TOTAL COMMITMENT^®

Thompson Coburn’s Total Commitment^® Women’s Initiative focuses on creating and sustaining a culture of inclusion and respect, assisting women attorneys in meeting their full potential and promoting the achievements and contributions of our women attorneys and clients.

We celebrate the unique strengths, abilities and contributions of our women lawyers and are committed to building and sustaining an environment that supports and encourages women to become successful attorneys, respected business leaders and valued members of our communities.

• Women comprise a significant portion of our Management and Compensation committees.
• We provide financial investment, leadership support, and staff to support our Total Commitment^® Women's Initiative.
• Our Total Commitment^® Women’s Initiative sponsors a robust mentoring program for all of our associates.
• The Women's Initiative Steering Committee works to accomplish its goals through the following committees which are led by women partners:
  • Women's Initiative Business Development Committee
  • Joint Subcommittee on Mentoring
• Our Firm holds annual, formal networking events for women attorneys and clients in St. Louis, Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.

Highlights

• Thompson Coburn achieves Mansfield Rule 4.0 ‘Certified Plus’ status
• Thompson Coburn is just one of 38 law firms to achieve 2021 “Gold Standard Certification” from the Women in Law Empowerment Forum
  
• Katriina McGuire becomes Chair of the Women’s Initiative Steering Committee
• Thompson Coburn partners with Diversity Lab to welcome women attorneys back to the workforce
• Diversity & Flexibility Alliance names Thompson Coburn a 2021 “Tipping the Scales Firm”
• Thompson Coburn named a Law360 ‘Ceiling Smasher’ for women in equity partnership
• Thompson Coburn named a Law360 ‘Ceiling Smasher’ in 2022 for women in equity partnership
• Thompson Coburn celebrates meeting WILEF "Gold Standard" for women leaders for the ninth straight year
• Jennifer Ecklund receives Profiles in Leadership Award at Southern Methodist University's Women's Symposium
• Thompson Coburn Named to Bloomberg Law’s DEI Framework for the Third Year in a Row, Recognizing Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
• Evan Goldfarb Named a 2023 Women, Influence and Power in Law Award Winner
• Thompson Coburn Named a 2023 Law360 Pulse ‘Ceiling Smasher’ for Women in Equity Partnership
• Thompson Coburn Achieves Mansfield Rule 6.0 ‘Certified Plus’ Designation
• Film on Sexual Assault Survivors’ Legal Challenge to Debut at SXSW Festival