HISTORY & ORIGINS
In 2011, Courtney Barksdale Perez, now a partner in Baker Hostetler, but then a junior associate at an international law firm, organized a happy hour for friends and classmates to reconnect and discuss how to navigate their challenges. Then in 2013, as junior to mid-level law firm associates and in-house counsel, striving for partnership, for promotion, for business development opportunities, for equity, we had a discussion about the impact we could make if we focused our efforts on helping one another. We walked away from that meeting feeling re-invigorated and inspired to create amongst ourselves and for ourselves, a network that we felt did not yet exist. However, life prevented immediate progress on our new shared mission.
Finally, on October 22, 2014, NEW Founder and President Chasity Wilson Henry, sent an email to an even larger group of black women practicing in-house and at law firms around Dallas. The expanded group of twenty-five gathered in a conference room at Vinson & Elkins (hosted by Elizabeth Brandon) and began to conceptualize how to transform our thoughts and hopes and dreams into action. We proceeded to organize ourselves, meeting frequently to outline our goals and mission statement and choose a new name, The NEW Roundtable, Inc. The NEW mission remains unwavering: to Empower, Impact and Influence. |
EMPOWER. |
HONORS & MENTIONS |
AWARDS |
D CEO Corporate Counsel Award |
BOARDS |
Human Rights Initiative |
LEADERSHIP |
State Bar of Texas |
MEDIA |
Texas Bar Journal
Law.com |
The Power of Finding and Maintaining Your Group |
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Black General Counsel Reach Milestone in the Fortune 1000 |
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