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Women Who Wow: Christy Tosh Crider
Christy Tosh Crider is chair of Baker Donelson’s Health Care Litigation Group and the Women’s Initiative, and is a member of the firm’s Board of Directors. Christy concentrates her practice in health care litigation, managing the litigation of numerous health care facilities around the country, as well as serving as outside general counsel.
I was a co-panelist with Christy onwebinar on women in law earlier this year, and was so impressed with everything Baker Donelson has done to promote and advance women lawyers under Christy’s leadership.
For example, during Christy’s tenure as the Women’s Initiative Chair, Baker Donelson has earned numerous recognitions as an exceptional workplace for women, including being named by Seramount (formerly Working Mother Media) to its Best Law Firms for Women list, and being ranked 15th nationally in diversity for women in the 2022 edition of Vault’s “Best Law Firms for Diversity.” Baker Donelson was also recognized by the Chambers Women in Law Awards: USA 2018 as a finalist in the category of Outstanding Firm in Advancing Gender Diversity and Inclusion.
Christy has overseen numerous key initiatives at Baker Donelson, including the adoption of an industry-leading parental leave policy; implementation of a firm-wide mentoring program for women; creating a program that awards business development grants to women attorneys; and a training program designed to help women attorneys achieve equity shareholder status. Christy was named a 2018 recipient of the A Great Place to Work® For All Leadership Award by FORTUNE magazine.
Learn more about her in this Women Who Wow profile.
Why It’s So Important to Show Compassion at Work and Be a Compassionate Leader
Having compassion at work and giving others the benefit of the doubt is something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately.
I’ve had a stomach virus for days, but I
How to Make More Time to Think to Advance Your Career
This morning I took a long walk in the snowfall during which I came up with a few work-related ideas that I can’t wait to implement.
I find that some
Women Who Wow: Lindsey Bombardier
Lindsey Bombardier is the Director of Business Development and Marketing at Lenczner Slaght. She manages a talented group of professionals and works closely with the firm’s management committee, lawyers and business team members to enhance client development and drive brand awareness. She is also responsible for internal communications and is an active member of the firm’s Business Continuity Committee, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee and Innovation Hive™.
Lindsey is a longtime director of the Legal Marketing Association, Canada Region. She is the co-creator of LMANext, a program supporting the next generation of legal marketers. Before joining Lenczner Slaght, Lindsey worked for nearly a decade at one of Canada’s largest law firms.
Follow Lindsey on LinkedIn.
Guest Post: Why You Should Practice Gratitude
Here’s a guest post by Jacob Eidinger, the Marketing and Communications Manager at Wigdor LLP on why you practice gratitude.
Jacob says, two weeks ago, I had a sinking
Why It’s So Important to Be Kind to One Another
Kindness. I learned this week when I wrote a social media post that garnered some negative comments that we need more of it in the world today and every day.
How to Feel Better About Yourself After Gaining Weight During Covid
If you’ve gained weight over the pandemic (like me) and just don’t feel great about yourself, read this post.
Many of us are returning to the office or socializing for
How to Adopt a Positive Mindset and Achieve Success
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard no in my career and in my personal life.
Maybe I was the final candidate for a job that I didn’t
Are You Living a Check-the-Box Life?
Are you living a checkthe-box life? Do you feel like you’re languishing on a hamster wheel?
By this age I was supposed to be a CMO. Gotten married. Had kids.