Prudential Financial Becomes a Ruby Sponsor of NAMWOLF`s 2007 Annual Meeting

The National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF) announced today that Prudential Financial has agreed to sponsor the NAMWOLF 2007 Annual Meeting at the Ruby Sponsor level.

(PRWEB) October 1, 2007 -- The National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF) announced today that Prudential Financial has agreed to sponsor the NAMWOLF 2007 Annual Meeting at the Ruby Sponsor level.

"NAMWOLF is very pleased to have Prudential Financial's support for this year's Annual Meeting," said Yolanda Coly, Managing Director of NAMWOLF. "It is encouraging to see Prudential Financial, one of the leading financial product and service providers in the nation, demonstrate its commitment to diversity by supporting our goal of increasing the utilization of minority and women-owned law firms."

Susan Blount, senior vice president and general counsel at Prudential Financial said, "Prudential realizes that a critical component of our success is the high value we have always placed on achieving and leveraging diversity in all our business operations. Our partnership with NAMWOLF gives us an additional opportunity to express and practice our commitment to diversity."

Prudential Financial is focused on helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth. The company's businesses offer a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, investment management, and real estate services. The 2007 NAMWOLF Annual Meeting will be held November 6th and 7th at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York. The meeting will include a Law Firm Expo the afternoon of November 7th. The Expo is open to all in-house counsel, at no cost, as an opportunity to develop stronger relationships with NAMWOLF member firms. For more information, please contact us at 414-277-1139.

The National Association of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms (www.namwolf.org) was founded in June 2001. It is a national trade association comprised of a select group of minority and women-owned law firms who exhibit excellence in the legal profession. The primary aim of the organization is to advocate for the increased utilization of minority and women-owned law firms by major corporations and public entities throughout the United States.

Source: PRWeb: Legal / Law