Managing Partner, Ropes & Gray LLP
David Djaha is managing partner of Ropes & Gray and a member of the firm’s governing policy committee. Most recently, he led the firm’s global real estate investments & transactions group.
As part of LCLD's Leaders at the Front initiative, David created a Leader's Pledge detailing his personal and organizational commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. Read David's pledge here.
Ropes & Gray aspires to be the legal industry leader in attracting and retaining talented and diverse professionals, providing equitable opportunities for every person to perform to their fullest potential, and being inclusive of and welcoming to all people. The firm is committed to elevating diverse lawyers to leadership positions within the firm and in client relationships. Ethnically and racially diverse partners head nearly 50% of the offices across Ropes & Gray’s global network, and a majority of the firm’s governing policy committee racially and ethnically diverse and/or women. In 2022, the firm was named “Law Firm of the year” by The American Lawyer and ranked #1 on the A-List in both the U.S. and UK—honors that reflect commitment to diversity and gender equity.
Ropes & Gray was named an LCLD Top Performer in 2022.
Joined LCLD 2019
Highlights of LCLD Participation
Fellows Program
Fellows selected:
2023: Jessica Soto; 2022: Brian Harris; 2021: Chrystal LaRoche
Pathfinder Program
Pathfinders selected:
2023: Genieva DePass, Chidiebere Oteh; 2022: Chimso Okoji, Ivette Sanchez; 2021: Melicia Morris, Nia Oats; 2020: Russ Barnwell, Kelley Crisp
1L Scholars Program:
Scholars hosted:
2022: Ibrahim Bah, Gueinah Blaise, Bolaji Ekhator, Willa Lu, Alex Zhang, Ramis Khan, Lisabelle Panossian, Phillip Paradise, Sungmin An, Piper-Simone Casey, Janaba Gakou, Amanda Feliz Gomez, Julian Sarabia, Lila Tabor, Kamia Williams, Mengqian Liu, Michelle Rodriguez, Anna Zhang, Jade Larrieu, Brianna Morigney, Alejandra Ruttimann; 2021: Andrew Hyun, Michael Meleka, Jordan Sparks, Divya Gulati, Katherine Jara, Regina Castillo, Samuel Shropshire, Shayna Servillas, Tram Tran, Pascale Stain, Francine Alexandre, Mariah Young-Jones; 2020: James Akinleye, Courtney Brunson, Anuj Ezekiel, Zahraa Nasser, Chadli Pittman, Genesis Ruano, Oluwaseun Ajimoko, Edward Nwaba
Attendance
Annual Meeting (2021, 2020)
Member: David Djaha
Diversity Professionals: Eva D’Ignazio and Anthony Hernandez
Communications: Aaron Kellogg
