Cozen O'Connor Women's Initiative

To all Cozen O'Connor Women's Initiative's friends and colleagues: we wish you and your families and loved ones a happy, healthy and peaceful Thanksgiving!

Cozen O'Connor Women's Initiative is delighted to announce that Cozen O'Connor will be sponsoring golf's rising star Rachel Kuehn during the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) 2024-2025 season, thus strengthening the firm's ongoing commitment to women’s sports. Rachel is a former Wake Forest standout, All-American, and was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year back-to-back in 2022 and 2023. One of the top amateurs in the world for the last several years, Rachel made her professional debut this past weekend at The Annika driven by Gainbridge LPGA tournament, sporting the Cozen O'Connor logo. #LPGA #golf #womeninsports https://lnkd.in/eT9we7Du

On November 15, Nandini Sane, Julia Gandara Simonet, Valerie Sworn, Nicole Su, and Silvia Chicas, Houston-based Cozen O'Connor attorneys and members of the Cozen O'Connor Women's Initiative, hosted a client holiday event at the annual Houston Ballet Nutcracker Market.?The Houston Chronicle once said the market is "the greatest show in the world. It's not just shopping. It's an experience." Clients and guests first attended the Macy’s Fashion Show and Luncheon. Afterwards, they had the opportunity to shop and explore the market, including 270 boutiques offering everything from Christmas décor to gourmet foods, jewelry, and more. It was a wonderful event, and we are grateful to all the many clients, friends and colleagues who joined us. Looking forward to seeing you all again next year! #houstonballetnutcrackermarket

On November 14, Nicole H. Sprinzen Vice Chair of Cozen O'Connor's White Collar Defense & Investigations group and a member of Cozen O'Connor Women's Initiative, was a panelist at a discussion hosted by the National Association of Women Lawyers and titled "Deference in Flux: Navigating the New Legal Landscape Post-Loper." Nicole and her fellow panelists discussed what's next for the legal landscape in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision overturning the longstanding Chevron doctrine that required federal courts to defer to administrative agencies’ interpretations of ambiguous or broad statutes. #chevrondeference #postloper #nawl #womeninlaw

Rachel Bevans Soloman, a litigator in Cozen O'Connor's New York office and a member of the Cozen O'Connor Women's Initiative, was among the attendees of this year's General Counsel Institute (GCI), hosted by the National Association of Women Lawyers. The GCI is a multi-day program of networking, education, and inspiration designed for senior in-house women counsel. #generalcounselinstitute #womenleaders #womeninlaw https://lnkd.in/gQ4DdTQ7

On November 14, Nicole H. Sprinzen, Vice Chair of Cozen O'Connor's White Collar Defense & Investigations group and a member of Cozen O'Connor Women's Initiative, will be a panelist at a discussion hosted by the National Association of Women Lawyers and titled "Deference in Flux: Navigating the New Legal Landscape Post-Loper." The panelists will discuss what's next for the legal landscape in the wake of a landmark US Supreme Court’s decision overturning the longstanding Chevron doctrine that required federal courts to defer to administrative agencies’ interpretations of ambiguous or broad statutes. #NAWL #ChevronDoctrine #Chevrondeference #postChevronlegallandscape To register, click on the link below: https://lnkd.in/eMZaP6Kd

On October 29, the Diversity & Flexibility Alliance released its 2024 New Partner Report, which recognized 82 law firms as "Tipping the Scales" towards gender parity. Cozen O'Connor Women's Initiative is proud to announce that Cozen O'Connor is among the recognized law firms, all of which had 50% or more women in their 2024 new partner class, globally and/or in the U.S. New Partner Report?is an annual compilation of data from over 200 of the nation’s largest and top-grossing law firms. The report specifically examines the gender breakdown of attorneys promoted to partnership. (See link below for a complete 2024 report.) #2024newpartnerreport #2024tippingthescales #womeninlaw #genderparity #diversityinlaw https://lnkd.in/eRuMjh-C

Cozen O'Connor Women's Initiative is thrilled to announce that Atoussa Mahmoudpour, Canadian Chair of Life Sciences and Technology Practice at Cozen O'Connor, has been named one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women for 2024 (in Professional Category) by the Women's Executive Network (WXN). This is the third time Atoussa, whose leadership has been instrumental in positioning the firm as a trusted adviser to leading life sciences and technology companies, received this prestigious recognition. Congratulations Atoussa! #canada #canadasmostpowerfulwomen #womenleaders #womenlawyers #womeninlifesciencesandtechnology https://lnkd.in/dnCFpHBU

Cozen O'Connor Women's Initiative was a proud sponsor of Raise the Bar, a signature legal-community fundraising event in Miami-Dade County, hosted on October 23 by the The Women's Fund Miami-Dade at the Miami Woman's Club in Miami, Florida. The Women's Fund's mission is to create positive change for women and girls through grantmaking, advocacy, research, and leveraging collective impact. The money raised at the fundraiser will go towards combating sex trafficking and domestic violence as well as supporting economic mobility, leadership, health, and well-being of women and girls in the County.?? #womensfund #combatdomesticviolence #combatsextrafficking #womenleaders https://lnkd.in/e53AzXdu

Christina Sanfelippo, an associate in Cozen O'Connor's Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring Practice and a member of the Cozen O'Connor Women's Initiative, has been selected by the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) as one of its 2024 “40 Under 40” Emerging Leaders in Insolvency Practice. This highly competitive and prestigious list annually honors 40 top industry professionals under the age of 40 who demonstrate?remarkable ability, leadership, and achievement in the bankruptcy and insolvency community.?The ABI will formally recognize this year's honorees at its Winter Leadership Conference on December 13 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Congrats Christina! #bankruptcy #bankruptcyandinsolvency #bankruptcy40under40 https://lnkd.in/ejvqg9mf