“My career at Reed Smith represented a sea-change . . . to the city of Pittsburgh and the practice of law.”
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In celebration of Black History Month, trailblazing partner Glenn Mahone recalls how he and Reed Smith broke barriers in 1973 when he became the first African-American attorney hired by a major law firm in Pittsburgh, and how it shaped his legal career.