Lia Dorsey

Education

• Certificate, Diversity and Inclusion Management, Cornell University, 2021
• B.A., Economics, University of the District of Columbia, 1997

• Black Executive Leadership Program, McKinsey & Company
• American Bar Association
• Association of Law Firm Diversity Professionals
• National Association for Law Placement, Inc. (NALP)
• National Diversity Council
• Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)

• Corporate Counsel Women of Color – “Reimagining and Recalibrating DEI: Critical Skills, Expertise, and Competencies for the Path Forward” – October 2024
• Ogletree Deakins Shareholder Meeting – “The Impact of SCOTUS’s Affirmative Action Decision” – Nashville – January 27, 2024
• Ogletree Deakins Shareholder Meeting – “Microaggressions: The Unconscious Bias That Can Land You in Court” – Nashville – January 26, 2024
• Ogletree Deakins Attorney Retreat – “Leveraging DEI to Drive Business Growth and Sustainability” – Houston – September 30, 2023
• Ogletree Deakins Podcast – “Workplace Strategies Watercooler 2023: Microaggressions—The Unconscious Bias That Can Land Employers in Court” – June 21, 2023
• Workplace Strategies Seminar – “Microaggressions: The Unconscious Bias That Can Land You in Court” – San Diego – May 12, 2023
• Virginia State Bar Diversity Forum – “Implicit Bias and How It Affects the Practice of Law” – April 2023
• National Association for Law Placement  – “A CDO, DEI Consultant, BD Consultant Walk into a Bar…” – December 2, 2022
• Legal Marketing Association – “99 Problems But DE&I Shouldn’t Be One” – December 2022
• Association of Law Firm Diversity Professionals – “The New Affinity Groups Making a Difference in the Workplace” – November 2022
• Institute for Well-Being in Law – “Path to Well-Being in Law Podcast” – May 18, 2022
• LPGA – “Forget a Mentor, Find a Sponsor” – November 2021
• Legal Marketing Association  – “Challenges of Law Firm Diversity” – October 2021
• Association of Corporate Counsel – “Pandemic Nation – Understanding its impact on lawyers from underrepresented communities” – May 13, 2021
• Legal Marketing Association – “The Fab Five: Addressing D&I from All Perspectives, Including the Client’s Perspective” – October 2020
• Corporate Counsel Women of Color – “Not Every Field is Level” – September 2020
• National Association of Women Lawyers – “D&I Through Turbulent Times” – July 2020
• The Jabot Podcast – “How Big Law Should Be Responding to the Black Lives Matter Protest” – June 2020
• Legal Marketing Association – “How to Build and Drive D&I Initiatives and Policies” – May 2020
• Legal Marketing Association – “Diversity from the Client Perspective: Smart Strategies to Winning Business” – Atlanta – April 2019

• May 2020 – LMA Strategies – “10 Tips to Forge Ahead With Diversity and Inclusion Efforts”

• May 1, 2023 – JD Supra – “DEI Takeaways from the 3rd Virginia State Bar Diversity Forum”
• December 14, 2022 – Law360 – “Ogletree Deakins Debuts Disability, Military Affinity Groups”
• December 1, 2021 – ABA Journal – “Can C-suite diversity officers really make a difference?”
• June 18, 2021 – Global Legal Post – “Covid-19 hinders career development for lawyers from minority backgrounds, ACCF study finds”
• May 13, 2021 – Association of Law Firm Diversity Professionals – “International Survey Emphasizes Pandemic’s Impact on Lawyers from Underrepresented Communities”
• March 10, 2021 – Daily Report – “Ogletree, Balch Hire New D&I Officers as Firms Step Up Diversity Efforts”
• November 2020 – Atlanta Business Chronicle – “Those fighting for equality find a committed advocate in Dave Poston”
• October 2020 – ABA Journal – “How do you make your workplace culture into one that will be embraced?”

• Recognized among Savoy Magazine’s 2023 Most Influential Executives in Diversity & Inclusion
• Recognized as one of the Top 100 Women Leaders in Law of 2021 by Women We Admire