Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility Statement
Fox Swibel has had a longstanding commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility, and remains firmly committed to DEIA as an integral part of our core culture. We are proud our efforts have been rewarded with the coveted Mansfield Certification, which recognizes qualifying law firms for affording fair and equal opportunity in hiring and promoting practices.
Our core asset is our people, and our core goal is to provide the highest quality service to our clients. Our years of expanding opportunities to a more diverse talent pool have undeniably enriched our firm and enhanced service to our clients. Those expanded opportunities ensure that in hiring, promoting and all other aspects of firm culture, we increase the talent pool from which we draw in order to hire the highest quality candidates from all walks of life, and we afford our attorneys and staff the chance to utilize their varied gifts and maximize their potential.
We also take pride in our community outreach and volunteer efforts. In addition to sponsoring numerous organizations and events that promote justice, inclusiveness and integrity, we periodically organize our lawyers and staff to give back to our community. Those efforts include building homes for Habitat for Humanity and taking part in the “Letters to Santa” program and providing gifts to children in Chicago’s Avondale community whose families are experiencing hardship.
Overall, we pledge to continue to convey, in our rhetoric and actions, that DEIA is not only a part of delivering the highest quality service to our clients, but our reaffirmation that DEIA values enrich us all.
Hispanic Heritage Month
Fox Swibel Levin & Carroll LLP celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month to recognize and honor the contributions of the Hispanic, Latinx and Chicano communities across a sweeping array of disciplines and undertakings. Collectively, these communities have been trailblazers in advocating for justice and equality: from the Mendez family that fought for desegregation in schools and set the stage for Brown v. Board of Education, to an activist like Sylvia Rivera, an important figure in the Stonewall uprising which led to the modern day gay and transgender rights movement. They have not only advanced legal principles but have also championed the rights and dignity of diverse communities and contributed to a more just and equitable society.
From their contributions to culture via the arts with people such as Rita Moreno and Jean-Michel Basquiat, or to the sciences with someone like Jose M. Hernandez, the first former migrant farmworker to travel to space who also helped create what would become full-field digital mammography for early breast cancer detection, we ring in appreciation for these communities for always demonstrating how diverse perspectives enrich our lives.
We are grateful for the rich tapestry of cultures and experiences that our Hispanic, Latinx and Chicano colleagues and clients bring, and we are committed to creating a workplace where every individual’s heritage is acknowledged and valued.