Bilzin Sumberg Wins MDFAWL Champion of Women Award
Miami, FL - Bilzin Sumberg is proud to announce it has been awarded the 2025 Champion of Women Award presented by the Miami-Dade Chapter of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers (MDFAWL). This distinguished recognition affirms Bilzin Sumberg’s outstanding commitment to the equitable advancement and inclusion of women, both within the firm and across the legal profession. The firm has consistently demonstrated this commitment through strategic initiatives aimed at ensuring unbiased hiring and employment retention practices, and fostering the equitable inclusion in and promotion of women to partnership and senior management positions.
“We are deeply honored to receive this prestigious recognition from MDFAWL,” states Diana Mendez, Bilzin Sumberg Partner and former MDFAWL President. “This award validates our ongoing efforts to create an environment where women attorneys can thrive and advance. Bilzin Sumberg remains steadfast in its mission to serve as a leading model for promoting gender equity and inclusivity in the legal profession.”
MDFAWL’s recognition of Bilzin Sumberg follows its similar recognition from other national organizations. In 2024, Bilzin Sumberg was one of 57 U.S.-based law firms named to Bloomberg Law's fourth annual Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Framework, an industry-leading program conceived to recognize law firms' commitment to diversity and inclusion. In addition, the Diversity & Flexibility Alliance, an organization that partners with law firms, associations, and corporations to foster inclusive corporate cultures, recognized Bilzin Sumberg as one of only 82 major law firms out of over 200 nationally that saw at least half of the firm's 2024 partner promotions go to women. Spurred by the diversity of its Public-Private Partnerships (P3) Team and its ability to leverage such diversity to serve P3 clients, the firm was also awarded the prestigious P3 Award for Culture and Diversity.
About the Miami-Dade Chapter of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers
The Miami-Dade Chapter of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers (MDFAWL) is a voluntary bar association dedicated to promoting the advancement of women in the legal profession, expanding leadership opportunities available to its members, and advocating in support of women’s rights. The organization is committed to building a diverse and inclusive membership and strives to provide its members with equal opportunities to participate. MDFAWL welcomes legal professionals of all genders, races, religions, ethnicities, sexual orientations, socioeconomic backgrounds, and those with disabilities.
About Bilzin Sumberg
At Bilzin Sumberg, we empower our clients to achieve extraordinary results through our expertise and creative solutions. Our dedication to providing practical and personalized attention spans a broad spectrum of practices, focusing on complex matters that require a high level of expertise and sophistication.
Guided by our guiding principles of integrity, trust, and empathy, we build strong, enduring relationships with our clients and partners. By leveraging relationships, we deliver tailored solutions that make a lasting impact. Our competencies include antitrust, trial and litigation, construction law, corporate and securities, environmental law, CMBS, restructuring and finance, government relations, joint ventures, private wealth planning, public-private partnerships, and real estate. For more information, please visit bilzin.com.
