Vedder Price PC issued the following announcement on Dec. 14.
Venu Talanki, Vice Chair of the firm’s Finance & Transactions group and a member of the Board of Directors of the firm, was recently recognized among the 2020 Crain’s Chicago Business Notable Minorities in Accounting, Consulting & Law. The list highlights top Chicago area minority attorneys who are currently serving in a senior-level role at his or her firm and have made significant contributions to advancing the industry.
In Mr. Talanki’s roles as Associate Hiring Committee Chair and Diversity Committee member, he actively works on cultivating the firm’s diversity and inclusion policies through mentorship and summer and lateral associate hiring initiatives Mr. Talanki has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the North American South Asian Bar Association, co-founded and was the first president of the South Asian Bar Association of Michigan and was named the 2018 Vedder Price Fellow for the Leadership Counsel on Legal Diversity’s Fellows Program, helping a new and more diverse generation of attorneys ascend to positions of leadership.
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