Tressler is proud to attend the DRI 2024 Diversity for Success Corporate Expo held on Friday, June 14, 2024 at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. Tressler attorneys Bicvan Brown and Durga M. Bharam will be attending the Expo this year.
The Diversity for Success Corporate Expo provides a unique opportunity for selected minority and women attorneys and their law firms to interview and network with corporations and insurance companies committed to diversifying their national outside counsel panels. Participating corporations and insurance companies select which firms to network with based on criteria submitted by the law firms through an application process. Tressler congratulates Bicvan Brown and Durga M. Bharam on their inclusion and dedication to furthering diversity initiatives in the corporate landscape. We look forward to seeing everyone at the Expo!
When:
Friday, June 14, 2024
Where:
Renaissance Nashville Hotel
611 Commerce Street
Nashville, TN 37203
For more information about the DRI 2024 Corporate Expo, click here.
Learn more about our experienced attorneys attending the Expo:
About Bicvan Brown
Bicvan Brown is a partner in Tressler's Irvine, California office and Chair of the firm’s national Employment Practice Group. Bicvan is also Chair of Tressler's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee. She focuses her practice in all aspects of general litigation and employment matters, including trials, arbitrations and mediations. Bicvan defends defendants and employers while providing advice and counsel against claims such as injury claims, wage and hour (individual and class actions), PAGA, wrongful termination, sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation and whistleblowing. She defends employers before state and federal agencies such as the EEOC, NLRB, California Labor Commission and California Department of Fair Employment and Housing. She is fluent in Vietnamese and Spanish, and she provides advice about as well as translates workplace policies, employee handbooks and agreements. Bicvan regularly speaks at seminars with the purpose of helping employers and their insurers regarding best practices to minimize risk in California.
About Durga M. Bharam
Durga M. Bharam is a partner based in the Chicago office of Tressler LLP. She concentrates her practice in commercial and employment litigation and consultation. Her emphasis is employment law where she provides both consultation and litigation services to corporate and insurance clients. Durga has more than 30 years of experience litigating cases ranging from business disputes to harassment and discrimination claims. In addition, she has more than 20 years of experience providing counseling and training for employers relating to all aspects of employment, including hiring, discipline, discharge, discrimination, wage and hour, and leaves of absence. Durga also assists clients in drafting or revising employment contracts, employee handbooks, independent contractor agreements, confidentiality agreements and separation agreements. She is a member of DRI’s Employment Law Committee and Diversity Committee.
About DRI
DRI is the largest international membership organization of attorneys defending the interests of business and individuals in civil litigation. Membership in DRI provides access to resources and tools for attorneys who strive to provide high-quality, balanced, and excellent service to their clients and corporations.
About Tressler LLP
Headquartered in Chicago, with eight offices located in five states, Tressler LLP is a national law firm comprised primarily of attorneys who devote their practice to the representation of the insurance industry in coverage analysis and resolution, litigation, underwriting consultation, product development, claims management and reinsurance.
In addition, Tressler has one of the most experienced and multi-faceted government law practices in Illinois, and has attorneys who represent clients in commercial litigation, defense litigation, corporate transactions, employment law and litigation, intellectual property and condominium and common interest community association law. For more information, please visit www.tresslerllp.com.
