Schoeman, Updike and Kaufman, LLP Admitted To NAMWOLF Membership

The National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF) is pleased to announce that Schoeman, Updike & Kaufman, LLP, a women-owned law firm based in New York, has become a Law Firm Member of the Association.

New York, NY (PRWEB) October 18, 2006 -- The National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF) is pleased to announce that Schoeman, Updike & Kaufman, LLP, a women-owned law firm based in New York, has become a Law Firm Member of the Association.
   
Schoeman, Updike & Kaufman, LLP, founded in 1969, is an eighteen lawyer general practice firm, which has always valued diversity. The firm is a signatory to The Association of the Bar of the City of New York's Statement of Diversity Principles, the only small firm to be such, and regularly attends The Association's meetings to implement those principles.
   
“It is a pleasure to have Schoeman, Updike & Kaufman join our organization,” said Emery K. Harlan, Chairman of NAMWOLF. “The firm’s outstanding expertise in litigation practice areas will provide exceptional services to our corporate affiliates.”

Schoeman, Updike & Kaufman, LLP represents some of the country’s largest and most prestigious corporations. It is a firm where male and female lawyers can work comfortably and advance their careers. “It is embedded in the fabric of our firm,” explains Beth Kaufman, partner and owner who joined the firm in 1978 as its first female associate. “Even before we became a women-owned firm, the women here never felt that we were anything but full colleagues of our male partners.” The women of the firm “matured as lawyers here, working on interesting and complex matters, for sophisticated and loyal clients,” Kaufman continued. “We were encouraged to be innovative and entrepreneurial”

About Schoeman, Updike & Kaufman
Schoeman, Updike & Kaufman (www.schoeman.com) handles a wide variety of litigation, including cases involving complex scientific and technical issues. Its practice areas include: litigation, human resources and employment, business and commercial, real estate, and trusts and estates. The firm has four former federal law clerks, two former Assistant U.S. attorneys, a former Assistant District Attorney and multiple partners with extensive trial and appellate experience. The attorneys are leaders in both local and national bar associations, task forces, committees and other professional groups.

About The National Association of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms
The National Association of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms (www.namwolf.org) was founded in June, 2001. It is a national trade association comprising a select group of minority and women-owned law firms who exhibit excellence in the legal profession. The primary aim of the organization is to advocate for the increased utilization of minority and women-owned law firms by major corporations and public entities throughout the United States.

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