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Join us for WBC's Women's Capital Summit
May 21-22, 2025 • New York
The WBC Women’s Capital Summit aims to provide valuable insights into the world of capital, offering a deep understanding of its dynamics, strategic relevance at different stages of a company’s growth, and the effective utilization of capital resources.
Securities Lawyer
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
LaFonda Willis is a former teacher, school leader, and entrepreneur turned securities lawyer with a deep commitment to the economic empowerment of women. Leveraging her unique background in both education and law, LaFonda champions financial education and initiatives that equip and inspire women to become confident investors and entrepreneurs and to pursue careers and opportunities in capital markets and emerging tech.
LaFonda currently serves as a two-time American Bar Association Presidential Appointee to the Commission on Women in the Profession, Co-Chair of the Securities Regulation and Small Business Subcommittees for the ABA Woman Advocate Committee, Co-Chair of the ABA Banking Law Committee’s Payments & Electronic Banking Subcommittee, and Chair of the GWAC Bar Association’s Law Firm and Corporate Counsel Committee. LaFonda is passionate about helping women thrive in business and law and leverages her multiple leadership roles to advance this mission and create lasting impact.
LaFonda has a distinguished legal practice at the intersection of financial services, fintech, securities, and trading and markets activity. She specializes in providing regulatory counsel to stock exchanges, alternative trading systems, broker-dealers, investment advisors, and crypto markets participants.
LaFonda also represents a range of clients—including publicly traded companies, investment advisors, and brokerage firms—in securities, commodities, and commercial litigation. LaFonda began her legal career with service as a federal judicial law clerk for the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee and the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit—which provided an excellent foundation for a remarkable career defined by leadership, excellence, and purpose.
LaFonda is honored to speak at the Women’s Capital Summit to provide inspiration and actionable insights to women entrepreneurs for business success and to connect with women investors and entrepreneurs who share her vision, values, and commitment to women’s economic empowerment.
