Susman Godfrey Offers Unlimited Gender-Neutral Parental Leave (1)

Susman Godfrey rolled out a new parental leave policy Oct. 2, offering associates unlimited, gender-neutral paid parental leave.

It’ll be interesting to see if other law firms, particularly big ones, follow suit, Stephanie Biderman, a managing director with Major, Lindsay & Africa in New York, said. Biderman said she doesn’t know of other U.S. firms offering unlimited parental leave.

But it might be more challenging for large law firms to implement a gender-neutral unlimited leave policy because of the greater number of associates at those firms, Biderman said.

Susman Godfrey has 139 attorneys, 48 of which are associates.

The policy ...