We are different, and invite you to ask our associates how. The diversity you will actually find at TittmannWeix speaks louder than our words, but we welcome you to consider both.
We proactively create opportunities for all of our team members and that philosophy of inclusion has made us more diverse. Inclusion makes us stronger, helps us serve our clients better, and is the right thing to do.
Our strategies to achieve diversity are many, but three in particular stand out.
The firm’s motto is effective, creative, responsive. We mean this in service of our clients and each other. Each of us at some point in our lives depend on the flexibility of those around us to succeed. It is a fact of life that priorities collide, and the team grows stronger when we are creative in finding a way to make it work for each other. But some members of society have historically suffered from an outsized disadvantage.
So, we are creative in finding ways to make it work: we offer generous parental and family leave policies, we permit fully remote work and flexible or reduced hours – even on an indefinite basis, we embrace modern technology to make it easy to work on the go, and we pay for local “ready to go” workspace near our attorneys’ homes. We continually evolve to find new ways to make work sustainable for each other in whatever circumstance.
2. Mentorship and Coaching
The founders of the firm have benefitted from mentoring and coaching they received in their careers, and are committed to creating a culture in which we “pay it forward” by coaching everyone in the firm to help them achieve their goals. Thus, we have put away with traditional “performance reviews” of yesterday’s law firm and replaced them with “development plans” – our own creation – wherein we invite everyone to review their progress and set goals for the coming year. Then we arrange mentors within the firm to meet with them quarterly to help strategize and refine how to accomplish their goals, and measure their success.
Thus, “mentorship” is not just a free lunch, but an active coaching playbook to help every team member reach their goals. Besides internal coaching we also provide professional coaching. Diverse talent relish the experience of true mentorship and coaching when they come to TW and the opportunity to be mentors and coaches to others.
3. Opportunity
We dedicate time and money to make sure that everyone on our team has the opportunity for marketing, client relationships, and training. We believe we are stronger when our clients know that our bench is broad and deep, and can discuss matters with the full team directly. Rejecting the traditional model of “protecting” clients, we insist on serving clients, encouraging exposure to the full breadth of talent.
Our philosophy of opportunity extends also to future lawyers and insurance professionals, as we offer internships and mentoring to college students. Our first group of interns are now entering law school at Georgetown, Notre Dame, and Boston University. This philosophy allows for diverse inclusion in opportunities for growth and client development.
