Our Commitment to Diverse Talent

At White and Steele, diversity is not an initiative, it is ingrained as part of our firm culture.

White and Steele is committed to creating an inclusive atmosphere where mutual respect, ideas, and solutions are part of our everyday environment.  We recognized early on that different perspectives, backgrounds and experiences enhance our organization bringing valuable, creative, and innovative solutions to our broad client-base.  It also reflects the cross-section of the Mountain West community, judges, jurors and the legal system as a whole.  To accomplish this goal, White and Steele eliminates artificial barriers and provides support for individual and team success.

White and Steele knows that dedicating resources is the primary way to reach its goal of inclusiveness.  We are an active member of the Colorado Campaign for Inclusive Excellence (CCIE), which recognizes the importance of increasing the number of racially and ethnically diverse attorneys and professionals recruited, hired, and promoted by law firms in Colorado.   As part of its outreach efforts, White and Steele joined the Colorado Pledge to Diversity 1L Summer Clerkship Program, a foundational program dedicated to introducing diverse law students to law firm and in-house corporate legal department environments with the long-term goal of increasing diverse hiring and retention.   We also encourage and support our attorneys’ involvement in national, regional and local bar associations, committees, and community activities recognizing that our talent often has influence beyond the firm’s walls.  We don’t just leave it at that.  Our female attorneys hold significant leadership roles in the firm’s management ranging from actively participating as practice group leaders to members of the firm’s Marketing, Diversity, and Hiring committees. 

Enhancing diversity requires an on-going commitment and we know there is always more to do in developing an inclusive workforce. White and Steele recognizes that recruitment without a focus on retention is counterproductive to firm goals, but also the practice of inclusivity.   Our collegial environment is designed to provide guidance to new attorneys during early practice years while acknowledging the importance of early hands-on experience and authority.  With many of our attorneys coming from less traditional paths our approach to mentoring is individualized, not rigid.  

White and Steele realizes that life isn’t always static.   Changes in circumstances, one’s personal life and family dynamics often require adjustments to the demands of the practice of law.   We support and facilitate needed adjustments including modified and reduced work schedules.  We foster a work environment that ensures that no one’s professional growth, experience or advancement is limited because of race, color, sex, religion, creed, ethnic or national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, domestic partner status, or other categorization.

We hire with the expectation that recruits will one day be our partners and leaders of the firm.   For more information regarding White and Steele’s commitment to inclusiveness and employment opportunities, please contact Donna L. Parker, Staff Coordinator, at (303) 296-282 or dparker@wsteele.com.