SB Informer
Monday, July 17, 2006; 03:24 AM
The National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms
(NAMWOLF) is pleased to announce that Banco Popular North America has
joined the NAMWOLF Corporate and Public Entities Partnering Program
(CPEPP).
“NAMWOLF is pleased to welcome Banco Popular North America to our
Corporate and Public Entities Partnering Program,” said Yolanda Coly,
Associate Director of The National Association of Minority & Women
Owned Law Firms. “The company’s commitment to legal diversity is
commended and we are excited for them to start mutually beneficial
working relationships with our law firm members,” she added.
Under CPEPP, interested corporations agree to set a goal of eventually
expending a minimum of 5% of their outside counsel budget with minority
and women-owned law firms. NAMWOLF strives to recruit and admit only
those minority and women-owned law firms that have a track record of
representing major corporations and public entities.
Banco Popular North America, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, is one
of the leading community banks in the U.S. with 141 branches in six
states: California, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New York and Texas.
Its core businesses include retail and commercial banking services,
mortgage and consumer lending, and insurance.
Banco Popular was named
one of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” in 2005 by FORTUNE Magazine
and ranks among the top 10 Small Business Administration lenders in the
country. Banco Popular North America is a subsidiary of Popular, Inc.
(NASDAQ: BPOP). For more information about Banco Popular North America,
visit the company’s Web site at www.bancopopular.com.
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 increased utilization of minority
and women-owned law firms by major corporations and public entities
throughout the United States.
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