Henry M. Greenberg, the Greenberg Traurig shareholder who became president of the New York State Bar Association on Saturday, has appointed a diverse chair, co-chair or vice-chair to all 59 of the organization’s committees.
The state bar association is announcing Monday that Greenberg is making sure that every committee has a woman, person of color or another lawyer who represents diversity at its helm.
“It is a moral imperative that our profession better reflects the diversity exemplified by our clients, and we can no longer accept empty rhetoric or half-measures to realize that goal,” he said. “It’s the right thing to do, it’s the smart thing to do, and clients are demanding it.”