As a firm, Miller Canfield has earned recognition for its inclusivity and support of diversity initiatives, both within the firm and in the legal community.
In 2021, Miller Canfield was recognized as a top firm for diversity in the American Lawyer Diversity Scorecard, and Miller Canfield Hiring Chair/Diversity and Professional Development Principal Michelle Crockett was shortlisted for the Diversity & Inclusion Lawyer of the Year Award by Chambers USA. In 2018, we became the first law firm to sponsor the Detroit Regional LGBT Chamber of Commerce and the only Michigan-headquartered firm to earn Mansfield Certification, which measures whether law firms have affirmatively considered women and attorneys of color for leadership and governance roles, equity partner promotions, and lateral positions. In 2016, Miller Canfield was one of 54 top law firms nationwide selected to participate in the Women in Law Hackathon, an innovative program to advance the careers of women in the legal profession. The firm is an "Honor Roll" member of the Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion, and we have sponsored and presented the Outstanding Diversity Award for the Kalamazoo Chamber of Commerce.
In addition, we are the first law firm to partner with the Detroit Regional LGBT Chamber of Commerce, and were recognized by OutFront Kalamazoo for our support of the LGBTQ community.
Miller Canfield attorneys are regularly named by Michigan Lawyers Weekly in its annual Women in the Law recognition and awards. In addition to being recognized for their professional accomplishments, Women in the Law are also recognized for the ways they support other women attorneys.
Principal attorneys Michelle Crockett and Harold Bulger were named in the Michigan Chronicle's Women of Excellence and Men of Excellence, which recognizes leaders who are visionaries and who are champions of economic empowerment and diversity.
Saul Green was honored by the Wolverine Bar Association and the D. Augustus Straker Bar Association with Trailblazer Award recognitions for his work in paving the way for diversity in the legal profession. He is the co-founder of the African-American Partners Collaborative, which was formed to create solutions to help the legal community attract, support and advance diverse attorneys in law firms. Saul has won the Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion's Humanitarian Award and was selected to serve as co-chair of the State Bar of Michigan Open Justice Commission's Task Force on Racial/Ethnic and Gender Issues in the Courts and the Legal Profession.