Starting in fall 2024, Baker Sterchi Members Nicholas Ruble and Gregorio Silva will each mentor a first-year law student through the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity’s (LCLD) “Success in Law School” Mentoring Program. Over the next three years, they will meet with their mentees every two weeks to provide guidance throughout law school and beyond.

The LCLD program supports talented first-year law students from diverse backgrounds, helping them maximize their potential. Participation is open to attorneys from any LCLD member organization. LCLD, which includes over 400 chief legal officers and law firm managing partners, including Baker Sterchi Managing Member Scott Kreamer, is dedicated to advancing diversity, inclusion, mentoring and continuing education within the legal profession.

Ruble is a civil litigation defense attorney with extensive experience in employment, labor, business and personal injury law. He serves as co-chair of Baker Sterchi’s Employment & Labor Practice Group and is a member of the firm’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee. Based in Baker Sterchi’s Kansas City office, Ruble earned his law degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and is licensed to practice in Missouri and Kansas.

Silva, who co-chairs Baker Sterchi’s Financial Services Practice Group, has a diverse civil litigation practice defending the financial services, transportation and propane industries. A member of the LCLD Fellows Program, which offers intensive leadership training for diverse attorneys, Silva is also a member of the Hispanic National Bar Association and Baker Sterchi’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee. Also based in the firm’s Kansas City office, he earned his law degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law and is admitted to practice in Missouri, Kansas, Alaska, Arizona, California and Nevada.