The Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) has selected litigation partner Jessica Kaempf and associate Monica Chan to join its prestigious 2025 Fellows and Pathfinder programs. Both programs aim to identify and train exceptional attorneys to lead the next generation of legal professionals.
Jessica has been selected to join the 2025 LCLD Fellows Program. Fellows have distinguished themselves within their organizations by being deeply engaged, indispensable to key clients and teams, invested in attorney mentoring and professional development, and on a trajectory toward leadership positions. Jessica, a partner in Fenwick’s Seattle office, specializes in patent and trade secret litigation with a focus on representing cutting-edge tech and AI companies.
Monica has been chosen as a 2025 LCLD Pathfinder. The Pathfinder Program is tailored to help propel high-potential attorneys to the next level in their careers by providing them with practical tools for developing and leveraging professional networks. Monica represents technology, life sciences, and consumer product companies in complex federal and state court cases, as well as pre-litigation disputes.
LCLD is an organization of more than 400 corporate chief legal officers and law firm managing partners who have pledged to create a truly diverse U.S. legal profession. Through LCLD’s talent development initiatives, more than 20,000 legal careers have been impacted since their founding in 2009.
About Fenwick
Fenwick is a leading law firm, purpose-built to guide visionary tech and life sciences companies and their investors through every stage of growth. The firm has been recognized for fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace culture, achieving Mansfield Rule Certification Plus status for the firm’s continued efforts to ensure that all qualified talent at Fenwick have a fair and equal opportunity to be considered for advancement into leadership roles. Fenwick also received the Equality 100 Award from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation for achieving a score of 100 on the organization’s Corporate Equality Index (CEI). This marks our 15th consecutive year of receiving this recognition, reflecting our steadfast commitment to fostering an equitable and inclusive culture. The firm was awarded the Minority Corporate Counsel Association’s (MCCA) 2023 Thomas L. Sager Award for championing diversity in the workplace and has earned coast-to-coast recognitions as a “best place to work” in surveys by the Silicon Valley Business Journal, San Francisco Business Times, and Crain’s New York.