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In this Women Who Wow profile, get to know Alexis Robertson, the Director of Diversity & Inclusion at Foley & Lardner LLP.

A former lawyer and legal recruiter, Alexis became a D&I professional after realizing that practicing law and serving as a legal recruiter wasn’t her true passion. She was able to take valuable skills from those positions and pivot to a diversity and inclusion career first at Baker & McKenzie and now at Foley & Lardner.

As Alexis noted in one of her terrific LinkedIn posts (you should follow her on LinkedIn!), if not for the pandemic, she would not have launched what she often refers to as her “pandemic podcast.” She says it was the need to introduce herself and check-in on attorneys that led to her personally calling 100 attorneys within her first few months at Foley.

She says that need created the space for the most amazing one-on-one conversations, which inspired a podcast unique to Big Law focused on showcasing human stories, highlighting the unique professional paths of Foley attorneys. The podcast is called The Path and the Practice and you should check it out.

Learn more about Alexis and her career path in this Women Who Wow profile.

Iris Jones is the Chief Marketing and Business Development Officer at McNees Wallace & Nurick and leads a team of marketing and business development professionals in delivering proactive strategy, service and high-level support to the firm and its attorneys. She previously held senior marketing and BD roles at Dykema Gossett, Chadbourne & Parke and Akin Gump. She practiced law in Texas in both the public and private sectors.

I met Iris through the Legal Marketing Association and greatly enjoyed getting to know her through the years. She is smart, kind and always willing to give advice or lend a hand.

Get to know more about Iris, a true Woman Who Wows.

Kim Lyons (she/her/hers) is an experienced legal marketer for the international law firm Holland & Knight. She manages marketing for the firm’s U.S. West Coast offices, which include: Los Angeles; Orange County; San Francisco; and Portland, Oregon.

Kim is passionate about social media marketing and serves as the current Legal Marketing Association Pacific Northwest Regional Co-Chair.

When she is not in the office or posting content on LinkedIn, Kim spends her time with her three teenagers, or surfing in the Pacific Ocean. (Kim and I met through the LMA in San Francisco a few years ago and we have kept in touch through social media (you can follow her on Twitter at @legalMKTmaven).

We spoke the same language and I felt an instant connection with and a warmth from her.

Get to know more about Kim in this Women Who Wow profile.