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The First Global Firm Owned by Minority Women

By Robert J. Ambrogi

Two former BigLaw lawyers have teamed up to form what they say is the "first female and minority-owned multi-office global law practice" in the United States. We will have to take them at their word on that, unless someone comes forward to point us to an earlier firm that fits this description. Still, the launch of the firm is interesting as an example of how lawyers can apply the skills they learn in large firms to create innovative small-firm practices. The firm, Dziire & Bangudi, is the partnership of Patrice Dziire and Mayabanza Bangudi, former colleagues at DLA Piper. Dziire, who also worked at Shearman & Sterling and Kirkland & Ellis, concentrated her practice in immigration and international law. Bangudi, a native of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, focused on global business law. According to an announcement of the new firm, the two lawyers first worked together when they were competitively selected to participate in DLA Piper's international pro bono initiative, New Perimeter. The two women helped launch the Johannesburg-based Southern Africa Litigation Centre, which promotes human rights throughout Southern Africa through litigation and training. Working together on that project, their Web site explains, the two lawyers "discovered shared...

Full post as published by Legal Blog Watch on September 03, 2009 (boomark / email).