The Four Pillars Of Our D.E.I. Mission
To us, “diversity”, “inclusion”, and “equity” should never be catch phrases that law firms market on their website, but fail to live up in practice. At CMBG3, we recognize that diverse and inclusive teams create a stronger organization and result in the best results for our clients. One of the core philosophies of our firm is “strength in diversity”, and our vision is to cultivate a culture where all team members – regardless of race, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion, or national origin – can have and can see a path to long term success.
We fulfill our commitment in four primary ways:
Education & Training
- MISSION: Educate all of our team to bring awareness, self-reflection, and a greater capacity for acceptance, change, and inclusion
- ACTIONS: Guest lecturers on critical D.E.I. topics, an internal library and resource center for further education, unconscious bias training, incorporating D.E.I. practices into fabric of the firm to ensure that policies, procedures, systems, and opportunities are done with equity in mind
Career & Industry
- MISSION: Ensure that our team and the legal field achieves the diversity that is reflected in society and that career opportunities are afforded to all
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ACTIONS: We ensure D.E.I. initiatives are built into recruiting, training, hiring, developing employees, engaging with employees, mentoring, and creating promotional pathways. Externally, we support programs that look to provide people of diverse background with opportunities otherwise not afforded to them
Community Impact
- MISSION: Continuously bring awareness to issues impacting our community and nation, and work to effectuate real change
- ACTIONS: Working in conjunction with the CMBG3 Cares program to ensure that the firm supports organizations to support the mission, and ensure that our team is given opportunities to volunteer with organizations that support diverse causes
Wellness
- MISSION: Ensure that the benefits we offer employees are inclusive and account for diverse backgrounds and situations of all of our team
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ACTIONS: Ensure that the firm’s benefits provide equitable support, including medical, dental, and parental leave; offer varied wellness programs to our team to provide outlets for our team members’ mental and physical health; offer flex time off options for employees’ diverse cultural and religious beliefs, and to enable team members to support D.E.I. related causes that speak to them personally
Our Commitment Goes Beyond Words…
It’s In Our Numbers and Actions
CMBG3 is proud to be a majority women-owned law firm.
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of our total team are women
%
of our paralegals are women
%
of our attorneys are women
%
of our administrative team are women
- Managing Partner
- Director of California offices
- Supervising Partner of our Irvine, CA office
- Director of Government Relations and Public Affairs
- Director of Human Resources
- Head Paralegal
- Director of Finance & Accounting
- Supervisor of Firm’s Administrative Team
- Chair of D.E.I. Program
- Head of Employee Development
Recent D.E.I. Initiatives
D.E.I. Committee
John Gardella
Shareholder
Christine Calareso
Partner & Director of California Offices
Bryna Misiura
Shareholder
Amaran Toppa
Director of Client Relations & Development