Diversity

Bone McAllester Norton PLLC has an appreciable opportunity to serve a very diverse group of clients. Our clients come from all walks of life. We are proud to say that our attorneys and staff members do as well.

Our firm takes immense pride in being a truly unique organization with a genuine commitment to diversity. To our firm, diversity is about more than simply satisfying a specific criterion; it is a professional and ethical commitment, and one that is taken very seriously. The people of Bone McAllester Norton, including lawyers and staff, reflect the diverse characteristics and talents that enhance the firm and allow us to pour a wide range of experiences, cultures, education and backgrounds into our work.

Bone McAllester Norton firmly believes that diversity is the cooperative and successful bond shared among persons of different idealistic, socioeconomic, educational, ethnic, racial and religious backgrounds. Our firm is seriously committed to channeling the uniqueness of each person into assets that make our client relationships stronger, more meaningful and longer-lasting, while ensuring that our workplace is reflective and respectful of the diversity of our society. While we respect the traditional ideas of diversity, including ethnicity, race and gender, our firm embraces more innovative and contemporary concepts that discourage assimilation and categorization, but rather produce the high-quality representation that our clients require and expect.

Everyone at Bone McAllester Norton is crucial to the success of the firm. Therefore, we are dependent on the creative thinking, increased understanding and empathetic representation that flows from encouraging and providing for diversity in our offices. The responsibility of building a stronger, richer and more diverse environment is shared by all. Our goal is to continue to build on our legacy and influence the legal profession to be as diverse as the clients and communities we are so privileged to serve.

Bone McAllester Norton is proud to count 34% women and 17% minorities among our attorneys, and we actively recruit top-quality minority candidates as interns, staff members, summer associates and attorneys. In addition, the attorneys of Bone McAllester Norton exercise their commitment to diversity in community activities, including the Southeastern Minority Job Fair, the Urban League of Middle Tennessee, the Nashville Minority Business Center and the Alliance Francaise, among other organizations. Many of our attorneys are involved in minority-focused law associations, and Charles Bone, chairman of the firm, has been asked to speak at several national diversity conferences and panels.