Katherine Mooney Carroll received the “Finance Up and Coming Lawyer of the Year” award at the Chambers USA Women in Law Awards 2013. In addition, Francesca Odell was nominated as “Finance Lawyer of the Year.” The awards were presented by American Express Executive Vice President and General Counsel Louise Parent and DuPont Senior Counsel Laura Beth Taylor on January 15 at a ceremony in New York.
The Chambers Women in Law Awards are the most comprehensive national awards for women lawyers in the United States and recognize the most outstanding performances from women lawyers over the past year. Nominees were chosen based on the success of the individual’s commercial practice as well as her involvement in gender diversity and equality; mentoring; and public service and social activism.
Cleary Gottlieb believes that the retention and promotion of women is crucial to our excellence as a law firm. With two standing committees and several working groups charged with advancing women’s initiatives, Cleary Gottlieb is continuing to make efforts to retain women across all offices so they can become eligible candidates for promotion. In the past two years, Cleary Gottlieb has elected seven women partners and two women counsel.