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Diversity News – Social Impact Report
Anitra Androh, Counsel
nitra D. Androh, counsel
in the firm’s real estate
A practice, was recognized this
year by the Greater Washington
Area Chapter of the National Bar
Association’s Women Lawyers
Division (GWAC) with its 2017
Trailblazer award, which honors
distinguished attorneys whose
accomplishments motivate
women lawyers.
Along with her professional
achievements, Androh’s recognition
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Anitra Androh
Honored with
GWAC Trail-
blazer Award
as a Trailblazer celebrates her Androh was selected by
dedication to helping pave the way Miles & Stockbridge to represent
for women and people of color in the firm as a 2016 Fellow with
real estate and the law. She is the the Leadership Council on
vice president and 2015 “Member Legal Diversity and is a past
of the Year” of the DC chapter honoree of the Lawyers of
of African-American Real Estate Color inaugural “Hot List.”
Professionals, and she also holds She serves on the board of
leadership positions with the D.C. New Endeavors by Women,
Building Industry Association and a Washington, D.C. nonprofit
Commercial Real Estate Women organization that partners with
DC, which recognized her with its homeless women to help them
2014 Placemaking Award for her achieve greater self-sufficiency
work on CityCenter DC. and independence. ■
Firm Retreat Brings Together Colleagues & Clients to
Foster Diversity & Inclusion
ore than 60 Miles & Stock-
bridge lawyers and se-
M nior leaders, as well as a
panel of clients, came together
at the firm's inaugural diversity
retreat in February 2017 to learn
about recognizing and counter-
ing bias, share personal stories
in one-on-one and small group
discussions, and work together
to strengthen diversity and in- ognize their own biases in or- breakout sessions for mem-
clusion in our workplace culture.
Over two days in Middleburg,
Virginia, Miles & Stockbridge
colleagues examined the im-
portance of diversity in ex-
panding economic and other
opportunities for everyone in
the firm. Firm leadership spoke
about the retreat's role in
furthering our commitment to
diversity and in bringing the
firm's values and mission more
fully to life.
In a presentation about
countering implicit bias, diver-
sity consultant Vernā Myers
encouraged attendees to rec-
der to actively combat them.
The author of Moving Diver-
sity Forward: How to Go from
Well-Meaning to Well-Doing, My-
ers is the founder of a consult-
ing group that has helped break
down barriers of race, gender,
ethnicity and sexual orientation
in many workplaces.
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A panel discussion moder-
ated by Kraig Long and Anitra
Androh featured several clients
sharing their perspectives on
the importance of diversity with-
in their own organizations and
at the law firms with which they
do business.
The agenda also included
bers of the Miles Minority
Network and LGBT lawyers,
as well as for firm and prac-
tice group leaders. The week-
end's conversations continued
during networking and meal
breaks and at an evening gath-
ering around a fire pit on the
hotel's lawn. ■
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