Graydon Head & Ritchey LLP Receives Career Advancement For Women Award

August 14, 2007

(Cincinnati, Ohio)  Graydon Head & Ritchey LLP (GH&R) was honored with the Career Advancement for Women Award at the CREW 2007 Impact Awards event on Thursday, July 20, 2007.  Graydon Head Partner Monica Donath Kohnen accepted the award on behalf of the Firm.

Graydon Head was nominated for the award sponsored by Commercial Real Estate Women, Inc. of Greater Cincinnati (GCCREW) for its efforts in promoting the career advancement of women in real estate.  GCCREW is a professional organization comprised of approximately 100 of the most senior women professionals actively involved in the commercial real estate industry in the Cincinnati area.

Graydon Head has demonstrated its commitment to women in real estate through the support of the professional development and community involvement of the Firm’s women who practice in the area of real estate, namely:  Monica Donath Kohnen, Karen Renz, Susan Argo, Allison Cook, Sharon Parsley, Shannon Barrow, Aine Baldwin and Jennifer Pearson.

In addition to involvement in CREW, the Firm supports the professional development and involvement of its women attorneys in community organizations and industry trade groups such as, Women in Construction, Chamber’s Women Excel (WE) program, Junior League and the YWCA of Cincinnati.  Also, in the 1990s, the Firm formed the Women’s Professional Development Group (WPDG) to bolster client relationships and to provide an internal structure for the development of the Firm’s women attorneys who practice in a variety of industries, including real estate.  The WPDG affords women attorneys the opportunity for candid discussion of issues pertaining to professional women.  WPDG members provide quality mentoring and training for colleagues, educational seminars, and host social networking events, which enable GH&R clients and friends to meet, develop new business relationships and benefit from one another’s individual expertise.

Graydon Head & Ritchey LLP attorneys serve clients in a variety of industries with particular experience with business clients in banking & financial, commercial real estate, media, communications & information, construction, health & elder care, manufacturing, distribution & technology.  The Firm provides personal client services to many local business owners and their executives and families in the estate planning and administration area.  Graydon Head & Ritchey was recognized for its innovative approach to quality improvement as the first recipient of the Customer Focus Award from the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber.

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