Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani is pleased to announce that Debra Ellwood Meppen, Chair of the firm's National Employment Practice Group, has received ALM's prestigious 2024 Women, Influence, and Power in Law Award ("WIPL"). ALM’s WIPL Award honors outstanding lawyers who have significantly impacted the legal field through their exceptional skill, dedication, and commitment to advancing equality. Meppen has been recognized in the Law Firm Collaborative Leadership category.
Meppen is regarded as one of Hollywood's best-kept secrets. Hollywood producers, directors, movie and television studio executives, talent, and the agents who manage them have her on speed dial when they need someone to handle sticky and explosive cases that could threaten a movie release or a concert tour. She brings decades of experience in entertainment law, litigation, and negotiation skills to her practice and approaches each matter with the utmost discretion.
In addition to her legal practice, Meppen leads the GRSM Women's Initiative, a firm-wide organization developed to support and encourage female attorneys in leadership and professional growth. She actively contributes to the Diversity Committee and serves as a Co-Chair of the firm's Leadership Equality and Diversity (LEAD) program, developed to tactically achieve the firm's objectives in diversity and inclusion.
To learn more about the WIPL Awards, please visit the ALM | Law.com website.