Three Finnegan Partners Receive “Women, Influence, and Power in Law” Awards

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 22, 2022

WASHINGTON, DC—Corporate Counsel, an American Lawyer Media (ALM) publication, announced its 2022 Women, Influence and Power in Law (WIPL) Awards, recognizing the outstanding work of women leaders who are also business strategists and complex problem-solvers in the legal profession. Finnegan partners Esther Lim and Jill MacAlpine were honored in the ‘Innovative Leadership’ category. In launching Finnegan’s IP University, their innovative leadership was acknowledged for impacting change and developing new strategies for better solutions as evidenced by their collaborative efforts with others at the firm. Finnegan partner Amanda Murphy was honored as ‘Best Mentor’ for excelling at mentoring others in achieving their career objectives through moral, social, and intellectual support. The honorees are also dedicated to the promotion of diversity in the legal industry.

Finnegan’s managing partner, Erika Arner, noted “Finnegan is proud to have three of our women attorneys recognized for their innovative leadership and mentoring efforts. The firm encourages strong, collaborative leadership that focuses on growing the next generation of IP professionals. The firm’s success with IP University is the result of our attorneys practicing what they preach by working to develop a pipeline of new, diverse talent, and our efforts to grow the next generation is highlighted further by the emphasis placed on mentorship by our partners.”

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are a priority at Finnegan. The firm has a strong track record of DEI-focused initiatives, including Finnegan FORWARD (Focused on Raising Women’s Advancement, Representation, and Development), the firm’s women’s business initiative. Finnegan FORWARD addresses issues impacting women attorneys in intellectual property and focuses on recruitment and retention, business development, education and training, and supporting and highlighting women in leadership roles.

The awards ceremony will be held on October 18^thin Washington, DC.

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Contacts: 

Erika H. Arner, Managing Partner
erika.arner@finnegan.com

Anand K. Sharma, Chair
anand.sharma@finnegan.com

About Finnegan

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP is one of the largest IP law firms in the world. From offices in Atlanta, Boston, London, Munich, Palo Alto, Reston, Seoul, Shanghai, Taipei, Tokyo, and Washington, DC, the firm practices all aspects of patent, trademark, and copyright law, including counseling, prosecution, licensing, and litigation. Finnegan also represents clients on IP issues related to advertising, trade secret law, European patents and trade marks, international trade, portfolio management, the Internet, e-commerce, government contracts, antitrust, and unfair competition. For additional information on the firm, please visit www.finnegan.com. Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.