Women of Weil
Weils Women Leaders
There are 64 women partners globally at Weil. Twenty-seven percent of the Firm’s U.S. partners are women.
Thirteen women serve as leaders of departments, offices or practice groups, or are Firmwide committee chairs or Management Committee members. The General Counsel and two Management Committee members are women.
On this page, we feature the latest news and profiles of our many women leaders.
View more information on Women@Weil, our women’s affinity group.
Latest News
View our new video – “Restructuring Companies, Structuring a Lifelong Friendship” – featuring Business Finance & Restructuring partners Marcia Goldstein and Ronit Berkovich, who were named 2019 Dealmakers of the Year by The American Lawyer. They discuss their long working relationship and friendship, the dynamics of mentoring, how they balance family and a challenging career, the chemistry between them, and their shared value of being “happy in life.”
Weils Women Leaders
Weil’s Female Executive Leadership: Diane Sullivan and Elizabeth Weiswasser, female members of Weil’s Management Committee, and Mindy Spector, Weil’s General Counsel, share reflections on their success and advice to young women today. Read more.
Latest News
Diversity Committee Q&A: Jacqueline Marcus discusses her role as Diversity Committee Co-Chair, TOWER Co-Chair and one of our first flex-time partners. Read more.
Related News: Jacqueline Marcus Named 2019 Equality Trailblazer by The National Law Journal and to The Responsible 1000 by City & State in 2019
Weils Women Leaders
In Weil Women’s Wisdom, female leaders reflect on their personal and professional journeys and the lessons learned along the way. Our goal is to inspire and reassure women starting their careers or at key transition points with advice and perspective from those who have blazed the trail before them. Read more.
Jacqueline Marcus: The National Law Journal’s Equality Trailblazer (2019). Named Among The Responsible 100 by City & State (2019).
Allison Liff:
Law360 Banking MVP (2019).
Diane Sullivan: The National Law Journal Winning Litigators (2019). Benchmark Litigation Hall of Fame (2019). LMG Life Sciences Awards’ Trial Lawyer of the Year (Non-IP) and Product Liability Attorney of the Year (2019). FT Top 100 Female Executives (2018). The AmLaw Litigation Daily Litigator of the Week (2018).
Marcia Goldstein and Ronit Berkovich: The American Lawyer Dealmakers of the Year (2019).
Elizabeth Weiswasser: PTAB Bar Association’s Top 50 Women in PTAB Trials (2019). Euromoney Americas Women in Business Law Award for Outstanding Practitioner (2018).
Holly Loiseau: Savoy Magazine Most Influential Black Lawyers (2018).
Ellen Odoner: NACD Directorship 100 Honoree (2018 and 2019).
Courtney Marcus: D CEO Magazine Dallas 500 (2020). Dallas Business Journal Women in Business Honoree (2018). D Magazine Best Lawyers in Dallas (2018).
Jessica Liou and Heather Viets:The M&A Advisor Emerging Leaders (2019).
Caroline Zalka: Benchmark Litigation 40 & Under Hot List (2018 and 2019).
Sarah Coyne, Marcia Goldstein and P.J. Himelfarb: Euromoney Americas Women in Business Law Award Winners (2019).
Ronit Berkovich: Turnarounds & Workouts Outstanding Restructuring Lawyer (2019). Law360 Bankruptcy MVP (2018). Law360 Sealing the Deal Profile (2018).
Helyn Goldstein: Law360’s Influential Women in Tax Law (2019).
Marilyn French Shaw, Marcia Goldstein, Jacky Kelly and Emmanuelle Henry: IFLR1000 Women Leaders (2018 and 2019).
Kelly DiBlasi: TMA Mega Company Transaction of the Year (2019). New York Law Journal Rising Star (2018). American Bankruptcy Institute 40 Under 40 (2018).
Jessica Liou: American Bankruptcy Institute’s 40 Under 40 (2019). Turnaround & Workouts' Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyer (2019).
Marcia Goldstein and Charan Sandhu: Crain’s New York Business Notable Women in Law (2019).
Stephanie Srulowitz: Law360 Rising Star for Asset Management (2018). Euromoney Americas Rising Star Award for Best in Investment Funds (2018).
Ellen Odoner and Lyuba Goltser: Burton Award for Distinguished Legal Writing (2018).
Stacy Nettleton: Benchmark Litigation 40 & Under Hot List (2018).
Miriam Buhl: Center for Constitutional Rights Changemaker (2018).
Marcia Goldstein: New York Law Journal Lifetime Achievement Award (2018).
Anna Frankowska: University Legal Clinic Foundation Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year (2019). Polish Union of Legal Employers 30-Year Jubilee Lawyer (2018).
Ann Malester: LMG Life Sciences Hall of Fame (2019).