Global Managing Partner, Squire Patton Boggs
Fred Nance was inspired to be a lawyer at a young age. “I was 12 1/2, about to turn 13,” he said in an interview with Smart Business. “I remember seeing the National Guard and Jeeps rolling down the street with machine guns mounted on them that were close enough for me to reach out and touch. There were soldiers with bayonets. My initial inclination toward the law was based on a desire to achieve social justice and eliminate this feeling of powerlessness and helplessness that was rampant in our community.”
Fred has spent his career pursuing social justice and giving back to his hometown of Cleveland. In 2017, he became Global Managing Partner of Squire Patton Boggs, making him the first African American partner on the firm's five-member executive committee and its 12-member global board.
Squire Patton Boggs’ diversity initiatives include employee resource groups, a women’s initiative, and diversity recruiting partnerships. The firm partners with several groups that promote diversity in the United Kingdom, including annual participation in the Black Solicitors Network Diversity League Table. Squire Patton Boggs has received eight consecutive perfect scores on the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index.
Joined LCLD 2012
Highlights of LCLD Participation
Fellows Program
Hosted Leadership Lunch (2017)
Fellows nominated:
2023: Jesse Taylor; 2022: Rafael Langer-Osuna; 2020: Marques Richeson; 2019: Vishal Gupta; 2018: Pedro Hernandez; 2017: Helen H. Yang; 2016: Traci L. Martinez; 2015: Stacie D. Yee; 2014: Anne Choi Goodwin; 2013: Brian Patrick Woolfolk
Pathfinder Program
Pathfinders selected:
2023: Jasmine Johnson, Luisa Koidl; 2022: Deborah Lempogo, Shing Tse; 2021: Christina Knox, Carlos Guzman Plascencia; 2020: Amanda Preston, India Scarver; 2019: Kinal Patel, Keshia Lipscomb; 2018: Nikhita Godiwala, Brandon Roman; 2017: Beatriz E. Jaramillo, Andrew X. Yocopis; 2016:Brandon Gillard, Niyala Harrison
1L LCLD Scholars Program
Scholars hosted:
2022: Javier Gomez; 2019: Keerthana Nunna, Juliet Jung, Lauryn Durham, Ian Timmons; 2018: Latrice Burks, Rhianna Wardian; 2017: Morgan Brown, Joan Campau
Success in Law School Mentoring Program
Mentors provided: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016
Attendance
Annual Meeting (2022, 2020, 2015, 2014)
Leadership Summit (2016)
Members: Fred Nance, Michele Connell
Diversity Professionals: Alethia Nancoo
Communications: Angelo Kakolyris
