Mayer Brown announced today that the Hispanic National Bar Foundation (HNBF) has honored Washington DC-based Employment & Benefits partner Elizabeth (Liz) Espín Stern with the Latina Legal Leadership Award. Ms. Stern received the award, which recognizes her excellence as a legal practitioner, at HNBF’s annual award dinner.

The leader of the firm’s Global Mobility & Migration practice, Ms. Stern is a seasoned veteran who has advised companies through every major immigration policy change since 1986. She focuses her practice on issues that are unique to dynamic commercial entities with a global work force. Ms. Stern helps companies establish global compliance and management programs to move their executive and professional work corps to various locations around the world.

Since 1985, HNBF has sought to help Hispanics achieve their potential through access to higher education and increase diversity in the legal profession.