Megan Norris // Photo courtesy Miller Canfield
Detroit-based Miller Canfield announced that Megan Norris will become the company’s first female executive director. She will take over her duties on February 26th and focus on delivering customer value and efficiency. She was recognized as a DBusiness Top Lawyer.
Norris is an employment and labor attorney and accomplished litigation attorney elected by her national counterparts to the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and the American College of Trial Lawyers.
Norris is a nationally recognized expert and frequent speaker on the Family and Medical Leave Act and the Americans With Disabilities Act. She was the head of the working group and supervised the labor and labor lawyers and the firm’s staff. She was on the board of directors for eight years and chairwoman for six years.
“In many ways, the firm’s focus has never changed in nearly 170 years: our primary purpose is always to serve our clients, and we cannot do this without the best lawyers in the business,” says Norris. “What is constantly changing is what our customers need. Clients face budget constraints so we need to adapt in order to be able to provide quality legal services more efficiently while remaining profitable. “
Norris will continue to invest in attracting and retaining various lawyers.
“Clients are now demanding that their law firms commit to diversity just like they do,” says Norris. “I expect a lot of my time is spent on our human capital – recruiting and retaining top talent and working our people to figure out how we can always better serve our customers.”
Norris is the recipient of the Michigan Labor and Employment Law Council’s Distinguished Service Award from the State Bar. She served on the US District Court’s Advisory Committee on Local Rules, the Board of Directors of the Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association, and chaired the Detroit City Police Commission in 2003 and 2004, among others.
Norris succeeds Michael McGee, who has been stepping down as CEO since 2013.
“Megan is an exceptional leader who will bring great vision and value to her work as CEO,” said McGee.
McGee will resume his role in the company’s Public Finance Group. Under McGee’s leadership, the firm renewed and strengthened its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion of law firms, becoming the only law firm in Michigan and one of only 24 nationwide to achieve Mansfield Plus certification for three consecutive years. Certification is awarded to law firms that meet standards for significant representation of women, colored people, and LGBTQ + lawyers in leadership positions. During his tenure as CEO, the company expanded its capabilities in the fast-growing autonomous and connected vehicles, aerospace and defense industries, and expanded its presence domestically and internationally by forging alliances in North and South America Washington, DC offices added. Ohio and Qatar.
“I have been fortunate to work with Mike McGee and the directors as both group leaders and general managers, and I am honored that they have chosen me as the company’s next CEO,” says Norris. “I am grateful that he will remain a valued partner and trusted advisor as we begin the company’s next decade.”
Miller Canfield has more than 220 attorneys across all major legal areas and 18 offices in six countries.
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