NAMWOLF Lauds Michele Coleman Mayes of Pitney Bowes for her Dedication to Diversity in the Legal Profession

STAMFORD, CT June 24, 2004 -- The National Association of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF) would like to applaud Ms. Michele Coleman Mayes, General Counsel of Pitney Bowes for her dedication to diversity with respect to Pitney Bowes' use of outside counsel. According to a recent article published by DiversityInc, Ms. Mayes insists that attorneys and law firms working on Pitney Bowes' matters are diverse.

According to Ms. Mayes, "The issues around diversity today are not the ones we confronted in the 1960s. They are far more subtle and far less visible," she says. In a global marketplace, the very meaning of "diversity" is open to debate and question. And, as a new generation rises through the corporate ranks, intergenerational issues are assuming a new urgency."

Pitney Bowes ranked No. 1 this year on DiversityInc's list of Top 50 Companies for Diversity, No. 1 on DiversityInc's list of Top 10 Companies for Recruiting and Retention and No. 8 on DiversityInc's list of Top 10 Companies for Latinos. Overall, the company's U.S. management in 2003 was 6 percent Latino, 13 percent African American, 2 percent Asian American and 30 percent women. The company's focus on recruiting has produced a U.S. work force that is 58 percent white, 26 percent African American, 10 percent Latino and 5 percent Asian American.

The National Association of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms (www.namwolf.org) was founded in June, 2001. It is a national trade association comprising 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 utilization of minority and women-owned law firms by major corporations and public entities throughout the United States.




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