About NYWBA's Mentoring Circles Program

A successful corporate lawyer, Dyan Gershman leverages nearly three decades of legal experience to serve as managing partner of Gershman Law, PLLC, in New York City. Since founding her law firm in 2014, Dyan has assisted and counseled many clients on a wide range of legal and corporate matters, including corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic alliances, and equity investments. Dyan Gershman holds membership with several legal associations, including the New York Women’s Bar Association (NYWBA).

The New York Women’s Bar Association’s (NYWBA’s) Mentoring Circles Program allows members to gather in sessions where they interact and share pertinent professional development knowledge and ideas. The program is voluntary and welcomes professionals at all stages of their careers. Any member can share personal experience and helpful ways to tackle specific professional challenges with other members. Most importantly, the Mentoring Circle’s program creates a conducive, supportive professional development environment in a less formal setting.

NY is Looking to Mitigate Gender Pay Gap

An alumnus of Boston College Law School, Dyan Gershman, has been practicing law for over 25 years. Since 2014, she has served as managing partner of Gershman Law, PLLC, a New York City-based boutique corporate law practice that provides a wide variety of legal services to clients in the United States and worldwide. Dyan Gershman is a highly respected corporate lawyer in the New York City legal sphere.

As part of the New York’s move to mitigate the wide gap between the wages of men and women, the New York City council passed a bill that became law on January 15, 2022. This law requires all employers within the city with four or more employees to post their list of minimum and maximum salaries for every job position. This law will be effective beginning on May 15th and applies to all jobs, including those done remotely. Disclosing salaries ensures pay transparency and is a step forward in mitigating unequal gender treatment in workplaces.

Many advocates of pay equity are supporting this move. New York is not the only state encouraging pay transparency via salary disclosures. Some other states that have made this move are California, Nevada, Colorado, and Connecticut.