PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Veronica Moyé, Partner at King & Spalding
9:20:27
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3 min
Veronica Moyé, a partner at King & Spalding and former colleague of Randy Mastro, testifies in support of Mastro's nomination as Corporation Counsel. She emphasizes Mastro's commitment to diversity and inclusion, sharing personal experiences of how he supported her career development.
- Moyé highlights Mastro's role in increasing the percentage of women partners at Gibson Dunn from 0 to 30% in the New York office.
- She shares a personal anecdote of Mastro flying to Dallas on his birthday to help her secure an important case.
- Moyé credits Mastro as a "door opener" who helped her succeed in a predominantly white, male law firm world, despite her strong academic credentials from MIT and Harvard Law School.
Veronica Moyé
9:20:27
Thank you for those of you who are willing to stay this long.
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I know it's been a long exhausting day, and I have said here patiently because I was so anxious to speak to you.
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My name is Veronica Moyier.
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I'm a partner at Keenance Welding.
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I was previously a partner at Gibson Dunn and at both law firms have worked closely with Randy Mastro.
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We started out as colleagues and became dear friends over the years And I have listened to the proceedings today, and I think the most I can offer to you now is an answer to the question that was raised early on.
9:21:05
Randy was asked, how can we be sure that you run a diverse and equitable organization if your corporation counsel.
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And I wanna share that you from my personal experience, you can absolutely be sure Randy mentioned multiple times his record from Gibson Dunn, how he grew from 0 to 30% of women partners in the New York office alone.
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That same commitment to diversity and inclusion was repeated around the law firm, not just in the New York office.
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And the one thing I wanted to point out is Randy was not a person, is not a person who just makes statements about the importance of diversity.
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He does the hard work, the daily sustaining work of promoting diverse lawyers.
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I'll just give you one small example of the personal sacrifices that he has made to support me.
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Randy once flew to Dallas to help me secure retention in a high profile case with 1,000,000,000 of dollars in exposure, a case that was very important to my career for me to lead We ended up getting a case and it ultimately led to novel precedent setting case law.
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What I found out probably a year after Randy did that was that he had actually flown to Dallas on his birthday and was late for his own birthday party because he wanted to support me, he wanted us to get this case.
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He was invested in my success.
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I have now repeatedly been recognized by Benchmark Litigation as one of the top 100 trial lawyers in America along with Randy.
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Randy was instrumental to my success.
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And I say that despite the fact that I have strong academic credentials, I have an undergraduate degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and speaker Adams, I have to say where I pledged my cherished sorority Alpha Alpha Alpha.
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I have been admiring your cup all day.
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I have a law degree from Harvard Law School, but I did not come from a place where there was exposure to the practice of law, neither of my parents went to college.
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My grandparents did not have the opportunity to graduate from high school.
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So what I needed was what I call door opener.
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Someone who could help me open the doors to help me succeed and what remains a predominantly white, predominantly male law firm world.
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People who can get you in the room to even be considered for the important opportunities.
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Randy was a door opener for me, and he was for many others.
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And that's how we got to that 30%, that sustained commitment This is a man of the highest integrity that I have trusted on so many matters, and I just want you to know that you can be absolutely certain that his commitment to diversity and inclusion is absolutely real.