LEADING BY EXAMPLE Hartford Shareholder Robert Simpson was named to Lawyers of Color’s 2019 “Nation’s Best” list in recognition of his leadership and commitment to diversity and inclusion in the legal profession. He was recently a panel moderator at the 94th Annual Convention for the National Bar Association, the oldest and largest national network of predominantly African American attorneys and judges, for which he serves on the executive committee and previously served as chair of the Commercial Law Section. Rob is a long-standing member of the Connecticut Hispanic Bar Association and the George W. Crawford Black Bar Association, which honored him with its highest award, the Trailblazer Award. In August 2019, Rob was appointed to serve as a Leadership Development Coordinator for the ABA Section of ROBERT Litigation. Rob is the co-chair of the SIMPSON firm’s Mass Tort and Product Liability Shareholder Practice. Hartford 4 | MOSAIC
President and CEO Gary Sasso and Chief Diversity Officer Nancy Faggianelli were featured in the ABA article “Nine Tips for Building a Diverse and Inclusive Law Firm” about embedding diversity and inclusion into the law firm workplace. Gary received the 2010 CEO Diversity Leadership Award from Diversity Best Practices and co-chaired The Florida Bar’s Gender Diversity Task Force. He was recognized on Florida Trend’s third annual Florida 500 list as one of “Florida’s Most Influential Business Leaders.” He was recently a panelist at the National Bar Association Town Hall Series “Corporate America Has Failed Black Lawyers – Time for Real Change – Empower the Black Partner.”
