Nolan Atkinson

Nolan N. Atkinson, Jr., is the City of Philadelphia’s first Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer. Prior to his appointment by Mayor Kenney, Mr. Atkinson was a member of the Trial Practice group at Duane Morris and was appointed the firm's Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer in 2007. His award-winning, innovative programs in the field of diversity have resulted in making the firm a more inclusive organization. Mr. Atkinson is the former chair and a founder of the Philadelphia Diversity Law Group, Inc., a group of law firms and corporations committed to increasing ethnic and racial diversity in Philadelphia's larger law firms.