Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice attorneys attended the firm's 2011 firm retreat at the Lake of the Ozarks the weekend of September 30. The retreat speaker was Michelle T. Johnson who spoke on general law firm diversity issues. Ms. Johnson is a writer, public speaker and diversity consultant/trainer whose column “Diversity Diva” appears in the business section of the Kansas City Star. A former employment attorney in the Kansas City area, Johnson has also been appointed by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to be a member of its Kansas Advisory Committee. Ms. Johnson also spoke to Baker Sterchi staff about general diversity issues.