NAMWOLF Lauds President Obama's Pick for General Counsel at Treasury
The National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms applauds President Obama's pick for General Counsel at Treasury, George W. Madison.
Milwaukee, WI, April 11, 2009 --(PR.com)-- The National Association of Minority and Women-Owned law firms (“NAMWOLF”) applauds President Barack Obama’s selection of George W. Madison for general counsel at Treasury.
“Mr. Madison’s dedication to the community and advancing diversity will only be furthered by his involvement as general counsel at Treasury under President Obama,” Yolanda Coly said, “It is a continued representation of changing times within America.”
Mr. Madison was the first African-American elected to partnership at New York’s Mayer, Brown & Platt. Most recently, Mr. Madison was the Executive Vice President and General Counsel with TIAA-CREF. Among his many accomplishments, Mr. Madison’s work in diversity was awarded in 2000 with the Minority Corporate Counsel Association’s Diversity 2000 Award.
NAMWOLF is a nonprofit trade association comprised of minority and women-owned law firms and other interested parties throughout the United States. NAMWOLF promotes diversity in the legal professional by fostering the development of long lasting relationships between established minority and women-owned law firms and corporate and public entities.
For more information about NAMWOLF or its Corporate and Public Entities Partnering Program, please contact Yolanda Coly at 414-277-1139 or email her at ycoly@namwolf.org.
NAMWOLF’s Fifth Annual Meeting and Law Firm Expo will be held at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers in Chicago, Illinois on October 5 and 6, 2009.
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“Mr. Madison’s dedication to the community and advancing diversity will only be furthered by his involvement as general counsel at Treasury under President Obama,” Yolanda Coly said, “It is a continued representation of changing times within America.”
Mr. Madison was the first African-American elected to partnership at New York’s Mayer, Brown & Platt. Most recently, Mr. Madison was the Executive Vice President and General Counsel with TIAA-CREF. Among his many accomplishments, Mr. Madison’s work in diversity was awarded in 2000 with the Minority Corporate Counsel Association’s Diversity 2000 Award.
NAMWOLF is a nonprofit trade association comprised of minority and women-owned law firms and other interested parties throughout the United States. NAMWOLF promotes diversity in the legal professional by fostering the development of long lasting relationships between established minority and women-owned law firms and corporate and public entities.
For more information about NAMWOLF or its Corporate and Public Entities Partnering Program, please contact Yolanda Coly at 414-277-1139 or email her at ycoly@namwolf.org.
NAMWOLF’s Fifth Annual Meeting and Law Firm Expo will be held at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers in Chicago, Illinois on October 5 and 6, 2009.
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Tiffany Weber
414-277-1139
www.namwolf.org
Tiffany Weber
414-277-1139
www.namwolf.org
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