General Counsel, Google, LLC

Halimah DeLaine Prado became General Counsel of Google in 2020 after serving as Vice President of Legal. Before joining Google in 2006, she practiced media law at Dechert LLP. Halimah previously served on the board of the Juvenile Law Center. 

As part of LCLD's Leaders at the Front initiative, Halimah created a Leader's Pledge detailing her personal and organizational commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Read Halimah's pledge here. 

Google began publishing its diversity statistics in 2014 and is committed to improving the percentage of female, African American, and Hispanic employees overall and in leadership positions. Google has many employee resource groups and is focusing on what it calls a “crowdsourced effort” to improve diversity. Google was named an LCLD Top Performer in 2021 and 2022. 

Joined LCLD 2017 

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Highlights of LCLD Participation

LCLD Board of Directors
Member, 2022-present

Fellows Program
Fellows nominated: 
2023: Leland Garder, Maria Running Fisher Jones; Obafemi Adewunmi, Kendrick Vaughn; 2022: Makesha Patterson, Olabisi (Ola) Clinton, Uchechi Chima-Okereke, Rahael Seifu; 2021: Jade Wagner, Elizabeth Munyi Njuguna, Demarron Berkley, Monique Liburd; 2019: Kori Meehan, Althea Brown, Alyse Bobb; 2018: Andrew Price; 2017: Rosie Lipscomb, Shana Simmons

Pathfinder Program
Pathfinders selected: 
2023: Monique Boyce, Elena Leichty; 2022: Nicholas Plassaras, Feola Odeyemi; 2021: Alexander Bergersen, Alexandra Alvarez; 2017: Emily Garber, Mia Vu

Success in Law School Mentoring Program
Mentors provided: 2017

Attendance
Annual Meeting (2022, 2021)
Leadership Summit (2021)

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Member: Halimah DeLaine Prado

Diversity Professional: Anthony Izzo