Yvette Ostolaza, Sidley’s Management Committee chair and Executive Committee member, has been selected as a 2023 honoree at the American Bar Association’s Margaret Brent Awards. The annual ceremony celebrates women lawyers who “carry forward the legacy” of Margaret Brent, the first woman lawyer in America.
Yvette’s historic appointment to chair Sidley’s Management Committee follows a decades-long career of trailblazing accomplishments. She is the firm’s first woman Management Committee chair and also the first woman to lead any top seven AmLaw revenue firm. Yvette is also one of the country’s leading business litigators. She is a trial lawyer and leads complex internal investigations on behalf of companies, board committees, and individual directors, and defends companies/directors in shareholder and securities class actions.
Yvette’s historic appointment to chair Sidley’s Management Committee follows a decades-long career of trailblazing accomplishments. She is the firm’s first woman Management Committee chair and also the first woman to lead any top seven AmLaw revenue firm. Yvette is also one of the country’s leading business litigators. She is a trial lawyer and leads complex internal investigations on behalf of companies, board committees, and individual directors, and defends companies/directors in shareholder and securities class actions.
