Julius Chen Profiled Among Washington’s Top Diverse Business Leaders
Washington Business Journal has published a profile of Akin Supreme Court and appellate partner Julius Chen, who was named a top diverse business leader as part of the publication’s Diversity in Business awards.
The profile highlights Julius’ impressive track record of success, having served as the “principal drafter of more than 150 briefs filed in the U.S. Supreme Court and the federal Courts of Appeals; […] argued cases in the 6th, 9th, 11th, D.C., and federal circuits, and the Florida Supreme Court, and dedicated an average of 400-plus hours of pro bono work each year.”
WBJ also featured a Q&A in which Julius, who serves as the hiring partner for Akin’s Washington, D.C. office and on its firmwide diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) council, discusses the firm’s DEI commitment, as well as the challenges and rewards of being a leader of color.
Regarding the former, Julius spotlighted the firm’s Akin/Strauss Diversity & Inclusion Scholarship program—the firm’s innovative two-summer recruiting initiative offered to first-year law students across the firm’s largest U.S. offices—as a differentiator in the legal industry. He said, “We’d like to think we’re doing a better job when hiring law students with a different perspective in mind. We’re starting early, with law students who just have one semester under their belts. We want to be able to provide them a platform early on.”
WBJ subscribers can read the full profile and watch Julius’ recognition video here.
