NAMWOLF Supports New York Governor’s Plan to Increase Number of Minority and Women-Owned Businesses on State Bond Deals

Milwaukee, WI, May 02, 2009 --(PR.com)-- The National Association of Minority and Women-Owned law firms (“NAMWOLF”) applauds Governor David Patterson and his administration’s plan to increase participation by minority and women-owned underwriting firms on state bond deals. Since 2004, New York State has issued more than $22 billion in bonds of which only four percent (4%) has been managed or co-managed by minority and women-owned firms.

“The Patterson administration understands the need to increase minority and women-owned business opportunities on state bond deals by allowing New York state authorities the flexibility in designing their underwriting teams,” stated Yolanda Coly, Managing Director of NAMWOLF.

NAMWOLF is a nonprofit trade association comprised of minority and women-owned law firms and other interested parties throughout the United States. NAMWOLF promotes diversity in the legal professional by fostering the development of long lasting relationships between established minority and women-owned law firms and corporate and public entities.

For more information about NAMWOLF or its Corporate and Public Entities Partnering Program, please contact Yolanda Coly at 414-277-1139 or email her at ycoly@namwolf.org.

NAMWOLF’s Fifth Annual Meeting and Law Firm Expo will be held at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers in Chicago, Illinois on October 5 and 6, 2009.

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