Debt Settlement America’s General Counsel, Wesley Young, Speaker on Diversity in the Dallas Legal Community

Debt Settlement America’s General Counsel, Wesley Young, was a speaker on a panel discussing diversity in the Dallas legal community on November 13, 2007, at the Belo Mansion in downtown Dallas.

The discussion titled: Diversity Roundtable: Conversations on Critical Success Factors, and it focuses on the 2007 Diversity Task Force Report compiled by the Dallas Diversity Task Force (DDTF) comprised of the African-American, Asian-American, and Hispanic bar associations in Dallas. The Report grades the 20 largest law firms in Dallas on their internal diversity efforts regarding hiring, retention and promotion of minority attorneys within their firms. The results of DDTF’s 2007 Report were also the focus of a Dallas Morning News Business Section article on Sunday, November 11, 2007.

Other speakers on the panel with DSA’s Wesley Young included:

Tom Ewing – Wal-Mart, VP and General Counsel, Stores Division
James Ray – PepsiCo BSG, Frito Lay North America, Division Counsel
Rob Jones - American Airlines, Attorney
Stan Stallworth - Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, Partner

Young is Chair of the Dallas Bar Association’s Minority Participation Committee and President Elect of the Dallas Asian American Bar Association and currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Dallas Bar Association. He is General Counsel of Debt Settlement America (DSA) as well as a member of The Association of Settlement Companies Board At Large.

DSA’s mission is to help people from all walks of life get a fresh start with their personal finances. Its experienced staff takes great pride in helping individuals and families turn grim financial situations into a fresh start. Debt Settlement America's debt settlement and debt arbitration services provide immediate and practical relief from creditors and from the anxiety associated with having debt problems. DSA is a proven leader in the industry and bases its company culture on three qualities it has set as company standards: HONESTY, RESPECT and PASSION.

Debt Settlement America was established in 2004, celebrating their three year anniversary this past summer. DSA is a proven leader in the debt settlement industry. Although DSA headquarters in Dallas, it services clients nationwide.