Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP to Serve on Leadership Council of Law Firm Sustainability Network
Executive Director Gina Maciula Appointed Treasurer of Board of Directors.
- Oakland, CA (1888PressRelease) August 08, 2013 - Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP is proud to announce their involvement with the new Law Firm Sustainability Network (LFSN). The firm will serve on the Leadership Council of the nonprofit organization, and Executive Director Gina Maciula has been appointed treasurer of the Board of Directors. The Leadership Council, comprised of eight law firms, will act as an advisory committee to the Board of Directors and provide input on strategy and initiatives.
The LFSN is a nonprofit organization of law firms and legal departments committed to promoting the benefits of environmental sustainability and corporate social responsibility throughout the legal industry. Its mission is to develop key performance indicators, foster knowledge-sharing, develop best practice guidelines and recognize and promote sustainability innovations in the U.S. legal sector. For more on the organization's initiatives and programs, see the launch announcement press release.
Wendel Rosen has long been a pioneering law firm when it comes to adopting and promoting sustainable business practices in the profession. In 2003, it became the first law firm in the country certified as a green business (certification conducted by the Bay Area Green Business Program) and launched its Green Business Practice Group. In addition, the firm co-chaired the effort to write and pass California's Benefit Corporation Law (AB361) and has been a Certified B Corporation since 2010. Firm attorneys and executives regularly speak and write to business audiences regarding the pursuit of a sustainable business operation.
"We have been a certified green business, and the first law firm in the country to do so, for a decade, and have since been working very hard to educate the industry on the benefits of sustainable business practices," said Maciula. "We are proud of how far law firm 'greening' has come - a defining element of corporate social responsibility - and applaud the industry collaboration to form LFSN. I'm very excited to serve on the governing board of this organization and formally come together with like-minded peers to keep sustainability at the forefront of consideration for law firms."
About Wendel Rosen
Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP serves a diverse clientele of business, public and individual clients located throughout California and the United States. With offices in Oakland and Modesto, California, the 104-year-old firm advises clients on transactional and civil litigation matters in several related fields of law, including real estate; business/corporate; construction; eminent domain; employment; environmental; estate planning, trusts and probate; green business; insurance; intellectual property; land use; taxation; bankruptcy, restructuring and creditor rights; and technology. In 2003, the firm became the first law firm in the country to gain third-party certification as a green business and has won numerous recognitions for its leadership in the green economy. Additional information about the firm and its attorneys may be found at www.wendel.com.
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