R3 Group | Jane DiRenzo Pigott


Jane DiRenzo Pigott Ms. Pigott is Managing Director of R3 Group LLC and specializes in providing leadership, change and diversity/inclusion consulting to organizations. Her services enhance an organization's competitive edge by allowing the organization to utilize, retain and promote more fully its key human resource assets. She approaches leadership, change and inclusion strategically and produces measurable results towards her clients' goals and objectives. Her clients include professional service firms, corporations and universities. From 1993 until 2002, Ms. Pigott served as the Chair of the global Environmental Law practice group at Winston & Strawn, one of the largest global law firms. Prior to that, Ms. Pigott was Chair of the Environmental Law Department at the firm now as Katten Muchin Rosenman. In those capacities, she provided creative solutions to expensive technical issues in an intensely regulated arena. Additionally, she was instrumental in the creation and/or modification of the firms' work place harassment and flexible hours policies. At Winston, she served as the Relationship Manager for the firm's third largest client at the time. In that role, she developed and implemented innovative strategic partnering that resulted in win-win financial solutions, thus becoming a role model for other firm/client relationships, and improving the client-service model on a firm-wide basis. She was a regular participant in major client acquisition teams. Prior to being a partner at these large global law firms, she was employed by MidCon Corp., the natural gas transmission subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum. There she created and implemented strategies for managing significant litigation and material business risks. At Winston & Strawn, Ms. Pigott served on the firm's Executive Committee, the first woman to do so, and its Compensation Committee, the committees responsible for managing the firm's employees across the globe and establishing the compensation for all of the firm's attorneys. While at Winston, Ms. Pigott created and chaired the firm's Diversity Initiative, rendering the firm a leader among its peers and dramatically improving recruitment, retention and promotion of attorneys. Under Ms. Pigott's leadership, the firm won three of the coveted Sager Awards for its Diversity Programs from the Minority Corporate Counsel Association. In addition, a number of outside organizations positively recognized Winston's diversity efforts. For example, in the Chicago Lawyer and Minority Law Journal diversity surveys, Winston ranked in the top decile. Ms. Pigott was instrumental in helping Winston to be recognized in the June 2001 issue of Diversity & the Bar as one of five firms profiled in connection with best diversity practices, and in Vault's 2001 "Guide to America's Top 100 Law Firms" where Winston ranked second nationally in the "Best 20 Firms to Work For" category and was listed as No. 1 in the retention and office categories. Ms. Pigott serves as an independent trustee of the Van Eck mutual funds: Van Eck Funds, Van Eck Worldwide Insurance Trust and Van Eck Funds, Inc. She is also a director and Chair of the Audit Committee of 3E Company, a private company based in Carlsbad, California, that provides outsourced environmental, health and safety services to its clients. Ms. Pigott is an active leader in civic organizations. She currently serves as a Life Trustee and Vice Chair of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, chairing its Long Range Planning Committee and the Diversity Subcommittee of its Nominating Committee. She is a Trustee of Northwestern University and sits on its Alumni Relations and Development and Medical Affairs Committees. She also serves on the Board of Young Women's Leadership Charter School, the only charter school in Chicago exclusively for girls, and on the Boards of the Senior Business Women's Forum and the Midwest AIDS Foundation. In addition, she is a member of The Chicago Network, an invitation only group of the most senior women in the Chicago area. Ms. Pigott is a member of the Illinois Supreme Court's Commission on Professionalism. She is also a member of the Illinois State Bar Association Task Force on Diversity. In 2000, Ms. Pigott received the Chicago Bar Association's Alliance for Women Founder's Award for excellence in the profession and her contributions to the advancement of women in the profession. She was the co-Chair of the Chicago Bar Association's Alliance for Women in 2004-2005. During her tenure as co-Chair, the Chicago Bar Association approved a Call to Action on women in leadership in the legal profession, www.chicagobar.org. The Call to Action received the National Conference of Women's Bar Association's National Public Service Award in August 2005. In conjunction with this Call to Action, she co-founded the Alliance for Women's Women Leadership Institute, a program focused on success strategies for women attorneys. Ms. Pigott is an active speaker and author on leadership, management, diversity and substantive topics. She has spoken and presented papers at a wide variety of venues, including twice before the United Nations in conferences held in Paris, France. Her most recent speaking engagements include: a presentation entitled "Effective Self-Promotion for Women Attorneys" and two panels entitled "Mind the Gap: Effective Intergenerational Mentoring" and "Networking and Effective Self-Promotion" for Ms. JD's Annual Conference on Women in the Law in November 2009; "Creating Positive Visibility" and "Speed Networking" for the Wisconsin State Bar Diversity Counsel Program in October 2009; facilitation of the American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law Leadership Development Program in September 2009; participation on a "Staffing Matters" panel at the National Association for Legal Career Professional Diversity Summit in June 2009; participation at the Lex Mundi annual Women and the Law Committee meeting in May 2009; a presentation entitled "Diversity Ramifications" for the Tennessee Bar Association in April 2009; a presentation entitled "Ethics for Inside and Outside Counsel, Diversity, Confidentiality and Technology Concerns" for VIP GlobalNet in March 2009; participation in a panel discussion entitled "Managing a Forced Career Transition" for the Minority Corporate Counsel Association in March 2009; a presentation entitled "Intergenerational Marketing" for the Hildebrandt Institute Annual Marketing Partner Forum in January 2009; participation in BVR Legal/Mealey's Women Achieving Partnership teleconference in December 2008; a presentation entitled "You Raised Them, Now Try to Manage Them!" for the Texas General Counsel Annual Conference in November 2008; a presentation entitled "Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Workplace" for VIP GlobalNet in November 2008; participation on a panel for the Annual Texas Minority Counsel Program regarding generation gaps in October 2008; participation on AIPPI Boston Congress Women in IP Law Roundtable in September 2008; a presentation entitled "Understanding the Rules of the Game" for the Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia in July 2008; participation in "Lawyer's Toolbox: Advice, Tips and Techniques" panel discussion, and a presentation entitled "Communicating Across Generations" for Wisconsin Association of Women Lawyers in June 2008; a presentation entitled "The Power of Networking" for Loyola School for Continuing and Professional Studies Women's Leadership Conference, in May 2008; a presentation entitled "Effective Self Promotion" for Aurora Chamber of Commerce Women Lunch Series in May 2008; a presentation entitled "Embracing Challenges" for North Carolina Association for Women Attorneys in May 2008; a presentation entitled "Creating Positive Visibility" for Turnaround Management Association (TMA) in May 2008; participation in Lexis/Nexis Women in Legal Profession Summit "Rainmaking, Negotiating, Collaborative Development" in May 2008; a presentation entitled "Creating Positive Visibility" for Financial Executives International in April 2008; participation in Lexis/Nexis Women in the Law Panel "Becoming a Trusted Advisor: Owning the Skills for Success" in April 2008; a presentation entitled "Creating Positive Visibility" for the University of North Carolina Women in Law Symposium in March 2008; a presentation entitled "Rules of the Game" for Wisconsin Association of Women Lawyers in February 2008; participation on a panel entitled "Traditional Firm Mentoring Models" for the North Carolina Bar Association Professionalism Committee "Pathways to Professionalism" program in December 2007; a presentation entitled "Rules of the Game" for the Women's Bar Association New Members Reception in November 2007; participation in a panel discussion entitled "Women's Initiatives in the Workplace" for the American Bar Association (ABA) Women in Law Leadership Conference in November 2007; participation in a panel discussion entitled "Partner Deequitization: What Women Need to Know" for The Chicago Bar Association Alliance for Women in October 2007; a presentation entitled "Effective Self Promotion" for International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) in October 2007; a presentation entitled "Generational Issues and Opportunities" for Pepsico's One Up Annual Diversity and Inclusion Fair in September 2007; a presentation entitled "Creating Positive Visibility" for Empowering Women's Network in August 2007 and in May 2008; a presentation entitled "Expanding the Impact of Your Women's Bar Association" at the Women's Bar Leadership Summit in August 2007; a session on "Gender in the Workplace" for the Ethical Leadership and Decision Making class at Lake Forest Graduate School of Management in July 2007; a presentation entitled "Effective Self Promotion" for the Illinois CPA Society in May 2007; participation in a panel discussion entitled "Giving Back" for Kellogg Women Business Association Conference in April 2007; a presentation entitled "Retention, Promotion and Recruitment: Sustainability for the Future" at the Employers Counsel Network Conference in April 2007; a presentation entitled "Developing Talented Lawyers: Who is Focused on your Long-Term Interests?" at the Minority Corporate Counsel Association's 6th Annual CLE Expo in March 2007; participation in the closing keynote session "A Leak in the Talent Pipeline: What HR Must do to Retain Female and Minority Executives" at the Strategic HR Leadership Summit in March 2007; a presentation entitled "The Rules of the Game" for Motorola Women's Business Council in March 2007; a presentation entitled "What Gets Measured Gets Changed" for the National Association of Law Placement Diversity Conference in March 2007; the keynote address entitled "Embracing Challenges, Capitalizing on Opportunities" at the University of North Carolina Women in the Legal Profession symposium in March 2007; a presentation entitled "Women and Leadership" for Commercial Real Estate Executive Women of Chicago's Leadership Development Series in February 2007; a presentation entitled "Women, Leadership and the Work Environment" for Loyola University Gannon Center for Women and Leadership lecture series in February 2007; and participation on a panel at the United States Law Firm Group Annual Meeting regarding Retention and Attrition in January 2007. Ms. Pigott also regularly publishes on topics relating to leadership, diversity and retention. She wrote an article entitled "Diversity Metrics: Strategically Seek Your 'Grade'" in November 2009. She wrote an article entitled "Articulating the Business Case for Inclusion" for the DRI Diversity Newsletter in April 2009. She co-authored an article entitled "The Call to Action: Advancing Women Attorneys in Leadership in Chicago," which appeared in the March 2009 Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) Catalyst newsletter. She co-authored an article for the Alliance News, a Newsletter of the Chicago Bar Association Alliance for Women entitled "Call to Action on Women in Leadership in the Chicago Legal Community" in Winter 2008. She updated two chapters on the topics of associate hiring, training and promotion and the changing practice of law for How to Manage Your Law Office, a publication updated annually by LexisNexis Matthew Bender (latest release December 2008). She was featured in an article entitled "Female Partners Climb at 11 Firms" in The Chicago Tribune in November 2008. She was quoted in an article entitled "Women Post Gains in Law Firms that Joined Initiative" in the Law Bulletin in November 2008. She was featured in Chicago Bar Association Advisory entitled "Bar Association Women's Alliance to Announce Top Law Firm Leaders, Results of Initiative on Women in Law Firms" in October 2008. She wrote an article entitled "Intergenerational Competency in the Legal Workplace" in October 2008. Her article entitled "Chicago Bar Association's Call to Action: Progress on Women in Leadership in the Legal Profession" was published in the June 2008 issue of Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) Diversity Matters newsletter. She was quoted in an article entitled "Women Get a Boost Up That Tall Leadership Ladder" which appeared in the Wall Street Journal on June 10, 2008. Her article entitled "Creating Positive Visibility Within Your Organization" was published in the Law Firm Partnership & Benefits Report in February 2008. Her article entitled "Affinity Groups: Tools for Retention" was published in the Law Firm Partnership & Benefits Report in August 2007. She was quoted in an article entitled "Stand Up and Be Counted" which appeared in the August 2007 issue of Corporate Counsel. She was quoted in an article entitled "Risky Business - When Your Health Becomes Married to Your Job" which appeared in the August 2007 issue of Today's Chicago Woman. She was quoted in an article entitled "Do Women and Minority GC's Settle for Less?" which appeared in the July 2007 issue of Law.com's In-House Counsel. Her article entitled "Articulating the Business Case for Inclusion" appeared in the June 2007 issue of Illinois State Bar Association Diversity Matters newsletter. She was featured in an article for the Alliance Newsletter of the Chicago Bar Association Alliance for Women entitled "A Call to Action Outreach Continues With a 2007 Kick Off in Spring 2007. Ms. Pigott wrote a chapter entitled "The Rules of This Game" for the book Presumed Equal: What America's Top Women Lawyers Really Think About Their Firms, published in September 2006. Her article entitled "Teaching Can Help: Diversity Training at Your Law Firm" was published in the Sept/Oct 2006 American Bar Association's Business Law Today. Her article entitled "Walk the Talk: Creating an Inclusive Legal Workplace" was published in the Fall/Winter 2004 edition of Minority Trial Lawyer. Part II of this article was published in the Spring 2005 edition of Minority Trial Lawyer. Ms. Pigott is "Dear Jane" for The Legal Balance, Inc., the web-based community for women attorneys (www.thelegalbalance.com/dearjane/dear-jane), where she provides advice on personal and professional questions. In addition, she has written several diversity blogs as an expert contributor for Law Department Management (www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com). Ms. Pigott received a BA from the University of Virginia and is a graduate of the University of North Carolina Law School. Ms. Pigott can be reached at R3 Group LLC, 77 West Wacker Drive, Suite 4025, Chicago, Illinois 60601, phone: (312) 628-4743, fax: (312) 628-4745, e-mail: jdpigott@r3group.net

Jane DiRenzo Pigott

Ms. Pigott is Managing Director of R3 Group LLC and specializes in providing leadership, change and diversity/inclusion consulting to organizations. Her services enhance an organization's competitive edge by allowing the organization to utilize, retain and promote more fully its key human resource assets. She approaches leadership, change and inclusion strategically and produces measurable results towards her clients' goals and objectives. Her clients include professional service firms, corporations and universities.

From 1993 until 2002, Ms. Pigott served as the Chair of the global Environmental Law practice group at Winston & Strawn, one of the largest global law firms. Prior to that, Ms. Pigott was Chair of the Environmental Law Department at the firm now as Katten Muchin Rosenman. In those capacities, she provided creative solutions to expensive technical issues in an intensely regulated arena. Additionally, she was instrumental in the creation and/or modification of the firms' work place harassment and flexible hours policies. At Winston, she served as the Relationship Manager for the firm's third largest client at the time. In that role, she developed and implemented innovative strategic partnering that resulted in win-win financial solutions, thus becoming a role model for other firm/client relationships, and improving the client-service model on a firm-wide basis. She was a regular participant in major client acquisition teams. Prior to being a partner at these large global law firms, she was employed by MidCon Corp., the natural gas transmission subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum. There she created and implemented strategies for managing significant litigation and material business risks.

At Winston & Strawn, Ms. Pigott served on the firm's Executive Committee, the first woman to do so, and its Compensation Committee, the committees responsible for managing the firm's employees across the globe and establishing the compensation for all of the firm's attorneys. While at Winston, Ms. Pigott created and chaired the firm's Diversity Initiative, rendering the firm a leader among its peers and dramatically improving recruitment, retention and promotion of attorneys. Under Ms. Pigott's leadership, the firm won three of the coveted Sager Awards for its Diversity Programs from the Minority Corporate Counsel Association. In addition, a number of outside organizations positively recognized Winston's diversity efforts. For example, in the Chicago Lawyer and Minority Law Journal diversity surveys, Winston ranked in the top decile. Ms. Pigott was instrumental in helping Winston to be recognized in the June 2001 issue of Diversity & the Bar as one of five firms profiled in connection with best diversity practices, and in Vault's 2001 "Guide to America's Top 100 Law Firms" where Winston ranked second nationally in the "Best 20 Firms to Work For" category and was listed as No. 1 in the retention and office categories.

Ms. Pigott serves as an independent trustee of the Van Eck mutual funds: Van Eck Funds, Van Eck Worldwide Insurance Trust and Van Eck Funds, Inc. She is also a director and Chair of the Audit Committee of 3E Company, a private company based in Carlsbad, California, that provides outsourced environmental, health and safety services to its clients.

Ms. Pigott is an active leader in civic organizations. She currently serves as a Life Trustee and Vice Chair of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, chairing its Long Range Planning Committee and the Diversity Subcommittee of its Nominating Committee. She is a Trustee of Northwestern University and sits on its Alumni Relations and Development and Medical Affairs Committees. She also serves on the Board of Young Women's Leadership Charter School, the only charter school in Chicago exclusively for girls, and on the Boards of the Senior Business Women's Forum and the Midwest AIDS Foundation. In addition, she is a member of The Chicago Network, an invitation only group of the most senior women in the Chicago area.

Ms. Pigott is a member of the Illinois Supreme Court's Commission on Professionalism. She is also a member of the Illinois State Bar Association Task Force on Diversity.

In 2000, Ms. Pigott received the Chicago Bar Association's Alliance for Women Founder's Award for excellence in the profession and her contributions to the advancement of women in the profession. She was the co-Chair of the Chicago Bar Association's Alliance for Women in 2004-2005. During her tenure as co-Chair, the Chicago Bar Association approved a Call to Action on women in leadership in the legal profession, www.chicagobar.org. The Call to Action received the National Conference of Women's Bar Association's National Public Service Award in August 2005. In conjunction with this Call to Action, she co-founded the Alliance for Women's Women Leadership Institute, a program focused on success strategies for women attorneys.

Ms. Pigott is an active speaker and author on leadership, management, diversity and substantive topics. She has spoken and presented papers at a wide variety of venues, including twice before the United Nations in conferences held in Paris, France. Her most recent speaking engagements include: a presentation entitled "Effective Self-Promotion for Women Attorneys" and two panels entitled "Mind the Gap: Effective Intergenerational Mentoring" and "Networking and Effective Self-Promotion" for Ms. JD's Annual Conference on Women in the Law in November 2009; "Creating Positive Visibility" and "Speed Networking" for the Wisconsin State Bar Diversity Counsel Program in October 2009; facilitation of the American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law Leadership Development Program in September 2009; participation on a "Staffing Matters" panel at the National Association for Legal Career Professional Diversity Summit in June 2009; participation at the Lex Mundi annual Women and the Law Committee meeting in May 2009; a presentation entitled "Diversity Ramifications" for the Tennessee Bar Association in April 2009; a presentation entitled "Ethics for Inside and Outside Counsel, Diversity, Confidentiality and Technology Concerns" for VIP GlobalNet in March 2009; participation in a panel discussion entitled "Managing a Forced Career Transition" for the Minority Corporate Counsel Association in March 2009; a presentation entitled "Intergenerational Marketing" for the Hildebrandt Institute Annual Marketing Partner Forum in January 2009; participation in BVR Legal/Mealey's Women Achieving Partnership teleconference in December 2008; a presentation entitled "You Raised Them, Now Try to Manage Them!" for the Texas General Counsel Annual Conference in November 2008; a presentation entitled "Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Workplace" for VIP GlobalNet in November 2008; participation on a panel for the Annual Texas Minority Counsel Program regarding generation gaps in October 2008; participation on AIPPI Boston Congress Women in IP Law Roundtable in September 2008; a presentation entitled "Understanding the Rules of the Game" for the Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia in July 2008; participation in "Lawyer's Toolbox: Advice, Tips and Techniques" panel discussion, and a presentation entitled "Communicating Across Generations" for Wisconsin Association of Women Lawyers in June 2008; a presentation entitled "The Power of Networking" for Loyola School for Continuing and Professional Studies Women's Leadership Conference, in May 2008; a presentation entitled "Effective Self Promotion" for Aurora Chamber of Commerce Women Lunch Series in May 2008; a presentation entitled "Embracing Challenges" for North Carolina Association for Women Attorneys in May 2008; a presentation entitled "Creating Positive Visibility" for Turnaround Management Association (TMA) in May 2008; participation in Lexis/Nexis Women in Legal Profession Summit "Rainmaking, Negotiating, Collaborative Development" in May 2008; a presentation entitled "Creating Positive Visibility" for Financial Executives International in April 2008; participation in Lexis/Nexis Women in the Law Panel "Becoming a Trusted Advisor: Owning the Skills for Success" in April 2008; a presentation entitled "Creating Positive Visibility" for the University of North Carolina Women in Law Symposium in March 2008; a presentation entitled "Rules of the Game" for Wisconsin Association of Women Lawyers in February 2008; participation on a panel entitled "Traditional Firm Mentoring Models" for the North Carolina Bar Association Professionalism Committee "Pathways to Professionalism" program in December 2007; a presentation entitled "Rules of the Game" for the Women's Bar Association New Members Reception in November 2007; participation in a panel discussion entitled "Women's Initiatives in the Workplace" for the American Bar Association (ABA) Women in Law Leadership Conference in November 2007; participation in a panel discussion entitled "Partner Deequitization: What Women Need to Know" for The Chicago Bar Association Alliance for Women in October 2007; a presentation entitled "Effective Self Promotion" for International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) in October 2007; a presentation entitled "Generational Issues and Opportunities" for Pepsico's One Up Annual Diversity and Inclusion Fair in September 2007; a presentation entitled "Creating Positive Visibility" for Empowering Women's Network in August 2007 and in May 2008; a presentation entitled "Expanding the Impact of Your Women's Bar Association" at the Women's Bar Leadership Summit in August 2007; a session on "Gender in the Workplace" for the Ethical Leadership and Decision Making class at Lake Forest Graduate School of Management in July 2007; a presentation entitled "Effective Self Promotion" for the Illinois CPA Society in May 2007; participation in a panel discussion entitled "Giving Back" for Kellogg Women Business Association Conference in April 2007; a presentation entitled "Retention, Promotion and Recruitment: Sustainability for the Future" at the Employers Counsel Network Conference in April 2007; a presentation entitled "Developing Talented Lawyers: Who is Focused on your Long-Term Interests?" at the Minority Corporate Counsel Association's 6th Annual CLE Expo in March 2007; participation in the closing keynote session "A Leak in the Talent Pipeline: What HR Must do to Retain Female and Minority Executives" at the Strategic HR Leadership Summit in March 2007; a presentation entitled "The Rules of the Game" for Motorola Women's Business Council in March 2007; a presentation entitled "What Gets Measured Gets Changed" for the National Association of Law Placement Diversity Conference in March 2007; the keynote address entitled "Embracing Challenges, Capitalizing on Opportunities" at the University of North Carolina Women in the Legal Profession symposium in March 2007; a presentation entitled "Women and Leadership" for Commercial Real Estate Executive Women of Chicago's Leadership Development Series in February 2007; a presentation entitled "Women, Leadership and the Work Environment" for Loyola University Gannon Center for Women and Leadership lecture series in February 2007; and participation on a panel at the United States Law Firm Group Annual Meeting regarding Retention and Attrition in January 2007.

Ms. Pigott also regularly publishes on topics relating to leadership, diversity and retention. She wrote an article entitled "Diversity Metrics: Strategically Seek Your 'Grade'" in November 2009. She wrote an article entitled "Articulating the Business Case for Inclusion" for the DRI Diversity Newsletter in April 2009. She co-authored an article entitled "The Call to Action: Advancing Women Attorneys in Leadership in Chicago," which appeared in the March 2009 Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) Catalyst newsletter. She co-authored an article for the Alliance News, a Newsletter of the Chicago Bar Association Alliance for Women entitled "Call to Action on Women in Leadership in the Chicago Legal Community" in Winter 2008. She updated two chapters on the topics of associate hiring, training and promotion and the changing practice of law for How to Manage Your Law Office, a publication updated annually by LexisNexis Matthew Bender (latest release December 2008). She was featured in an article entitled "Female Partners Climb at 11 Firms" in The Chicago Tribune in November 2008. She was quoted in an article entitled "Women Post Gains in Law Firms that Joined Initiative" in the Law Bulletin in November 2008. She was featured in Chicago Bar Association Advisory entitled "Bar Association Women's Alliance to Announce Top Law Firm Leaders, Results of Initiative on Women in Law Firms" in October 2008. She wrote an article entitled "Intergenerational Competency in the Legal Workplace" in October 2008. Her article entitled "Chicago Bar Association's Call to Action: Progress on Women in Leadership in the Legal Profession" was published in the June 2008 issue of Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) Diversity Matters newsletter. She was quoted in an article entitled "Women Get a Boost Up That Tall Leadership Ladder" which appeared in the Wall Street Journal on June 10, 2008. Her article entitled "Creating Positive Visibility Within Your Organization" was published in the Law Firm Partnership & Benefits Report in February 2008. Her article entitled "Affinity Groups: Tools for Retention" was published in the Law Firm Partnership & Benefits Report in August 2007. She was quoted in an article entitled "Stand Up and Be Counted" which appeared in the August 2007 issue of Corporate Counsel. She was quoted in an article entitled "Risky Business - When Your Health Becomes Married to Your Job" which appeared in the August 2007 issue of Today's Chicago Woman. She was quoted in an article entitled "Do Women and Minority GC's Settle for Less?" which appeared in the July 2007 issue of Law.com's In-House Counsel. Her article entitled "Articulating the Business Case for Inclusion" appeared in the June 2007 issue of Illinois State Bar Association Diversity Matters newsletter. She was featured in an article for the Alliance Newsletter of the Chicago Bar Association Alliance for Women entitled "A Call to Action Outreach Continues With a 2007 Kick Off in Spring 2007. Ms. Pigott wrote a chapter entitled "The Rules of This Game" for the book Presumed Equal: What America's Top Women Lawyers Really Think About Their Firms, published in September 2006. Her article entitled "Teaching Can Help: Diversity Training at Your Law Firm" was published in the Sept/Oct 2006 American Bar Association's Business Law Today. Her article entitled "Walk the Talk: Creating an Inclusive Legal Workplace" was published in the Fall/Winter 2004 edition of Minority Trial Lawyer. Part II of this article was published in the Spring 2005 edition of Minority Trial Lawyer.

Ms. Pigott is "Dear Jane" for The Legal Balance, Inc., the web-based community for women attorneys (www.thelegalbalance.com/dearjane/dear-jane), where she provides advice on personal and professional questions. In addition, she has written several diversity blogs as an expert contributor for Law Department Management (www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com).

Ms. Pigott received a BA from the University of Virginia and is a graduate of the University of North Carolina Law School.

Ms. Pigott can be reached at R3 Group LLC, 77 West Wacker Drive, Suite 4025, Chicago, Illinois 60601, phone: (312) 628-4743, fax: (312) 628-4745, e-mail: jdpigott@r3group.net