Diversity & Inclusion

Our Mission

At Bailey Glasser, we believe the way to provide exceptional legal services is to have an extraordinary team of lawyers and staff with different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. Diverse and inclusive teams create a stronger organization that empowers individuals to produce the best results for our clients.

“Bailey Glasser's work requires us to understand, appreciate and anticipate diverse experiences and viewpoints,” said Benjamin L. Bailey, the firm’s co-founding partner. “We do a better, more creative job if our people bring different backgrounds and perspectives to the table. It’s also important to Brian Glasser and me, personally, that we continue to build this firm as a place where the very best lawyers and staff, from all backgrounds, including often-underrepresented groups, can excel and realize their potential.”  

We live these values by promoting a culture within our firm of fairness and respect, where talented contributors have a path to long-term success. As part of that effort, we formally developed Women@BG to promote camaraderie and professional development for all women lawyers in the firm.

We actively recruit and mentor minority and women lawyers. One-third of our practice group leaders are women and half of our associates are women. We also support our lawyers and staff devoting time to organizations that promote diversity in the legal profession, as well as pro bono cases and causes that advance diversity and equality. Our recent work includes advising the Drum Major Institute on its corporate restructuring, co-counseling with Public Justice on Title IX litigation, and participating in the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights’ Election Protection Coalition.

Mansfield Rule Certification and the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity

Bailey Glasser was one of the first law firms who received the Mansfield Midsize Certification, and now we are taking part in the Mansfield Rule Certification Plus program. This impactful program from Diversity Lab requires the firm to commit to affirmatively consider a broad and diverse pool of candidates when making hiring decisions, and when selecting lawyers for leadership roles and high-profile positions within the firm. More information about the initiative can be found here. 

Bailey Glasser is also a proud law firm member of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity ("LCLD"). The LCLD is made up of more than 400 corporate chief legal officers and law firm managing partners who are working to build a more open and diverse legal profession. This year's Pathfinder is Panida Anderson who is a litigation lawyer in our Washington, D.C. office. 

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National Law Journal Elite Trial Lawyers - Disability Initiative Winner

National Law Journal Elite Trial Lawyers - Diversity Initiative Finalist 

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Black History Month 2022

To celebrate Black History Month in 2022, we created a special newsletter highlighting our diverse community and our diversity initiatives. Please click on the image below to go to our web magazine.

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Employee Highlights

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BG lawyer Lorren Patterson  serves in a leadership position in the Women’s Bar Association of DC (WBA DC).

Lorren is a co-chair of the Women and Finance Committee at the WBA DC. In this role, Lorren actively works to design and drive the success of women lawyers in the finance world.

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BG Paralegal Vanessa Pierre advocates to decrease food insecurity in minority neighborhoods in the Washington, DC area through gardening, food education, and food banks. She was recently featured in the Washington Post where she talked about how she strives to improve her community with the work she does. Vanessa is a member of the Capital Area Food Bank's Client Leadership Council (CLC), a group of like-minded individuals from across the DC area taking part in a ten-month advocacy training program aimed at empowering them to serve as effective agents of change in their communities. 

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BG lawyer Britney Littles concentrates her practice on representing clients in matters related to corporate, commercial, criminal defense, and investigations. She gained extensive trial experience representing hundreds indigent clients as an assistant public defender in Baltimore County, Maryland. Since joining the firm, Britney has used her prior experience to advocate for an inclusive community for our employees and the clients we serve. Please check out the video  here where she discusses her experience at the firm.

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As the head of Bailey Glasser's eDiscovery practice, BG Partner Katherine Charonko has led the firm, as well as the lawyers we work with, in adopting innovative approaches to data analytics in litigation. Katherine works with lawyers from across the country on complex litigation against some of the largest companies in the world. Not only is Katherine a recognized leader in electronically stored information (ESI), she is also a busy mom. Please view the video here where she talks about how she balances motherhood with her professional career.