Washington, D.C. partner Christopher Ford has been selected as a 2013 fellow with the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD). Founded in 2009, LCLD is a growing organization of more than 200 corporate chief legal officers and law firm managing partners dedicated to creating a truly diverse legal profession. LCLD created the fellows program to identify, train, mentor and advance the next generation of leaders. San Francisco partner Eric Tate was a fellow with LCLD in 2011, and Los Angeles partner Sylvia Rivera was a fellow in 2012.