Lorie Almon, chair and managing partner of Seyfarth Shaw LLP, joins Center Advisory Board

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Lorie Almon, chair and managing partner of Seyfarth Shaw LLP, joins Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession Advisory Board 

July 28, 2025

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, USA
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The Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession (Center) today announced the appointment Lorie Almon, chair and managing partner of Seyfarth Shaw LLP, to the Center’s Advisory Board, effective August 1, 2025. The Center’s Advisory Board consists of leading lawyers from across the profession and around the world, including some of the world’s top chief executives, law firm managing partners, general counsels, and others who believe in the Center’s mission. In addition to being part of a select club of women leading Am Law 100 law firms, Almon is also an expert in complex employment matters and a former co-managing partner of Seyfarth’s New York office.

 “I am extremely pleased to welcome Lorie Almon to the Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession’s Advisory Board,” said David B. Wilkins, the Center’s faculty director and Lester Kissel Professor of Law. “Lorie is exactly the type of leader we need in today’s dynamic legal environment—an accomplished lawyer with a proven track record of innovation and inclusive leadership at one of the world’s top law firms. Her insights and experience will be invaluable as we pursue our mission to advance understanding of the evolving global legal profession.”
 
Almon said upon the announcement of her appointment to the Center’s Advisory Board, “I am honored to join the Advisory Board of the Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession. At a time when the legal industry is undergoing profound transformation—including the rapid advancement of AI and other emerging technologies—the Center plays a critical role in fostering the kind of thoughtful, forward-looking dialogue our profession needs. I look forward to contributing to this important work and to collaborating with fellow leaders who are equally committed to reimagining how we deliver value, lead with empathy and purpose, and embrace innovation as we prepare the profession for what lies ahead.”

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About Lorie Almon

Lorie serves as Chair and Managing Partner of Seyfarth. Lorie is one of just a small number of women who hold the top leadership position at an Am Law 100 firm. She also chairs the firm’s Executive and Compensation committees. She was previously co-managing partner of Seyfarth’s New York office, which grew exponentially during her tenure.

As a practicing partner in the firm’s Labor & Employment department, Lorie is a highly regarded leader in the field of complex employment law matters, including high-stakes investigations and proceedings. She regularly advises boards and c-suite executives, and leads strategy on litigation involving employers’ most challenging disputes. Lorie has long served as lead counsel in discrimination class actions, wage hour cases, and FINRA arbitrations, chairing teams of attorneys across the country. 
Lorie is widely recognized by her peers as a leader in her field. The New York chapter of the Coalition of Women’s Initiatives of Law honored Lorie with its 2023 Inspiration Award. She has been named as a top attorney by The American Lawyer (ALM Global LLC) (2007, 2011), The National Law Journal (ALM Global LLC) (2005), and the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) (2011). Chambers USA (2016-2024) and Legal 500(Legalese Ltd.) (2014, 2019-2021) have repeatedly identified Lorie as a leading lawyer for labor and employment.

She has been selected as a BTI Client Services All-Star (2020)and as one of Crain’s New York Business “Notable Women in Law” (Crain Communications, Inc.) (2020, 2023). Lorie was named by Lawdragon as one of the “500 Leading Lawyers in America” for 2024-2025, marking the 10th straight year where her work as an attorney was recognized by the publication.

Lorie gained a reputation as a standout lawyer from the early part of her career, including The American Lawyer’stop “45 Under 45” women lawyers in The Am Law 200 (ALM Global LLC) (2007, 2011), the NACD’s “Directorship 100” (2011), and The National Law Journal’s “40 Under 40” lawyers (ALM Global LLC) (2005). In her first full year of practice, Lorie was also honored as “Legal Rookie of the Year” by the City of New York, for which she litigated significant constitutional and federal questions (1995).

Lorie is a longstanding member of the board of directors of Jumpstart, one of the nation’s most respected nonprofit organizations focused on early childhood education. She was awarded Seyfarth’s “Inspirational Leadership Award” in recognition of her commitment to Jumpstart, and to involving those around her in making a difference in the community.
 
About the Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession
 
The Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession is a research organization dedicated to providing a richer understanding of the rapidly changing global legal profession. To accomplish this goal, the Center conducts unbiased, evidence-based research on the global legal profession; innovates and implements new methods and content for teaching law students, legal academics, and practicing lawyers across the arc of their careers; and through its programming and digital publication The Practice is a bridge between legal practitioners and the academy.

For more information visit, www.clp.law.harvard.edu.
 
CONTACT:
Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession
Bryon Fong, CLP Executive Director – [email protected] or +1 617-495-5502
 
 
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