Not Your Average DEI Podcast

Not Your Average DEI Podcast is a monthly podcast by jurisADVANCE, the diversity consulting service line of JURISolutions Legal (JSL), with a primary focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the legal industry. Each month, a host from JSL's DEI Team will be joined by a key legal or diversity leader across the country to share, learn, and ultimately grow as one legal community.

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Episode 2 - Wesley Bizzell

April 21, 2022 • Shannon • Season 1 • Episode 2

Wesley Bizzell joins JSL's Chief Diversity Officer, Vickie Hubbard, and JSL's Chief Diversity Consultant, John Perella, for the second episode of Not Your Average DEI Podcast! In this episode, Wesley, John, and Vickie discuss Wesley's role in moving the needle in diversity within the legal industry, DEI metrics, and why legal may be behind.

Wesley Bizzell (Wes) serves as Senior Assistant General Counsel and Managing Director of Political Law & Ethics Programs for Altria Client Services. Overseeing a comprehensive compliance system covering the regulation of government affairs, Wes provides advice on political law compliance for more than 75 jurisdictions. Previously, he was an attorney in Winston & Strawn LLP's Federal Government Relations and Regulatory Affairs Practice Group. Wes is extremely active in promoting diversity and inclusion within the legal industry and corporate communities. He is a founding member and serves on the steering committee for Altria's LGBTQ+ Employee Resource Group (ERG) and is the immediate past president of the National LGBTQ+ Bar Association. He has been named by London's Financial Times and Yahoo Finance as one of the 100 Worldwide OUTstanding Leading LGBT+ Corporate Executives, and Chambers and Partners also named him the 2019 LGBT+ Equality Lawyer of the Year. In 2021, he was appointed to serve as a commissioner for the American Bar Associations' Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Commission.