Committed to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Irwin Fritchie is an equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting, retaining, and promoting attorneys and staff at all levels who are diverse in race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, creed, religion, age, national origin, veteran status, sexual orientation, and marital status.

Recognizing that a diverse workplace is a strength, we foster a culture and environment of inclusion. Our goal is to become the law firm of choice for all attorneys, staff, and clients. Our internal diversity committee ensures that our firm recruits and retains lawyers and staff from all walks of life. Irwin Fritchie frequently sponsors diversity CLEs and fairs, and is a signatory to the Louisiana State Bar Association’s Diversity Statement.

Irwin Fritchie is proud to announce that the firm’s already stringent data management system has now become even more secure through the achievement of the ISO 27001 Management Systems Certification through the BSI Group certification program.

For the past eight years, Irwin Fritchie Partner, Lloyd N. "Sonny" Shields, has volunteered his time to his alma mater as Chair of the Dean's Advisory Council (DAC) at the Tulane University School of Architecture (TuSA). To commemorate Sonny's time as DAC Chair, Dean Alday penned a letter in the 2023 edition of NewZine – TuSA's annual publication – affectionately titled, "Thank you, Sonny Shields."

It's no secret that parenting and practicing law are both huge responsibilities. And as attorneys who are parents are making increasingly clear, to truly foster equity in the legal profession, workplaces need to better support all parents, regardless of gender. Fathers need the same parental leave as mothers, and they need to be...