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Cassandra Seto Named a 2016 LCLD Fellow

O'Melveny Litigation Partner Singled Out for Leadership

LOS ANGLES, CA ─ MARCH 1, 2016 ─ O’Melveny is proud to announce that Cassandra Seto has been selected as a 2016 Fellow with the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD), a national organization made up of the legal profession’s top in-house and external counsel. Seto is a Century City-based partner in the Litigation group.

“O’Melveny has made increasing and promoting diversity a priority, both at the firm and within the legal field,” said Seto, who in addition to her commercial practice is deeply involved in the firm’s pro bono program. “I’m honored to be part of an organization created to further that same goal.”

Launched in 2011, the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) created the Fellows program to identify, train, and advance the next generation of leaders in the legal profession.

According to LCLD President Robert J. Grey, Jr., the LCLD Fellows Program offers participants “an extraordinarily rich year of relationship-building, in-person training, peer-group projects, and extensive contact with LCLD’s top leadership.”

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About Leadership Council on Leadership Diversity

Founded in 2009, LCLD is a growing organization of more than 240 corporate chief legal officers and law firm managing partners who are personally committed to creating a truly diverse legal profession. The LCLD Fellows program, which has trained more than 800 mid-career attorneys since 2011, is one of LCLD’s most important initiatives. For information, visit www.lcldnet.org.