Co-Chairman of the Executive Committee, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Daniel Neff joined Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in 1977. He has been named a “Dealmaker of the Year” three times by American Lawyer. Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz is proud to be one of the first New York City firms to offer domestic partner health benefits and provides a variety of alternative work arrangements for its employees. The firm also partners with a variety of diversity organizations, including the Street Law Legal Diversity Pipeline Program, the Lavender Law Career Fair, and the Sponsors for Educational Opportunity Corporate Law Intern Program.
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz was named an LCLD Top Performer in 2021.
Joined LCLD 2009
Highlights of LCLD Participation
Fellows Program
Fellows nominated:
2023: Meng Lu; 2022: Cynthia Fernandez Lumermann; 2021: Emily Johnson; 2020: Lauren Kofke; 2019: Carrie Reilly; 2018: Ryan McLeod; 2017: Sabastian V. Niles; 2015: Albert Joseph Martinez; 2014: Sebastian Fain; 2013: DongJu Song; 2012: Karessa Cain; 2011: David K. Lam
Pathfinder Program
Pathfinders selected:
2023: Raeesa Munshi, Wilfred Beaye; 2022: Malcolm Evans, Karen Wong; 2021: Adeboula Olofin, Hannah Clark; 2020: Sasha Belinkie, Michael Nance; 2019: Monica Heinze, Elizabeth Ingriselli; 2018: Samantha Fang; 2017: Christina Ma, Samson Mesele
1L LCLD Scholars Program
Scholars hosted:
2022: Jordan Thomas, Charlotte Witherspoon, Eric Liu, Stephanie Levine; 2021: Alicia Schleifman, Mario Ramirez De La Piscina; 2020: Kendall Maxwell, Yolanda Bustillo, Jackson Beard, Alexander Hohl, Samantha Camy, Laryssa Bedley; 2019: Raquel Begleiter; 2018: Akua Abu, Ellen Choe, Sasha Kawakami; 2017: Yasmina Abdel-Malek, Alexander Lewis, Tina Meng, Fabiola Urdaneta; 2016: Antonia Hyman, Leticia Quezada; 2015: Zaki Anwar, Sylvia Kim, Jason Kuo; 2014: Monica Bruzzio Galvez, Sahand Moarefy, Justin C. Nowell, Monica L. Smith; 2013: Alyssa Colbert, Catalina Santos; 2012: Walker Brumskine, Jillian Colbert, Celia Glass, Jenny Lin, Amarachukwu Osisioma, Natasha Rivera-Silber, Neal Sangal
Success in Law School Mentoring Program
Mentors provided: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2012
Attendance
Annual Meeting (2018, 2017, 2016)
Member: Daniel Neff, Jodi Schwartz
Diversity Professionals: Kisha C. Nunez, Casey Matthew
Communications: Ariane Finkel
