Finn Dixon & Herling LLP Achieves Mansfield Certification for 2024-2025

Finn Dixon & Herling is proud to have achieved Mansfield Certification for 2024–2025, reflecting our steadfast commitment to fairness, transparency, and equal opportunity. Looking ahead, we’re also pleased to confirm our renewed commitment to the 2025– 2026 certification cycle, joining over 275 peer firms dedicated to a fairer, more transparent path to leadership in the law.

Mansfield’s data-driven certification process ensures that all qualified talent has a fair and equal opportunity to advance into leadership roles. Since joining in 2021, we have committed to making our advancement processes more transparent and to expanding talent pools for hiring and promotions.

We also appreciate that a US Federal Court recently affirmed that Mansfield aligns with anti-discrimination laws, reinforcing the legal integrity and strength of our work alongside other Mansfield Certified firms.

Our Ongoing Commitment

Since joining Mansfield, we have taken deliberate steps to improve inclusivity and transparency in leadership pathways, including:

• Contributing to monthly group knowledge-sharing meetings and attending expert-led legal workshops to ensure the lawful implementation of Mansfield’s principles.
• Drafting and making advancement processes and leadership role descriptions transparent and accessible to all lawyers.
• Encouraging partners to join Mansfield career advancement opportunities— practice pitch sessions, Client Forums, and in-person networking and learning events—to build relationships with legal department leaders who value inclusivity.
• Engaging in individual firm check-ins at the six-month mark (even more frequently for new firms) to support the adoption of legal and effective processes.
• Submitting certification data, transparent processes, and a signed affirmation from the managing partner at the end of each certification year.

For additional questions regarding Finn Dixon & Herling’s Mansfield initiatives, please contact our Mansfield Committee chair, Jennifer Gong.