Partner Anoush Holaday will represent WSHB on a compelling panel at the upcoming 2023 CLM Annual Conference in Tampa, Florida. The panel, "Gender and Diversity in the Claims and Litigation Profession," will take place on March 30, 2023, at 2:00-3:00 p.m. Holaday will be joined by fellow industry and thought leaders in this important discussion: Josephine Au of Suffolk Construction, Sarah Bishop of SECURA Insurance, Courtney Winzeler, and Jane Young.
This highly-anticipated session of the CLM Annual Conference will examine what’s working in the insurance and legal professions with diversity and inclusion efforts, including effects on non-DEI corporate metrics. The discussion will deeply dive into disparate burnout, pay, and mentorship, including advice to professionals and employers on addressing and overcoming these challenges. Topics also include the changing dynamic with various career challenges, gender-related experiences, visibility, confidence, flexibility, benefits and mentorship.
Anoush Holaday is a partner in WSHB's Petaluma office and an accomplished California litigator in several different practice areas, including catastrophic injury, wrongful death, intellectual property, and medical malpractice. She also has a comprehensive construction practice in which she counsels and fiercely defends regional and national builders in complex residential and commercial construction contract disputes, construction defect litigation, and accident litigation. Anoush excels at risk analysis and strategy development to yield successful results for our clients. She has secured remarkable results at all stages of claims, from pre-litigation through trial. Her track record boasts innumerable suit dismissals, dispositive motions, favorable settlements, and trial results.
Anoush also proudly serves as WSHB’s first-ever Director of Associate Success. In this capacity, Anoush mentors firm associates, across all of our offices, on all aspects of litigation. She also proudly serves as a mentor for dozens of associates through the firm’s Mentorship Program as well as a DEI mentor through the firm’s DEI Mentorship Program. Additionally, she is also a valued and integral member of WSHB's DEI Task Force.
