Diversity

Mintz has been named a recipient of the National Legal Aid & Defender Association (NLADA)’s 2022 Beacon of Justice Award for its efforts to address systemic racial disparities in 2022.

Mintz is pleased to announce that Managing Member of the firm’s Los Angeles Office Joshua Briones and Member Arameh Z. O’Boyle have been named to the Los Angeles Business Journal’s (LABJ) 2022 “Minority Leaders of Influence: Attorneys” list. The annual list recognizes minority lawyers in the Los Angeles region and their careers, practice, and successes they’ve achieved.

In an article published by Law360 Pulse, Mintz Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Narges Kakalia discussed the importance of law firms facilitating psychological safety in the workplace in order to retain minority lawyers.

In a Law360 Pulse expert analysis article, Mintz’s Narges Kakalia reflected on her career transition last year from litigator to the firm's first Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). In the article, she shared her professional experience as a woman of color and how it led her to this new role, as well as provided insights on how to become an effective DEI leader in the legal industry and beyond.