Award-winning law firm Alston & Bird has earned a reputation as an innovative, technology-driven, forward-thinking organization. The firm employs more than 750 attorneys providing a full range of services to domestic and international clients all over the world.
Alston & Bird’s practice areas include corporate and finance, intellectual property, litigation, and tax. Alston & Bird operates on several core values: collegiality, teamwork, firm loyalty, diversity, individual satisfaction, fairness, and professional development. Commitment to the whole employee is embedded in the fiber of the firm, which has provided back-up child care through a consortium for its employees since the early 1990s. Yet, Alston & Bird actively pursued strategies for extending work/life benefits for its entire employee population, not only to remain an employer of choice, but to evolve their work/life program and continue to showcase their core values.

A new tax credit issued by the state of Georgia in 1999 provided the opportunity Alston & Bird was seeking. The state increased the tax credit for employers who sponsor child care for their employees. Alston & Bird previously researched the possibility of providing child care; however, the tax credit made the decision more financially feasible. Click here to Read more…