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Corporate Counsel announces 2022 Women, Influence and Power in Law Awards

Yendelela Neely Holston

Last updated August 31, 2022

By Tina Underwood

Yendelela Neely Holston, Furman University Board of Trustees member and partner at Kilpatrick Townsend, has been named by Corporate Counsel as a recipient of its 2022 Women, Influence and Power in Law Awards. The honorees will be publicly recognized Oct. 18 at the Women, Influence & Power in Law Conference in Washington, D.C. The WIPL awards honor general counsel, in-house leaders and law firm partners who have demonstrated a commitment to advancing the empowerment of women in law, in particular, their dedication to diversity in the legal sphere. At Kilpatrick Townsend, Holston focuses her practice on labor and employment law and also serves as the firm’s chief diversity and inclusion officer.

Holston is a 2003 Furman history and political science graduate who received her J.D. from Duke University School of Law School in 2006.

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