Paul Weiss Names More Diverse Partner Class After Past Blowback

After vowing to do better following blowback over its 2018 partner class, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison says it’s making good on its promise with the announcement of a more diverse class this year.

The Wall Street firm said that it has elected seven new partners, three of which are women.

Rachael Coffey, Alexia Korberg and Brette Tannenbaum join Jonathan Ashtor, Caith Kushner, Kyle Seifried, and Austin Witt as Paul Weiss’ newly minted partner class, effective Jan. 1. All are resident in the New York office.

“We’re proud of this year’s partnership class as well as the extraordinarily talented ...