Venable LLP Careers, Benefits, Review

Venable has long recognized the importance of promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion at all levels across the firm. Cultivating an environment where all of our professionals feel a sense of belonging is an essential component of our continued success. We understand, however, that building a truly inclusive culture requires continuous focus and creativity. At Venable, our commitment starts at the top.

In 2017, the firm’s chairman, Stu Ingis, established a board-level Diversity and Inclusion Initiative to examine our progress and identify ways to do better. Since then, we have taken several steps to accelerate our efforts, including hiring the firm’s first chief diversity and inclusion officer. This critical position will advance collaboration with firm leadership to integrate our DEI efforts with the firm’s talent functions, including recruiting, professional development, and business development, among others.  

While we are continuing to develop and enhance our diversity, equity, and inclusion strategy, we have already made significant progress. Today, 42 percent of our 19-person board comprises women and racially diverse partners, and 30 percent of the firm’s 13-member management committee are either women or racially diverse. Among our non-legal professional staff firmwide, 47% are racially diverse. And among the firm’s senior leadership, nearly 60% of directors and above are women and more than 16% are racially diverse.

A large part of our mission is to communicate meaningfully and consistently with all firm personnel; we have created thoughtful educational programs and provide resources that raise awareness of the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion and encourage cross-cultural competency. Some recent programs hosted by Venable have included dialogue circles that address the impact of systemic racism; a speaker series exploring race, gender, and sexuality; special-emphasis program observances; and panel discussions on race, gender identity, and the use of non-binary pronouns.

The Venable Edge

Venable aims to deliver the highest quality legal services for our clients, and we pride ourselves on identifying, recruiting and retaining the best and brightest attorneys and legal professionals from all walks of life. Our clients profit from a diverse set of perspectives that, paired with more than a century of proven experience, is unique to Venable.

History of Client Service

For over 120 years, we have built our firm based on a simple and enduring premise: we see the world through the eyes of our clients. We immerse ourselves in our clients' businesses to fully understand the context of their legal issues. Our clients know that our every decision – from hiring, to shaping our service areas, to expanding our global reach – is informed by our desire to better serve their needs.

Comprehensive Solutions to Today's Complex Issues

Today, Venable is an American Lawyer 100 law firm. With more than 800 attorneys and legal professionals in nine offices across the country, we are strategically positioned to advance our clients’ business objectives in the U.S. and abroad. We help our clients connect quickly and effectively to the experience, insights, and advice to achieve their most pressing objectives.  Our clients rely on Venable's proven capabilities spanning virtually every industry and all areas of corporate and business law, complex litigation, intellectual property, and regulatory and government affairs.

Our attorneys have an excellent understanding of their practice areas and bring a wealth of firsthand experience to the challenges and opportunities our clients face. In this era of ever-increasing scrutiny by the government, our clients benefit from Venable’s Washington know-how. Our attorneys, many of whom are former members of Congress, regulators, and senior government staffers, have the experience to provide solutions when government creates regulatory roadblocks.  At the same time, we foster a diverse culture that helps ensure our ability to attract, retain, and elevate the most talented professionals in the country, who work on behalf of our clients.

Culture of Commitment

Each year, Venable attorneys and staff devote thousands of hours of their own time, money, and talent to helping the communities in which they live and work. Venable's commitment to social responsibility includes financial support through The Venable Foundation, one of the mid-Atlantic region's premier corporate philanthropic endeavors, which, in 2021, provided more than $3.6 million in support to organizations and programs in our local communities.

What makes Venable different? For the attorneys and staff who work at Venable, there is no one answer. When asked, many mention the firm's collegial culture where diverse teams of partners, associates, and staff work side by side to deliver the highest quality work product to the firm's clients. Others cite the pride they take in Venable's distinguished history and how the firm honors tradition while embracing new ideas and methods.

Clients point to the skill, dedication, creativity and superior service that our legal and professional staff provide.

For many, Venable's commitment to the community sets the firm apart. Venable attorneys and staff members give thousands of hours of their time and diverse talents, demonstrating that our commitment to service extends beyond our clients. Through hands-on volunteering, pro bono legal representation, and contributions to the Venable Foundation – which provides more than $3 million annually to educational, social services, and artistic organizations across the country – Venable employees strive to make their communities a better place to live and work.

With more than 1500 professionals in eight offices across the United States, Venable prides itself on attracting and retaining staff dedicated to the firm’s commitment to client service. Across the firm, this dedication is evidenced by the tenure of Venable employees and the skills they display every day in their work. Whether directly supporting the work of our lawyers or contributing to the operations of the firm, Venable employees focus on teamwork as a primary means to accomplish common goals. We hold our employees to high standards of quality, client service, and integrity. In turn, Venable employees enjoy a professional work environment, competitive compensation, and a comprehensive benefits program. 

Venable employees work in various departments including:

• accounting and finance
• attorney administrative support
• business operations
• human resources
• information technology and security
• legal personnel and attorney recruiting
• litigation docketing
• marketing and business development
• new business intake and compliance
• practice management
• practice technologies and litigation support
• professional development and training
• research and knowledge services

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