Seyfarth Shaw Labor & Employment Chair Lisa Damon Recognized by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly

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Brian Kiefer, Director of Public Relations
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Ivette Delgado, Senior Public Relations Associate
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BOSTON (August 8, 2012) –  Leading law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP announced today that Lisa J. Damon, chair of the firm’s Labor & Employment Department, has been named by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly in the publication’s 5th annual list of “Top Women of Law.”

Fifty honorees will be recognized at the Top Women of Law luncheon on Friday, October 12 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. The event will celebrate women who have made professional strides and demonstrated accomplishments in private practice, the corporate arena and social advocacy. Suzanne M. Bump, the 25th Auditor of the Commonwealth and the first female elected to this role in the state’s history, will serve as the keynote speaker.

“Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly provides important updates to the legal community in the region,” commented Damon. “I am happy to be among this group of respected women in the field who do great work and are making an impact.”

Damon was a founding partner of Seyfarth’s Boston office and has overseen its growth from seven lawyers to more than 80, with practice groups in real estate, corporate, and litigation, as well as labor & employment. She was recently named by Chambers USA as “Employment Lawyer of the Year” and a “Legal Rebel” by the ABA Journal, which lauded her as one of the country’s 10 most innovative attorneys.

Seyfarth Shaw has over 800 attorneys located in 10 offices throughout the United States, including: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Sacramento, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., as well as internationally in London. Seyfarth Shaw provides a broad range of legal services in the areas of labor and employment, employee benefits, litigation, corporate and real estate. The firm’s clients include over 300 of the Fortune 500 companies, and our practice reflects virtually every industry and segment of the economy. For more information, please visit www.seyfarth.com.