"rendered":"Law Practice Today: Meet NAMWOLF’s New CEO: Leslie Davis"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Edward T. Kang, managing member of Kang Haggerty interviewed NAMWOLF’s new CEO Leslie Davis for\u00a0 The Women in Law Issue<\/a> of American Bar Association’s Law Practice Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms<\/a>\u00a0(NAMWOLF) recently named attorney Leslie D. Davis as its new chief executive officer, succeeding Joel Stern. The longtime Chicago resident was a law firm partner and litigator at Riley, Safer Holmes & Cancila, Drinker Biddle & Reath, and SNR Denton (formerly known as Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal) before joining NAMWOLF. She is also a commissioner for the City of Chicago Community Development Commission.<\/p>\n

NAMWOLF, founded in 2001, is a nonprofit trade association composed of minority and women owned law firms. Recently, Edward T. Kang, managing member of\u00a0Kang Haggerty<\/a>\u00a0in Philadelphia, PA, and a law firm member of NAMWOLF, sat down with Leslie to discuss her career, what brought her to NAMWOLF, and the challenges she has faced in her life along the way. Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Edward T. Kang, managing member of Kang Haggerty interviewed NAMWOLF’s new CEO Leslie Davis for\u00a0 The Women in Law Issue of American Bar Association’s Law Practice Today. The National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms\u00a0(NAMWOLF) recently named attorney Leslie D. Davis as its new chief executive officer, succeeding Joel Stern. 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