WASHINGTON, D.C., (April 13, 2011) – Jackson Lewis LLP, one of the country’s largest and fastest-growing workplace law firms, is pleased to announce that Washington, D.C. Region Partner Weldon H. Latham has been confirmed by the Maryland Senate to serve on the Maryland Stadium Authority (MSA). Mr. Latham, who is Chair of the Jackson Lewis Corporate Diversity Counseling Group, was nominated for this appointment in February 2011 by Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley.
Established by General Assembly in 1986, the original mission of the Maryland Stadium Authority was to build, manage and maintain quality facilities to retain major league baseball, and return NFL football to Maryland. In the past twenty years, the MSA has completed projects, including convention centers, museums, theaters, sports arenas and parks, in partnership with local governments, universities, and the private sector throughout Maryland.
“When we recruited Weldon to the Firm a few years ago, it was clear he had a great interest in and love for public service and since he has been with us at Jackson Lewis, his devotion in this regard has not diminished,” says Patrick L. Vaccaro, Firm-wide Managing Partner of Jackson Lewis. “I have no doubt he will be a valuable addition to the MSA.”
“I am extremely honored by this appointment, and I look forward to working hard to advance the MSA’s mission of providing enjoyment, enrichment, education and business opportunities for citizens of Maryland,” says Latham.
Mr. Latham, who was recently honored with a 2011 Howard University Alumni Award for Distinguished Postgraduate Achievement in Law, represents Fortune 500 companies, major government agencies, and other complex organizations in a variety of legal matters, including corporate diversity counseling, employment law, and government relations.
Mr. Latham has over 20 years of senior partner level direction of major crisis management, civil rights reviews, and employment discrimination litigation. Among his numerous professional and public service activities, Mr. Latham serves as Counsel to both the PepsiCo Global Diversity and Inclusion Governance Council and the Omnicom Group Diversity Advisory Committee; and a member of the National Employment Law Council and the Economic Club of Washington. He was previously National Co-Chair, Hillary Clinton Presidential Campaign; Chair, Deloitte External Diversity Advisory Board; and was appointed by the Maryland Governor to the Maryland Economic Development Commission and by Virginia Governors to the Boards of Visitors of George Mason and Virginia Commonwealth Universities.
Mr. Latham has a distinguished record of public service, having served as Assistant General Counsel, White House Office of Management and Budget: General Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development; member of the Defense Department Advisory Committee on Procurement and Technical Data Rights; Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army; member of the U.S. Small Business Administration National Advisory Council; and served on the Board of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, as Chair of the Legal Committee, for more than a decade.
Mr. Latham is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center and a former Guest Professor at both the University of Virginia and Howard University Schools of Law. He holds a B.A. in Business Administration from Howard University, a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, and an Executive Management Certificate and has lectured at the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He is listed in Who’s Who in American Law, Who’s Who Among African Americans and Who’s Who In America.
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