Cranfill Sumner LLP today announced that Dora Kripapuri has been named the firm’s Director of Legal Talent, Development, and Engagement.
She previously served as the Director of Legal Recruitment and Development and will now take an expanded role where she will lead attorney recruitment, oversee the summer clerk program, and manage professional development initiatives. A focus on engagement across the firm will be a large part of this new role, helping to cultivate a culture where legal talent feels supported, connected, and empowered to grow both professionally and personally. To supplement this role, she will also assume the role of Chair for the firm’s Diversity, Inclusion & Belongingness Committee.
“Dora plays a pivotal role in recruiting and hiring, helping to shape the culture and direction of our firm. In that capacity, she has consistently demonstrated a remarkable talent for uniting individuals with diverse skill sets and backgrounds while simultaneously empowering them to thrive as a cohesive team. Her appointment to this new role reflects her exceptional abilities and our confidence in the impact she will continue to make in the future,” said Marshall Wall, Managing Partner of Cranfill Sumner LLP.
In 2023 she was recognized as a North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Unsung Legal Hero, and in 2022 she received the Cranfill Sumner LLP’s Distinguished Leader in Diversity and Inclusion Award. She is a former adjunct professor of writing, representation, advocacy, and persuasion at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul, MN; practiced complex business litigation at law firms in Minneapolis, MN and Boston, MA; and served as a Special Assistant District Attorney in Boston.
She earned her bachelor’s degree from Luther College in Decorah, IA, and her law degree from New England Law in Boston, MA.
