(openPR) - DALLAS –Jackson Walker and the National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA) are pleased to announce that Jackson Walker has been selected as NSHMBA’s National General Counsel.

William Hornberger of Jackson Walker will serve as the outside General Counsel to NSHMBA to work on such legal matters as the Chief Executive Officer and the National Board direct. “We’re honored that NSHMBA selected our firm to serve as its outside counsel,” said Mr. Hornberger. “NSHMBA’s long-standing commitment to teaching, training and developing leaders helps provide the American business community with the strategic leadership needed to remain competitive in the current global market. Our firm supports the values NSHMBA promotes and we look forward to being a part of NSHMBA’s continued growth and success.”

The partnership is positively reciprocated by the organization, which is in its twenty-second year as a non-profit and confident of the representation and guidance Jackson Walker offers.

“As our organization grows, and the quality and type of programs it offers widens, it becomes even more important that the NSHMBA entity navigates new domains, informed, protected and with conformity to ensure NSHMBA’s continued success,” said Steven A. Ramos, NSHMBA’s Interim CEO. “Jackson Walker has a proven history of being involved with the community while taking its clients’ best interests to heart – NSHMBA couldn’t be in better hands.”

NSHMBA was created in 1988 as a non-profit organization. Widely known as the “Premier Hispanic Organization,” NSHMBA serves 32 chapters and 8,000 members in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. It exists to foster Hispanic leadership through graduate management education and professional development. NSHMBA works to prepare Hispanics for leadership positions throughout the U.S., so that they can provide the cultural awareness and sensitivity vital in the management of the nation’s diverse workforce.

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