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WHEN HOME DEPOT HIRED TERESA WYNN ROSEBOROUGH as its general counsel two years ago, industry analysts and law bloggers applauded the move. T ey cited Roseborough’s corporate experience at
MetLife and litigation prowess honed at Sutherland law fi rm as keys to successfully overseeing the home improvement retailer’s legal functions such as store opera- tions, mergers and acquisitions, and intellectual property. For her part, Roseborough described herself in a
Diversity & the Bar interview as “a constant student with an enthusiasm for learning,” which has aided her transition from the world of insurance and fi nancial services at MetLife. Legal observers have rarely mentioned Roseborough’s
race. Home Depot offi cials, however, have made a point of not only touting her professional portfolio but the fact that she is a minority. Indeed, the company website mentions that T e Network Journal named Roseborough one of its 25 “Infl uential Black Women in Business” and that Black Enterprise magazine declared her one of the country’s top African-American attorneys.
T e ranks of women and minority general counsel
have increased gradually—and rather unevenly— among the nation’s biggest, most profi table companies. Ironically, some of the swiftest and most prominent growth in recent years has occurred among female legal offi cers in historically male-dominated industries. Meanwhile, it’s commendable that Home Depot,
which is No.34 in this year’s Fortune® 500 list, proudly publicizes that an African-American woman heads its legal department. Because without pacesetters like Home Depot, which
has championed diversity while generating prolifi c revenue streams, there are fewer reminders to U.S. corporations about getting more aggressive in, and faster at, expanding opportunities for minorities and women in the upper echelon of leadership. Diversity & the Bar magazine, and its parent organiza-
tion, the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, look forward to more women and people of color joining the elite group of top corporate lawyers in the months and years ahead.
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