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IN THIS ISSUE : Second Generation Glass Ceiling Issues: Advancement, Pro Bono Femineo: Women-Focused Pro Bono EOorts Ne Median Strip and Career Satisfaction Can Be an Essential Component of a ’s Women’s Initiatives Attitude and Attrition Backwards in Heels, A Case Study of Balance for How to Kill a Law Firm in 10 Easy Steps: Women in Law Ne Demise of Goode, Olde and Boyz, PC Book Review: Eat, Pray, Love Is Your Website Working for You?

Opinion: Limitations on Career Judicial Clerks: A Good Cost Cutting Measure or a Restriction on Judicial Independence?

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Join NAWL® WLJ NAWL Executive Board By joining NAWL, you join women throughout the and overseas to President advocate for women in the legal profession and women’s rights. We boast a history of Holly English more than 100 years of action on behalf of women lawyers. For more information about Roseland, NJ membership and the work of NAWL, visit www.nawl.org. President-Elect Lisa Horowitz Benefits of Membership Washington, DC • A Voice on national and international issues aXecting women through leadership in a national and historical organization Vice President Dorian S. Denburg • Networking opportunities with women lawyers across the United States Atlanta, GA • Access to programs speciZcally designed to assist women lawyers in their everyday practice and advancement in the profession Treasurer • A subscription to the quarterly Women Lawyers Journal and the ability to be kept up Margaret Foster to date on cutting edge national legislation and legal issues aXecting women Chicago, IL • We opportunity to demonstrate your commitment and the commitment of your Zrm Treasurer-Elect or company to support diversity in the legal profession. Lisa Gilford Los Angeles, CA About NAWL Corresponding Secretary Founded in 1899, NAWL is a professional association of attorneys, judges and law students Deborah S. Froling serving the educational, legal and practical interests of the organized bar and women world - Washington, DC wide. Both women and men are welcome to join. Women Lawyers Journal®, National Members-at-Large Association of Women Lawyers, NAWL, and the NAWL seal are registered trademarks. Heather C. Giordanella ©2003 National Association of Women Lawyers. All rights reserved. Philadelphia, PA Beth L. Kaufman How to contact NAWL New York, NY By mail: American Bar Center, MS 15.2, 321 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60610; by telephone: (312) 988-6186; by fax: (312) 988-5491; by email: [email protected]. Zoe Sanders Nettles Columbia, SC About Women Lawyers Journal Carol Robles-Román EDITORIAL POLICY Women Lawyers Journal is published for NAWL members as New York, NY a forum for the exchange of ideas and information. Views expressed in articles are those of Stephanie A. Scharf the authors and do not necessarily re[ect NAWL policies or oYcial positions. Publication Chicago, IL of an opinion is not an endorsement by NAWL. We reserve the right to edit all submissions. Wendy Schmidt New York, NY ARTICLES Book reviews or articles about current legal issues of general interest to women lawyers are accepted and may be edited based on the judgment of the editor. Editorial Anita Wallace aomas Atlanta, GA decisions are based upon potential interest to readers, timelines, goals, and objectives of the association and the quality of the writing. No material can be returned unless accompanied Immediate Past President by a self-addressed, stamped enVelope. Cathy Fleming New York, NY TO ADVERTISE Contact NAWL headquarters for rate information. Publication of an advertisement is not an endorsement of the product or company by NAWL. Past President Lorraine K. Koc TO SUBSCRIBE Annual dues include a subscription to the Women Lawyers Journal. Philadelphia, PA Additional subscriptions or subscriptions by nonmembers are available for $55 in the U.S. and $75 international. Back issues are available for $15 each. Women Lawyers Journal Editor Copyright 2008, National Association of Women Lawyers. All Rights Reserved. Deborah S. Froling Washington, DC Women Lawyers Journal (ISSN 0043-7468) is published quarterly by the National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL)®, 321 North Clark Street, MS 15.2, Chicago, IL 60610.

Spring 2008 – WLJ • 3 Wwomen lawyers joLurnal J T ABLE OF C ONTENTS Contributors 5

Editor’s Note 6 by Deborah S. Froling

President’s Letter 7 by Holly English

Second Generation Glass Ceiling Issues: Advancement, 11 ae Median Strip and Career Satisfaction by Diane C. Yu

Attitude and Attrition 14 by Jennifer Guenther

How to Kill a Law Firm in 10 Easy Steps: 17 ae Demise of Goode, Olde and Boyz, PC by Nancy C. McDonald

Pro Bono Femineo Women-Focused Pro Bono Eborts Can Be an Essential 18 Component of a Law Firm’s Women’s Initiatives by Karen E. Wagner, Kyoko Takahashi Lin and Kimberley D. Harris

Is Your Website Working for You? 20 by Natalya Faden

Backwards in Heels, A Case Study of Balance for 22 Women in Law: Dancing circles around your competition as you originate business in a New York MINUTE by Trish Rubin

Limitations on Career Judicial Clerks: A Good Cost Cutting 25 Measure or a Restriction on Judicial Independence? by Kirsten Small

Book Review: Eat, Pray, Love 26 by Jennifer S. Martin

NAWL News 29

NAWL Networking Roster 41

4 • WLJ – Spring 2008 Wwomen lawyers joLurnal J C ONTRIBUTORS

Natalya Faden . As the Project Manager of PCD Group since 2006, Natalya, with over 17 years experience in multi-tiered web-application devel - opment, concentrates on managing all projects, including resource allocation, requirements gathering, quality assurance, budget maintenance and ensuring implementation is conducted with the highest possible standards. Before joining PCD Group, Natalya owned her own soiware frm pro - viding custom Internet and database solutions in Louisiana. Born in England, Natalya holds a Bachelor of Science in Graphic Communication from Leeds Polytechnic University in Leeds England.

Kirsten E. Small focuses her practice in appellate law in state and federal courts. Ms. Small served with the Honorable Judge William W. Wilkins in 1994 to 1995 before assuming the senior clerk position, which she held from 1996 through 2007. She also clerked with Fourth Circuit Judge Karen Williams for a year. Her experience touches on a number of areas, including commercial litigation, labor and employment, and alternative dispute resolution. Small earned her undergraduate degree from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, and her law degree from the George - town University Law Center in Washington, D.C.

Diane C. Yu is Chief of Stab and Deputy to the President at New York University with a portfolio that mirrors that of the President as his surrogate and advisor in dealings with NYU Trustees, deans, faculty, students, and the University Senate. Previously, she was Managing Counsel and Associate General Counsel at Monsanto Company, General Counsel for the State Bar of , a California Superior Court Commissioner, and a White House Fellow appointed by the President. A former chair of the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession, she sits on the boards of Oberlin College and the Amer - ican Management Association. She has a B.A. from Oberlin College and J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley.

Trish Rubin , MGA is an internationally known business educator. She runs an energized New York-based Business Development consultancy, ae Edventures Group Intl. www.theedventuresgroup.com. Trish and her consultants train attorneys in-house or in private coaching sessions. aey em - power lawyers to originate clients and build a book of business in a New York MINUTE. Her book, Trish Rubin's New York MINUTE for Networking was featured on the Today Show . www.trnewyorkminute.com. Ms. Rubin's new brand, ae New York MINUTE Backwards in Heels features unique networking events exclusively for women professionals: "Balance the career that you lo0e with the life that you live!"

Nancy McDonald is the Founder and Managing Member of McDonald Law Group, LLC. Ms. McDonald's idea was to create a new model of law frm that delivers high-quality, sophisticated legal services in a hexible and supportive environment. ae frm obers its lawyers the opportunity to work part- time or hex-time, to job-share and/or to telecommute. Since opening in January 2008, the frm has grown to 10 lawyers and 8 stab, all of whom are women.

Jennifer Guenther is a full time litigator whose practice focuses on representing private companies on environmental law issues, and real estate and land use development. She publishes a monthly column on work life balance and is the mother of three children. She is currently a senior associate at the law frm of Gresham Savage Nolan & Tilden, APC.

Professor Jennifer Martin is a Visiting Associate Professor of Law at University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Professor Martin is a co-author for the ABA's Annual Survey on Sales Law and has published many articles and given lectures on subjects such as wartime contracting, executive com - pensation, comparative sales law and piercing the corporate veil. She has also authored more than twenty CALI lessons on contract and commercial law and is a co-founder and contributor to the Commercial Law Blog. Professor Martin regularly teaches courses in contracts, commercial law and .

Karen E. Wagner represents debtors and creditors, including fnancial institutions and industrial companies, in workouts, restructurings and bank - ruptcy reorganizations. She joined Davis Polk in 1979 and became a partner in 1988. Ms. Wagner graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1973 and in 1976 received her J.D. from the New York University School of Law.

Kyoko Takahashi Lin advises clients on executive compensation, equity-based incentives, deferred compensation, severance plans, pension plans and other employee beneft arrangements, with particular emphasis on issues arising in merger and acquisition transactions, initial public oberings, and new and joint ventures. She joined Davis Polk in 1996 and became a partner in 2006. Ms. Lin graduated from Harvard College in 1993 and received her J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1996.

Kimberley D. Harris represents corporate clients in a variety of criminal, regulatory, and complex civil litigation matters. She joined Davis Polk in 1997 and became counsel in 2006. She became a partner in 2007. Ms. Harris graduated from Harvard College in 1992 and in 1996 received her J.D. from Yale Law School.

Spring 2008 – WLJ • 5 Editor’s Note

hat a great time of year. We are heading into the wonderful season of summer which means that when I get home from work, Wit’s not always pitch black and my three kids are still awake. Summertime means kids are out of school (and staying up late – see prior reference), vacations are being taken and NAWL is preparing for its Annual Luncheon in . For the past year, I’ve had the pleasure of being editor of the Journal , serving on the NAWL Executive Board and working with Holly English as our pres - ident. It has been educational, fun and extremely rewarding. I couldn’t have imagined last year, taking over as editor from Holly, that I would have enjoyed it as much as I have. It was a pretty intimidating task to contemplate but Holly has been nothing short of an in - spiration as well as a huge supporter. She has done an incredible job as president and I look forward to working with our fantastic in - coming president, Lisa Horowitz, as well.

ais issue of the Journal is flled with great articles – some serious, a few that are a little more light-hearted. In each and every one of them, you can fnd something that will help you in your practice and your life. You can even fnd a book to enjoy on the beach this summer. One of NAWL’s many strengths is the programming it runs throughout the year and all over the country. ae pictures in - cluded in this issue are from some of the great events that NAWL has put on over the past few months – Backpack to Briefcase in Fayetteville, and Ready to On-Ramp in Chicago, Illinois. ae cover picture is from the dedication ceremony for the statue of Arabelle Babb Mansfeld, the frst woman licensed to practice law in the U.S., on the campus of Iowa Wesleyan College.

I encourage you to visit the website at www.nawl.org to see, among other things, the exciting programs NAWL is putting on and spon - soring over the coming months and how to become involved with NAWL.

I continue to enjoy the comments I receive about the Journal . I encourage you to let me know what you think about the Journal , this issue, its content, articles you would like to see in the future, what you like and don’t like and any other thoughts you have on how the Journal can best serve your needs and interests. We are always looking for new authors. Anyone who is interested in submitting an article should feel free to drop me a line.

Warm wishes,

Deborah S. Froling, Editor Arent Fox LLP Washington, D.C. [email protected]

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t is very diccult to believe that nearly a whole year has gone by since I began my term as NAWL’s President. Soon I will stand before Imany of you in the stately Waldorf=Astoria ballroom, at our Annual Luncheon on July 16 th in New York City, and bid farewell to my one-year term. It has been an exciting year, and we have advanced in many directions.

We now have a thriving mentorship program, pairing law students and new lawyers with more seasoned practitioners. ae NAWL Foundation is close to being launched, and will be the home of our much-lauded NAWL Survey, which is now heading into its third year. Our website has been redesigned to be more user-friendly and aesthetically pleasing. We held a ground-breaking program in the fall called the “NAWL National Leadership Summit,” which featured managing partners, general counsels and other high-level prac - titioners coming together to share action tips on the best ways to attract, retain and advance women in law frms. As our General Counsel Institute heads into its fourth year, it is bigger, better and more impressive than ever. And we launched a diversity initiative, to enable NAWL to more readily advance a diverse membership. ais is not everything we’ve done, but these are the highlights. aese accomplishments represent dauntingly hard work by many women all around the country, who have populated our committees and taken NAWL to the next level. Our committees are our life-force, allowing women lawyers to meet others from many diberent states, enjoy collaborating on major projects, and savor the knowledge that they are helping women lawyers thrive in more satisfying careers or supporting eborts to advance women’s legal rights. If you have not joined a NAWL Committee, I strongly urge you to do so — it can help you with business, plug you into a nationwide network, and give you a platform beyond everyday legal work.

I will leave the presidency in very capable hands. Lisa Horowitz, of McDermott Will & Emery in Washington, D.C., who will take over as President this summer, has worked with me every step of the way this year, acting as a virtual co-president. aerefore I know frst hand how capable, dedicated and supremely ebective she will be as president. We are lucky to have her flling such a demanding role!

A word about the Board that I have had the privilege to lead: a fner group of women would be diccult to assemble. aey have provided support, hard work, humor and lightning-quick responsiveness. I cannot thank them enough. Finally, my gratitude to all the wonderful people I have met in the past year. One of the major benefts of this position is the opportunity to make new acquaintances in all corners of this country, and I have enjoyed every minute. Let’s all keep up the good work!

Warmest wishes,

Holly English NAWL President, 2007-08 Post, Polak, Goodsell, MacNeill & Strauchler, P.A. [email protected]

Spring 2008 – WLJ • 7 Backpack to Briefcase APRIL 3, 2008 – F AYETTEVILLE , A RKANSAS

n April 3, 2008, in the courtroom at the University firm. The event was co-sponsored by the Arkansas Oof Arkansas School of Law, students gathered to Association of Women Lawyers. learn about making the transition from law school to law

One of the panel presentations at the Backpack to Briefcase ASer the presentation, there was a networking reception program. where the attendees got to know each other.

A few of the participants make friends during the networking Participants mingling with their fellow attendees and reception. having their picture taken.

8 • WLJ – Spring 2008 Ready to On-Ramp MAY 6, 2008 – C HICAGO , I LLINOIS

n May 6, 2008, a crowd gathered at the Chicago of - Back on the Career Track: A Guide for Stay-at-Home Ofices of Jenner & Block to learn their own personal Moms Who Want to Return to Work , and Deborah strategy for re-entering the legal workplace and included Epstein Henry, Founder and President of Flex-Time panel presentations led by Carol Cohen, author of Lawyers, LLC.

Some of the panel participants pose for the camera at the Ne participants, including NAWL President-elect Lisa networking reception aSer the program. Horowitz, listen intently to the panelists during the presentation.

Ne room was crowded for the program, which contained lots Some of the panelists gather for a picture following of good information for women who are interested in their presentation. returning to the workplace.

Spring 2008 – WLJ • 9 inMotion and Davis Polk & Wardwell Celebrate 14 Years of Working Together to Provide Vital Legal Services to Low-Income Women, Helping Them to Secure the Justice That They Deserve:

To livewithout fear To keep their children safe from harm To receive the financial support they need to care for their families

Last year, with the help of volunteer lawyers from Davis Polk, inMotion served over 3,000 women. InMotion’s legal volunteers are on the front lines working to protect abused mothers and children before it is too late. They go to court and fight for issues that matter: protection from abuse, financial support, child custody and divorce.

More than 20% of Davis Polk’s pro bono work annually is dedicated to working with inMotion and other programs that serve women who are victims of domestic violence.

For more about Davis Polk’s women’s initiatives, please visit www.dpw.com/women. Learn more about inMotion’s pro bono legal support for women at www.inmotiononline.org.

10 • WLJ – Spring 2008 Second Generation Glass Ceiling Issues: Advancement, The Median Strip and Career Satisfaction by Diane C. Yu

here are various issues, termed “second generation glass ceiling • In 2006, the National Association for Law Placement Tissues,” that still remain as persistent and pervasive problems (NALP) reported that 17.9% of partners in law frms for women lawyers, despite improved demographics, attention by were women, 46.7% of summer associates in law frms leaders and the media, and a host of well-meaning initiatives and were women, and 44.3% of frst year associates hired programs – why do these problems seem so tough to solve? were women.

First, here is some context. When I attended law school, I did so be - cause there was no math on the LSAT and I mistakenly thought “When one aspires to demanding jobs, time lawyers didn’t have to work as hard as doctors, which was my par - management becomes one of the most ents’ profession. I was also blissfully unaware of reality of law prac - tice, never having known a single lawyer personally, nor ever having underrated and critical personal skills.” met a law student.

I assumed I would eventually get married and have a family, and In the second generation, the principal issues are retention, advance - that somehow, those goals and a fulflling, fascinating career were ment, and ability to have both a satisfying career and family life. compatible and even quite likely. But what I found out were three NALP has found that attrition of women is nearly always higher unexpected things: First, it was harder than I thought and took than for men from the same class and at the same point in time. Mi - longer than I ever imagined fnding the perfect husband. Luckily, I nority women associates departed at even higher rates than non- did, but not until my late 30s. In fact, my mother used to advise me minority female associates. In 2003, while 9% of all associates lei to not tell men I was a lawyer – “Just say you work at a law occe.” within 1 year of hire, 35.1% lei within 3 years of hire, and 53.4% When I said, “But how will they feel when they learn the truth?” lei within 5 years of hire, for women, the fgures are 9.6%, 37.9%, she confdently replied, “No problem – by then, they’ll be in love and 54.9%. A 1-3% diberential may not seem signifcant, but each with you!” Second, nature does not always cooperate when it comes percent equals many people in a profession our size. For women of to the decision to have a family. When you are fnally ready, you color, the results were even more startling: 11% lei aier 1 year, may be out of luck and time. aird, when one aspires to demanding 40.2% aier 3 years, and a whopping 69.3% aier 5 years. One 8- jobs, time management becomes one of the most underrated and year NALP study showed that 100% of women of color lei their critical personal skills. frms – and the fndings of the ABA Commission on Women’s Vis - ible Invisibility research report on the status of women of color were Let’s fast forward to more recent times. By asserting that women similarly damning about the options and opportunities minority lawyers are experiencing second generation glass ceiling issues, I am women lawyers felt were available to them. conceding that the glass ceiling is intact. One of my favorite de - pressing quotes is from Audrey Tayse Haynes, the head of the Busi - ae economic consequences are steep. Researchers like Professor ness and Professional Women/USA, who once said, “aere isn’t a Joan Williams at the Hastings College of the Law’s Project for At - single statistic that says women have achieved equality, in terms of torney Retention see a clear link between proftability and reten - money or power or opportunity. Not one.” In the 21st century, tion. Her research indicated that “regretted losses” could mean at we continue to see not just an upward barrier – the classic glass ceil - least $250,000 to a frm in terms of replacement costs; I have spoken ing, but also concrete walls and “sticky hoors” that impede move - to several managing partners, who estimated privately that the fgure ment laterally across boundaries as well. Yes, the frst generation was probably closer to $400,000 – 500,000 per premature depar - problem – identifcation and recruitment of women lawyers – has ture. At the ABA’s Managing Partner and General Counsel Summit been overcome. For instance: in 2004, which I chaired as chair of the Commission on Women in the Profession, several Fortune 500 General Counsel expressed • In 2007, women comprised 30.1% of the bar nationally, amazement (and not in a good way) that their fellow panelists – all up from 23% in 1996 (out of a total of 1,143,358 lawyers managing partners or frm chairs – did not really know what it cost in the US, according to the ABA) and only 3% in the their frms when talented women associates departed on their own 1960s. accord. aese General Counsels thought it was the height of man - • 46.9% of U.S. law students were women in 2006-07 – agement irresponsibility not to have measured and worked to re - and at some schools, that fgure is up to 60%. If these duce that kind of loss. enrollment rates remain steady, on or before 2010, 40% of all lawyers will be women. aere is signifcant collateral damage from these developments. If women don’t stay to the same extent as men in law frms, they can

Spring 2008 – WLJ • 11 hardly be making their way up the leadership ladder. aat helps ex - onate with thousands of lawyers in America as well. plain why, for over 5 years, there has been virtually no movement upwards in terms of the percentage of women partners in major Why is this set of second generation issues still plaguing us at this frms – we are still stuck at 17%. Now granted, the 17% fgure is up point in time? For starters, law, especially private practice, is still from only 12.27% in 1993, but still disappointing in light of the overwhelmingly male in its institutional priorities and economic sizable increase in the overall number of women who have joined structures. It is a culture that prizes sacrifce and commitment – as the profession over the past 15 years. A mere 3-4% of the largest demonstrated by physical presence (“face time”) and loyalty and val - frms’ managing partners or chairpersons are female. In other sec - ues informal, ad hoc, and entrepreneurial approaches that historically tors, the statistics aren’t much better: in 2006, only 20.9% of law were designed by, and have tended to favor, white men. Perhaps school deans at ABA approved law schools were women, and only spurred by client and competitive pressures, many frms retain an un - 16.6% of Fortune 500 corporations had a women general counsel. yielding focus on time more than ecciency; they seem reluctant to So demographic shiis have not had the leadership impact that some inject meaningful objectivity and transparency into advancement assumed would be the case once the critical mass arguments of the processes (under which women and persons of color have repeatedly 1980’s had been overcome, at least in terms of overall numbers. fared better) and instead have allowed the subjective and invisible “I know a partner when I see him” mentalities to thrive. “If women don’t stay to the same extent as Moreover, the collision course of biological imperatives and the ca - men in law Zrms, they can hardly be reer-building years has not been eased by the existence of part-time making their way up the leadership ladder.” schedules, which about 90% of legal employers have. As I said in the article, “ae Work/Life Challenge: Not Just a Woman’s Issue” in Some women and people of color (especially women of color) report the July-August 2005 Diversity in the Bar magazine: that it is still more diccult for them to build a book of business as opposed to men. I recall when I was the Managing Counsel for Mon - “Biological imperatives increase the likelihood that most at - santo Company, with key responsibility for managing outside counsel torneys will be raising children during their key career-build - relationships, that none of my women lawyer partner friends ever con - ing years. Technology has made it possible for more people to tacted me about getting some work. I couldn’t understand it, partic - work in more hexible and varied ways. ae irony is that many ularly in contrast to the conduct of many men, including ones I barely law frms seem ever more insistent that people be seen doing knew, who called me up and asked for the chance to pitch some busi - their work in the occe, which, when coupled with a contin - ness. One even made an unsolicited visit to St. Louis to try to con - ued emphasis on billable hours, created tremendous pressure vince me to hire his frm! So I called several of my women colleagues in terms of lawyers being able to achieve an acceptable and bluntly asked why they hadn’t approached me. ae response work/life balance….[What concerns me is] there is a percep - from most was a variation of “not wanting to impose, not wanting to tion that attorneys with hexible schedules aren’t pulling – or trade on our friendship.” I was very surprised and told them that that cannot pull – their own weight. aere is still a signifcant risk attitude wasn’t going to get them very far and that one of the things that carries severe penalties for women or men [who are] try - I looked forward to as in-house counsel was the opportunity to seek ing to accommodate their work/life struggles through re - out greater diversity in our outside counsel (and Monsanto received duced hours or part-time work. What they report to us is that an award while I was there for promoting diversity). A corollary to they feel they will be immediately marginalized, that their the failure to ask or demand one’s fair share in the general compensa - work assignments will suber in terms of quality and content, tion domain: since 2002, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a con - the attention and mentoring they get will decrease, and their tinuing, even growing, diberential between the median weekly promotional opportunities will be jeopardized.” salaries of male and female lawyers: $1891 for men in 2006 versus $1333 for women; thus, women’s salaries are only 70.5% of men’s Another concern is the way in which attorneys are evaluated, which salaries. Many employers candidly say that men press harder in initial obviously has an ebect on compensation, promotion, and advance - and subsequent salary negotiations, and if women did the same, they ment. I’ve asserted that women are forced onto the “median strip” would likely respond to those requests as well. of the highway – they are berated for being either too tough and un - appealing, or too feminine and inebective. aere is a narrow band Finally, virtually every survey of women lawyers over the past 2 of acceptable behavior to which they must adhere without incurring decades has said that struggling with work/life balance is the greatest penalties. aey simply cannot win: if they show too much devotion single obstacle to women’s advancement, and only 20% are satisfed to work, they are criticized as one-dimensional and callous for ig - with the balance they have achieved. A 2005 study by the Catalyst noring their families; conversely, if they show too much dedication Organization of Canadian lawyers found that 84% of women and to their families and seek reduced hours, they can be seen – con - 66% of men said the #1 reason they would work for a diberent frm sciously or unconsciously – as insucciently committed to their frms. was to fnd “an environment more supportive of my family and per - sonal commitments.” ae ABA Commission on Women’s Balanced Men, on the other hand, have both sides of the highway and the Lives publication and a host of researchers agree these fndings res - median strip to roam in terms of their conduct and priorities. aey

12 • WLJ – Spring 2008 can be tough and aggressive and viewed as successful, as well as soi- appreciate how hard it will be to get back on the onramp and restart spoken and sympathetic, and still be well-rewarded. Moreover, they their careers once they decide they want the intellectual stimulation are wholly exempt from the “shame or blame” syndrome: thus, if a and fnancial independence of their jobs again. Furthermore, one male partner or associate attends his child’s soccer game or ballet notes that many of these young women who take the “I’ll just wait performance, he is applauded by both genders. But a woman is ex - until later” approach have one thing in common that is actually not pected to show up regardless – and still crunch out the requisite all that common: a very wealthy partner or spouse who can support number of hours at the frm. a family on one paycheck. aese are some risks that may be unpop - ular to mention, but should be considered.

“Despite substantial speed bumps in our My continuing hope is that sustained eborts to ameliorate the conse - path, I believe that focused, persistent, and quences of the second generation of glass ceiling issues will eventually even the playing feld and expand the choices for women lawyers. In collective eXorts will lead to progress – and that spirit, here are some recommendations for Generation Y women more satisfying choices for women lawyers.” lawyers, gathered from many sources around the country: • First, decide what is most important in your life – what are your life’s aims and hopes? Self-assessment is a critical component in taking control over the direction and de - What are the results of this perfect storm of high billables and stigma velopment of your career. from using hexible schedules, the median strip, and life stress? Be - • Create and nurture your own support network of family, cause of the stigma, only 3-4% of lawyers actually take advantage of friends, and colleagues. hexible schedule options. ais is even lower than the national aver - • Master the arts of organization and time management, age of 10% take-up by all employees of hextime programs. ae ones so you work hard and also work smart. who have to cover for a colleague who is working part-time are oien • Concentrate on being a quality lawyer – many opportu - resentful that their workloads have now increased. And we are seeing nities and options arise because you are recognized as a more and more articles in the mainstream media documenting an valued, high-caliber performer. apparent trend of young women from elite colleges and professional • Learn to prioritize - cutting things out of your schedule schools choosing to opt out altogether, putting the high-powered and not being too proud to get help when you need it. career in law, business, or other profession for which they have ener - • Use technology – make it work for you, not against you. getically trained on hold indefnitely. In rejecting the workforce al - ae frst half hour in the morning and the last half hour together and “turning realistic,” they are saying they can’t or don’t before bedtime can yield high productivity. want to try to combine full-time work with child rearing. • Take care of your health and personal well-being. It’s hard to do your best work when you are in poor health Young women associates are quick to point to a lack of positive role and spirits. models as a reason for their position. aey view their pioneering • Have reasonable expectations – become comfortable women attorney predecessors as having sacrifced everything for work. stretching things out in time and realize that the world aat may or may not be true in specifc cases, but what is true is that isn’t likely to end by relaxing your personal and profes - these Generation Y (those born from 1977-1997) lawyers are accu - sional deadlines for success. rately acknowledging the stunning absence of social support for the multi-tasking mother in our profession generally. So some are deciding And vote with your feet: they don’t want the corner occes at all, or if they do, they don’t want • Look for workplaces where top management obers to do what it takes to get there – they identify with the spirit of what meaningful, oien-used, alternative work schedules to comedian Lily Tomlin once said: “ae trouble with the rat race is that help both men and women achieve better work/life bal - even if you win, you’re still a rat.” In law, this divide is illustrated starkly ance, and where mentoring and networking opportuni - by a 2003 NALP study revealing that when asked if they see partner - ties are available to both genders. You’ll have to ask the ship as an incentive, only 60-63% of women (depending on the frm right questions, do the requisite due diligence, and use size) said “yes,” whereas between 80-83% of men said “yes.” good judgment to fnd this out. ae good news: aere really are some nurturing, supportive work environments ais is perplexing or disturbing news to many Baby Boomers, famous – including some enlightened law frms, the public sector, for trying to have it all by expanding the conventional role defned or companies whose leaders prize their achievements in for women. Many express mixed reactions to such viewpoints and attaining truly diverse work forces and have many women trends: some harbor resentment and conclude that these younger in senior positions as proof of their sincerity and success. lawyers basically lack a strong work ethic, or feel their own choices • See if there is a way to trade-ob career opportunities with are being rejected or dishonored when the fact was that in their day, your spouse – take turns as to whose career takes prece - they had no leverage and little choice. Still others, while agreeing with dence in demands, geography, lifestyle. the concept of the “job pause,” worry that these younger women don’t continued on p.15 Spring 2008 – WLJ • 13 MENTORING Attitude and Attrition by Jennifer Guenther

t a recent luncheon, I spoke with a young associate who had More telling is the fact that only about 18% of women are remain - Ajoined my frm only a few months earlier. As we ate our salads ing with their frst frm out of law school long enough to even be and sandwiches, we talked about the challenges as well as the considered for partner. surprisingly supportive environment that we had found in our jobs. She commented that she had expected to face more challenges in Instead, women who are unhappy in their work situation are coming to a frm with few women partners and limited diversity in leaving those jobs—an average of three years before men do. It the upper-ranks. Instead, she felt she had found a supportive seems that, while once upon a time a woman had to put up with environment where the majority of attorneys are more focused on stereotyping or gender bias in the work place if they wanted to the quality of the work product than on the individual attorney’s continue to work, a woman facing discrimination in her job can personal life. now move on to other opportunities. And, comparatively, women are now 32 percent more likely to have changed frms by their second year than their male counterparts.

“Failing to raise the red [ag makes change It is this ability to move on from an uncomfortable situation that unlikely for either the person leaving, or for many are citing as the reason so few women are working their way up the partnership ladder. And it certainly may have some merit— those coming a]erwards. And sometimes starting over at a new frm or in a new area of law certainly places simply asking the question is enough to make you at a disadvantage compared to those who have been at the frm a diXerence.” from the start of their legal careers.

I was also very surprised to learn from this new associate, who is “When an employee has a vested interested also a mother herself, that she believed that I was held back a year in their Zrm, they are much more likely to on the partnership track because I took maternity leave. She, and apparently many others, assumed that I was held back a year stay and make it a better place, rather than because two other attorneys with whom I graduated are soon to be simply moVe on.” up for consideration (I mean we literally sat a couple of seats from each other during the graduation ceremony), and I was not. Al - though both of these attorneys had children of similar ages to mine, they were both men. On the other hand, discrimination still exists at all levels. A 2000 study by the University of Colorado showed that women attorneys While I was able to set the record straight and let her know that I made only 59 percent of what their male peers did. aat same year, was not held back, but exactly where I should be given my start date I turned down a job that obered me $10,000 less annually than a with the frm (I worked elsewhere my frst year out of law school), male classmate of mine who was hired for a similar position with the I also realized how critical such perceptions can be in looking at the same frm. Even more recent surveys found that women are only long-term possibilities with an employer. Why would anyone want making an average of 80 percent of their male classmates salaries to sacrifce their limited personal time and resources for a frm that the frst year out of law school, with that number dropping to 69 would then pay them less or punish them for occasionally choosing percent by their ten-year class reunion. family frst? If that had been the case for me, I would have thought hard about changing jobs. Stereotyping and bias also play a role in the success of any attorney. In one study, pregnant women were seen as too emotional to be And, it seems, so would many other women facing similar chal - good managers and mothers as less committed to their jobs than lenges at law frms. Since the mid-1980s, more than 40 percent of women who were not mothers. Another study found that fathers, entering law students have been women. ais number has increased in general, actually gained in stature from having kids and were to more than 50 percent since 2001. Yet, the number of women more likely to receive higher salary obers than non-fathers—until partners at frms has remained static for more than ten years at they needed to take on care-giving responsibilities or tried to take around 19 percent. ais is true even though nearly half of all paternity leave. Rather, men who took parental leave actually associates in law frms are women. scored lower than mothers in job-commitment and performance ratings.

14 • WLJ – Spring 2008 While it is certainly understandable that an associate would rather Sources: leave a work situation in which they feel they are not being treated fairly by either their peers or their employers, jumping ship has hid - Williams, Joan C., “Elimination of Bias: Gender Bias in the Law.” den consequences as well. Not only can their career be abected--- California Lawyer (April 2007). future employers always consider whether a prospective associate is one who likes to “jump around,” but they are also unlikely to resolve Wallace, Lee, “Taking Charge of Your Career: Becoming a Leader in the issues as they come up at any new frm they enter. your Organization and Community.” (2005). Costello-Dougherty, Malaika, “We’re Outta Here: Why Women are When an attorney perceives unfairness or prejudice at a frm, but Leaving Big Firms.” California Laywer (February 2007). never questions it, a frm is likely to take much longer to recognize the problem and to make a change. While some situations may Oberthur, Anna, “Legal Field Struggles to Retain Women: High result from misunderstandings that can be worked out, overt acts of Attrition Rates Negatively AXect Firms’ EXorts For Diversity.” discrimination must also be addressed. Failing to raise the red hag Los Angeles Daily Journal (June 29, 2006, Vol. 119, No. 125). makes change unlikely for either the person leaving, or for those coming aierwards. And sometimes simply asking the question is continued \om p. 13 enough to make a diberence. Second Generation Glass Ceiling Issues: Advancement, Ne Median Strip and Career Satisfaction Even if nothing happens once the issue is raised, the option to leave is still there. On the other hand, raising an issue and working to • Be creative: Some families have split homes – with four address it can also lead to incredible opportunities to show that you days away and three together. My husband and I are willing to work to make the frm a better and more productive commuted for 5 years between and Los setting. Angeles – and while it wasn’t ideal, it added a dimension in terms of how much we prized our time together! Employers, however, should not sit idly by. More than 50 percent of • Be sensitive to concerns your superiors and co-workers all law school graduates are women, and more women and men seek - have to your hex schedule, and empathize with the incon - ing a balanced life outside of work, making law frms work harder to veniences that they may have to encounter as a result. keep the best and the brightest. It is extremely costly to train a new • Or take matters in your own hands and become your associate (some estimates are upward of $250,000), if only to lose own boss. ais is an increasingly attractive path for many them a year or two later. Firms must start taking an women in law and business. active role in addressing issues such as maternity leave, work-family balancing, mentoring, and the creation of a support structure that al - You can probably tell that I am a hopeless optimist. Despite sub - lows newer associates to be involved in the frm. When an stantial speed bumps in our path, I believe that focused, persistent, employee has a vested interested in their frm, they are much more and collective eborts will lead to progress – and more satisfying likely to stay and make it a better place, rather than simply move on. choices for women lawyers. Why do I believe that we can do it? I suggest that it’s because we women have the brains, the heart, the aere is a maxim that in order to get ahead, one must take risks. In humanity, the energy, the creativity, and the determination. And the legal profession, we are paid to take risks by our clients, but we we are beginning to have the numbers to back up our interests, to hedge those risks as best we can by creating a litigation plan or make the climate change. Finally, we see more and more men also adding in protective language to contracts. And yet, oien times, demanding a degree of personal fulfllment in conjunction with a we are afraid to do the very same things for ourselves. We don’t busy work life. Galvanizing both men and women in the legal pro - actively take control over our careers the same as we do our cases. fession in response to these issues will make the critical diberence Taking such risks may not always pay ob, but they will never pay and bring about the desired changes in the landscape for us all – ob if we don’t at least try. • and our profession will be much the better for it. •

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16 • WLJ – Spring 2008 HUMOR How to Kill a Law Firm in 10 Easy Steps: The Demise of Goode, Olde and Boyz, PC by Nancy C. McDonald

his is the story of a fctional law frm, Goode, Olde and Boyz, times. ae Firm has gotten where it is based on what it has done TPC (the “Firm”) which was founded in the 20th century. ae in the past, so why should anything change? In particular, this Firm is having a great deal of trouble keeping its lawyers at every means do NOT implement part-time, hex-time or balanced level, particularly women lawyers who are jumping ship daily, and hours programs. aere is no shortage of male lawyers, so if the is imminently heading for a disaster. “How can this be?” asks the young women lawyers leave, you can simply replace them with head of the Firm, John Q. Lawyer, who is rapidly approaching retire - men. Besides, everyone knows you can’t make money on any ment age. Upon investigation, it was learned that the Firm imple - lawyer who does not work full time. mented the following ten steps to assure its 21st century demise. 7. Avoid Diversity. No one, not even the key clients of the Firm, 1. Create an Inner Circle. ae Inner Circle should consist of the should be able to tell the Firm who to hire, how to retain those lawyers who were there when the frm started 20, 30 or more they choose to hire and how and when the lawyers they hire years ago. Obviously, this should not include women. Aier all, should be promoted. Anyway, isn’t this whole diversity thing ac - these men were there at the beginning and should control the tually reverse discrimination? And the Firm does NOT discrim - Firm forever. inate against anyone, especially older white males. However, for the sake of appearances, be sure to put a diversity page on your 2. Exclude All Others. Do NOT allow anyone to break into the website so that the clients will think you are giving in to them. Inner Circle, except for the hand-selected protégés of each indi - vidual member of the Inner Circle, consisting of younger lawyers 8. When Times Get Tough, Kill the Weak . When the Firm has a who are astute enough to understand the political structure of lean year, as all frms do, be sure to let the oldest members of the the Firm and willingly carry the bags of the members of the stab go frst and give them as little severance as possible. ais will Inner Circle (the “Wannabees”). send the correct message to the remaining members of the stab, par - ticularly those who have been there for too long, that they should 3. Implement the Peter Principle . Ensure that the members of leave the Firm as soon as they can before they get thrown out. the Inner Circle and their Wannabees control all meaningful management positions in the Firm, whether they have the nec - 9. Let Nem Eat Cake. ae next step for dealing with a lean year essary skill set for the position or not. Aier all, who better to is to be sure to protect the partners and hit the stab where they control the destiny of the Firm than the Inner Circle and their live. ae easiest way to do this is to increase medical premiums, Wannabees, even if they do not have the necessary management cut back on overtime (on which many of the stab rely to pay skills to get the job done properly. their bills) and reduce stab (see step 8 above). However, make sure that the partners continue to drive luxury cars and keep 4. ShuQe the Deck. From time to time, move the members of their other perks so that other frms will not know that the Firm the Inner Circle from one committee to the other and back is having a lean year. Aier all, appearances are everything and again. aat way, the other partners in the Firm will not notice who cares what the stab thinks. aey are fungible. that the Inner Circle always hold the key management positions and even if they do notice, who cares? 10. StiRe New Ideas. Most importantly, when new lawyers join the frm, be sure to let them know immediately that their new 5. Award Compensation for the Wrong Reasons. Be sure to com - ideas are not welcome. aey cannot possibly know what is in pensate the members of the Inner Circle and their Wannabees just the best interest of the Firm because they are new. Make sure for being who they are, even if they don’t deserve it. Aier all, they they are aware of the existence of the Inner Circle and that they are the key to the Firm and we need to keep them happy. Be sure are not part of it. To be on the safe side, make them feel irrele - that the partners who are actually bringing in the work and fulfll - vant to keep them in line. ing all of their other obligations get thrown a bone so they won’t be too unhappy. Aier a while, do NOT let the other partners ae fctional Firm of Goode, Olde and Boyz, PC followed these know what anyone else is earning. aat way, they will never know steps precisely and folded early in the 21st century. So, if you are about the fnancial rewards of being a member of the Inner Circle looking to kill your frm, be sure to follow the above steps. aey are or a Wannabee and everyone will be happy . proven to work.

6. Stay the Course. Keep doing whatever the Firm has been doing Note: ae Firm of Goode, Olde and Boyz, PC is purely fctional. for the last 20 or 30 years. aere is no need to change with the Any resemblance to any existing frm is coincidental. •

Spring 2008 – WLJ • 17 PRO BONO Pro Bono Femineo Women-Focused Pro Bono Efforts Can Be an Essential Component of a Law Firm’s Women’s Initiatives by Karen E. Wagner, Kyoko Takahashi Lin and Kimberley D. Harris

he past several years have seen a dramatic rise in women’s ini - Key to our lawyers’ ability to serve women in need has been the frm’s Ttiatives at major law frms throughout the country. Indeed, ac - relationships with a number of women-focused pro bono legal service cording to NAWL’s 2007 National Survey on Retention and organizations, such as inMotion and Sanctuary for Families, as well as Promotion of Women in Law Firms , 95% of the nation’s largest frms other not-for-proft organizations, such as MicroCredit Enterprises. report supporting a women’s initiative. aese programs ober Each of these organizations provides a vital link between our lawyers women opportunities across a number of diberent facets of law frm and women who desperately need legal services of varying types. life, ranging from professional development to mentoring to social networking. ae prevalence of these initiatives underscores the high priority that large U.S. frms are placing not only on attracting “An increasing number of Zrms have women lawyers, but also on retaining them and developing them into leaders at their frms and within the profession. discoVered the vital role that women-focused pro bono can and should play in their Along with acnity groups, targeted mentoring programs, and the variety of client-oriented activities that comprise most frms’ broader programs.” women’s initiatives, an increasing number of frms have discovered the vital role that women-focused pro bono can and should play in MicroCredit Enterprises (“MCE”) is a microfnance intermediary, their broader programs. Davis Polk, like a number of major frms, with which Davis Polk has worked since mid-2007. Microfnance such as Debevoise, Simpson aacher and Skadden, point to their provides fnancial services to impoverished individuals considered pro bono work on behalf of women as key components of their too poor to qualify for traditional bank services. Most commonly, overall women’s initiatives. aese two areas are natural comple - it takes the form of tiny loans, oien less than $100, made by locally ments, as both ultimately support a common goal of advancing the run microfnance institutions (“MFIs”). Microfnance starts with causes of women. Women-focused pro bono matters provide all the conviction that, given access to capital and an obligation to lawyers (women and men) with an excellent opportunity to apply repay, an impoverished person can lii him or herself out of poverty their professional expertise and experience to serve women in need by investing in income-generating enterprises. and to address broader women’s issues in the community–even on a global scale. aese matters can cross all practice areas, enabling all Supporting the work of MFIs are microfnance intermediaries like lawyers, no matter what their specialty, to make a diberence. MCE. ae key to MCE’s approach to microlending is its guaran - tors–benefactors primarily located in the United States who provide Below is a description of Davis Polk’s women-focused pro bono personal guarantees of MCE’s borrowing from banks and founda - services and case studies in which lawyers from across our practice tions. ae proceeds of those guarantor-supported borrowings are have worked with diberent legal services programs to serve impov - then on-lent to MFIs to fund small loans to individuals in countries erished and abused women. We also present a number of steps we such as Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Cambodia, Ecuador, Georgia, have taken to more closely link the pro bono program with our Indonesia, Nicaragua, , Peru and Tajikistan. Approximately women’s initiatives. 88% of loans made by MFIs fnanced by MCE are to women, who make up 70% of the world’s poor. Women use their profts to feed, Like many large U.S. law frms, Davis Polk views pro bono work as a clothe and educate their children and themselves and are a commu - central responsibility of the frm and our lawyers. Our longstanding nity force for change. Furthermore, microfnance is a key to commitment to pro bono dates back to the earliest stages of our frm’s women’s empowerment, oien giving women independence from 158-year history. In recent years, our lawyers have devoted tens of thou - abusive or exploitative situations. sands of hours annually to pro bono work, covering many diberent areas of law. Women-focused matters currently account for nearly 20% of A typical benefciary of MCE is an Indonesian woman named our overall pro bono work. ae majority of our gender-based work is “Nurhayati,” who with her family, lived on just 43 cents per person made up of family law and asylum cases, primarily on behalf of victims per day. aey survived in a one-room bamboo shelter without run - of domestic violence and abuse. We also are seeing a rise in more corpo - ning water or electricity. She is just one of the approximately 3 bil - rate-related work on behalf of women, in such areas as microfnance. lion people worldwide who live below the poverty line. aanks to

18 • WLJ – Spring 2008 the eborts of MCE, Nurhayati was able to obtain capital to invest band was going to contest custody of the couple’s child. In response, in crai and pedi-cab businesses, increasing her monthly net income we added a litigator experienced in family law proceedings to the to $100 per month, enough to lii the family from abject poverty team and are representing our client in her custody proceeding. We and, importantly, enable her children to attend school. hope to resolve the custody matter and attain the client’s divorce in the next several months. MCE relies on a team of pro bono lawyers to provide advice with re - spect to its complex international banking, lending and other fnancing transactions, taxation and other general corporate matters. Davis Polk’s “We presentations highlight the assistance to MCE has included developing (and negotiating) a struc - tured letter of credit facility that allows MCE to provide credit to opportunities available to all lawyers to get MFIs in their local currency without taking all of the associated cur - inVolVed and make a diXerence in the life of rency risk. Davis Polk also represents MCE in draiing and negotiating documentation for loans to MFIs and has assisted in revising and up - women who might otherwise be stuck in a dating its standard forms. Davis Polk is currently assisting MCE in its cycle of abuse and despair.” attempt to obtain comprehensive fnancing from a domestic fnancial institution, and we are actively exploring other engagements in the feld. ais year, the frm took on a second microfnance client, Shared Another one of our recent inMotion clients is “Marie,” who was se - Interest, which focuses its eborts on South Africa. verely abused by her husband and seeking divorce and custody of her two young children. Marie’s husband, from whom she was al - ae unmet demand in the microfnance feld is immense–more ready separated when we took on her case, made unfounded child than 2.5 billion people, or 84% of the world’s poor, do not have ac - abuse claims against Marie and contested the divorce despite being cess to banking services. Servicing such an immense population re - delinquent on more than $20,000 in support payments. ae Davis quires “scaling-up” and accessing a broader pool of capital. Some Polk lawyer representing Marie arranged with the court to have a progress is being made. MFIs and microfnance intermediaries are law guardian and a forensic psychiatrist appointed to evaluate Marie beginning to access the equity markets through IPOs and debt mar - as a parent and debunk her husband’s abuse claims. Ultimately, the kets through Internet platforms such as Microplace.com. All of this lawyer logged more than 200 hours on the case, including fve court suggests that the need for sophisticated legal advice will only in - hearings and multiple meetings with Marie and the legal guardian crease, providing a rare opportunity for Davis Polk and other law and psychiatrist. On the eve of the custody trial, Marie’s husband frms to leverage their understanding of complex fnancing transac - agreed to the divorce and custody of their children was granted to tions and markets, and the legal issues they raise, for the beneft of Marie. Marie said it was the happiest day of her life. In addition to women like Nurhayati. performing a wonderful service for women in need, these cases are very gratifying for our lawyers. A pro bono legal services organization that Davis Polk works closely with is inMotion, which provides free legal and social services to Another legal services program with which we work by representing low-income women in New York City, most of whom are victims of women in need is Sanctuary for Families, which is committed to domestic violence. Davis Polk became one of inMotion’s frst corpo - helping low-income women escape domestic abuse by providing rate partners in 1993, and since then has worked with the organi - them with legal services, housing and counseling. Like inMotion, zation on many complex cases on behalf of women in need. we have a longstanding relationship with Sanctuary and our lawyers have volunteered to assist many battered women on a wide array of Working with inMotion, our lawyers have assisted victims of do - matters. mestic violence with contested and uncontested divorce proceed - ings, orders of protection, child and spousal support claims, and One new area in which Davis Polk works closely with Sanctuary is custody matters. aese matters ober our corporate and litigation representing victims of crime in their applications for U-Visas. ae lawyers a wide range of pro bono opportunities, including trial and U-Visa, which provides eligible immigrants with an authorized stay motion work, client and witness interviews, and completing and fl - in the United States, is available to non-citizens who have been vic - ing divorce forms. tims of substantial physical or psychological harm as a result of crim - inal acts and who have subsequently been helpful with the In the fall of 2007, we initiated a program with inMotion in which investigation or prosecution of the crime. partners and junior associates paired-up to assist victims of domestic violence in attaining uncontested divorces. arough this program, Like many clients that Davis Polk assists with U-Visas, “Laura” was corporate and litigation lawyers worked with 12 women to com - the victim of substantial abuse at the hands of her husband “Bill.” plete and fle their divorce papers. ae majority of these women at - Aier moving to the U.S. from South America, Laura was tained judgments of divorce within three months. periodically assaulted by Bill. Aier one brutal occasion, neighbors One of the cases is still pending because it is no longer uncontested. Aier we served our initial divorce papers, we learned that the hus - continued on p.21 Spring 2008 – WLJ • 19 SMALL FIRM/SOLO PRACTITIONER Is Your Website Working for You? by Natalya Faden

he Internet is not only here to stay, but it is growing and Your site’s content should be relevant to your target customers, and Tmaturing; people are understanding how they want to use it, be easy to fnd. If your site includes a lot of content for multiple businesses realize that this is no longer an optional aspect to client types, then it is worth considering consultation with a website marketing, but potentially one of the most fundamental and usability expert. important – regardless of business size. Site Loading Speeds “I use the Internet to retrieve phone numbers of local rms in With ever increasing Internet browsing speeds, it can be easy to for - order to call them.” get just how fundamental it is to ensure that your website loads quickly and ecciently. aere is a steady increase in users reaching for the computer or cell phone in order to fnd local business information, rather than a tele - Make sure that your homepage loads quickly and avoid using “splash phone book. With today’s cell phones and PDAs being “internet- pages;” they are an extra hurdle to your prospective clients to get to ready,” and a growing trend to make the Internet more and more where they really need to be. accessible on every level, it is clear that this is not a technology to be ignored. “Your site’s content should be relevant to And yet many businesses are guilty of doing exactly that. Too many businesses ignore the Internet altogether, establish a lack luster pres - your target customers, and be easy to Znd.” ence, or simply fail to achieve the most from an existing site.

Do not over use large image or hash fles, especially on your home - “A website is not enough on its own; it must page; they can have a great visual ebect, but, if they take too long to load, you will lose your client before they are ever seen. be a true representation of your business, your branding, your credentials, and your Visibility and Search Engines professionalism.” So your site is built, it looks great, you have spent many precious hours working on content, and yet you suspect no one is visiting your site. You perform a search for “mycity attorneys” and to your Your site is a natural projection of your business and the frst im - dismay, you are not listed anywhere. pression to new clients, so it is essential that it creates the most pro - fessional and thorough impression possible. ae subject of search engine optimization – or “ae art of being found” as I like to call it – is an entire businesses all to itself. Unfor - ae Internet has spawned a whole culture of “website designers” tunately, this has resulted in an over saturated market of “Search and a proftable market in soiware boasting various website features Optimization Consultants.” “so easy, anyone can do it! ” But the ease with which we can create a website is also an Achilles Heel, because not everyone can do it well. ae most important advice I can give is not to rush out and hire a aerefore, invest in having a professional design your site. one of these consultants. aere are many who truly know their crai, but there are more who do not, and it is all too easy to fnd yourself A website is not enough on its own; it must be a true representation investing and getting little or no return on your investment. of your business, your branding, your credentials, and your profes - sionalism. It is your unspoken voice, the Maître d' at the door, and aat said, having your site found is important and there are some it must be impeccable. basic rules that you can employ: • Make sure every page on your site has relevant content. Search Well Placed, Relevant Site Content engines “read” your pages, so if the copy is pertinent to your An overlooked aspect of many websites is the relevance and acces - business, search engines will know this and rank you appropri - sibility of the content. Burying relevant and sought aier informa - ately. tion will not only cause frustration, but also risks losing prospective • Contact your webmaster and make sure that every page has a clients as they search elsewhere. diberent “Title,” “Description” and “Keywords.” aey will know what these are, and while their signifcance has dimin -

20 • WLJ – Spring 2008 ished over the years, they are still an important part of the search Good sources to be linked from are online law magazines, directo - engine process. ries, law-specifc search engines and so forth; each one raises your • Ensure that your phone number is prominent on every page sites prominence in the “eyes” of a search engine. and exists in a form that is not an image. A prospective client may call the frst number that they see on a search page with - Local TraPc out ever clicking through to the site, and judicious placement Business registration with services such as Maps is an ab - of your phone number can ensure that it is seen even before solute must. ais ensures that your site is found within a given locale the site is. – such as your city or state. Best of all – it is free.

Driving TraPc Hosting: 1e Foundation For Your Website aere are ways to help clients fnd your web-site aside from search Unfortunately, the hosting of a web-site is oien misunderstood and engines, but many of these are overused and inebective. Many of therefore overlooked. It is imperative that your website is stable and these solutions require more discussion than this space permits, but available 24/7. aere is little point in a great website if the hosting one of the easiest to adopt is “cross-site linking.” ais is simply hav - service is unavailable during random times of the day. ing another related site link to yours. “Free Hosting” rarely comes without some form of cost, and this It is always benefcial to ensure that you are being linked to by web - can mean visitors are also shown advertising that you do not control. sites of a similar subject matter (i.e., law) and that you avoid the So, even with a great website and wonderful content, take another practice of linking to your own site from a multitude of other irrel - look at your hosting service and ensure that it is a stable foundation evant sources (a practice that can have a detrimental ebect on your for this fundamental part of your business. • search rankings).

Pro Bono Femineo continued \om p. 19 Women-Focused Pro Bono EOorts Can Be an Essential Component of a Law Firm’s Women’s Initiatives contacted the police and Laura was taken to a hospital emergency available to all lawyers to get involved and make a diberence in the room, where she spent the night. While there, she spoke to a coun - life of women who might otherwise be stuck in a cycle of abuse and selor who provided Laura with legal and social services options. She despair. fled charges against Bill and assisted in his prosecution. With the assistance of Sanctuary, she applied for and obtained Deferred Ac - We have also made eborts to align our women-focused pro bono tion Status, allowing her to stay in the U.S.; and she also obtained a work with our client-focused women’s initiatives. For example, in work permit. Working with Davis Polk lawyers, she has renewed conjunction with a recent women client reception, Davis Polk cre - her Deferred Status, renewed her work permit and has applied for ated an annual summer fellowship, in which it sponsors the place - a U-Visa. Laura has since lei a shelter and made a safer life for ment of a New York-area female law student at inMotion. While herself and her children. providing inMotion with an additional stacng resource, the fellow - ship has enabled the frm to promote inMotion and its vital mission Currently, more than 50 lawyers from across Davis Polk’s practice and among the broad and dynamic network of Davis Polk’s women cor - a dozen or so legal and administrative assistants are working with porate and investment banking clients. more than 80 domestic violence victims with their U-Visa applications. If successful, this will directly beneft over 120 Finally, Davis Polk has incorporated descriptions of its pro bono individuals, including children and parents of these women. ae work work as a permanent component of our external communications on a typical U-Visa case requires approximately 50 hours of time. about women’s initiatives. Doing so helps raise awareness among clients and the legal community of important programs such as As mentioned, Davis Polk actively seeks to integrate these and other MCE, inMotion and Sanctuary for Families. ae overriding objec - pro bono eborts into our broader women’s initiatives. A primary tive of all of these eborts is to increase the already substantial pro component of this ebort is to encourage even greater participation bono commitment of Davis Polk’s lawyers across the frm and at by our lawyers. For example, the frm has coordinated a number of every level of seniority. In addition, these communications demon - joint CLE presentations with organizations, including inMotion strate to legal recruits the tangible opportunities that exist as a Davis and Sanctuary for Families for our women’s acnity group (known Polk lawyer to apply their skills and experience on behalf of women as DPWomen). ae presentations highlight the opportunities who desperately need their assistance. •

Spring 2008 – WLJ • 21 MARKETING Backwards in Heels, A Case Study of Balance for Women in Law: Dancing circles around your competition as you originate business in a New York MINUTE by Trish Rubin

he trusted her partner. As good as he was, she made him look skill set that got you to the dance hoor. Now that you’re here, what’s Sbetter. She did everything he could do. She did it with style. going to set you apart? And she did it “Backwards and in Heels” as she proudly told the world she entertained with her grace and skill. Ginger not only changed the way women were perceived as partners on the dance hoor with her elegant yet athletic style, but Ginger Rogers as an icon for women lawyers? Legal Marketing years later, she can provide direction for how female attorneys make achieved with savvy style and power. Why not? partner today. ae tenets of her crai can inspire female lawyers to their own greatness. Litigating or consulting, private or public In my work with law frms as a business development consultant, organization, entrepreneur or partner, you can dance circles around I’ve acquired a new respect for this legendary fearless female, and your competition as you build business development and marketing present her as a mentor for my female law clients. Casting a new skill. aese are the soi skills they didn’t teach you in dancing school, light on her spin, I see a supremely multifaceted professional or rather— law school. woman. Hold the blonde jokes. ais power house can be the new legal brick house for marketing. “We dance of client origination. Lawyering Yet, in spite of the impression of excellence, Ginger was only part is the skill set that got you to the dance [oor. “winning technician.” In truth, Fred Astaire, who literally held Ginger in the highest regard, said that Ginger’s skills were not her Now that you’re here, what’s going to set leading strength, “She couldn’t tap,” Astaire pointed out, “and do you apart?” this and that, but she had style and talent…and she always set the bar to steady improvement.” Her strength was as a siren of balance as she presented herself to the world. Her dance technique was IMAGE competent, but her ability to partner and to sell herself, created one As a student, an associate or a partner, the image you embody as a heck of a memorable image, a power woman. So, it begs the ques - professional woman in the law is rooted in your communication tion…who was leading whom? skill, verbal and nonverbal. Like Ginger, you may be competent, but you need to invest in systemic, continual improvement. Balance Ginger was completely unique and sought aier as a partner. She your lawyering skills with a patina of style. It is worth your time made her colleague look good and complemented his level of ex - since it will translate into billable hours with the right partners, your cellence. Meanwhile she stole the attention and the show. As a role new clients. Backwards and in Heels as a philosophy of business model, she can help any woman lawyer crack the glass ceiling with development means you are comfortable and confdent in your her risk taking attitude. “She faked it a lot,” Astaire said. And you’d interpersonal skin. As Fred Astaire said, you may have to fake this never know it watching the silver screen. In the “sweat sport” that to start. What you say as you communicate verbally and what you Fred Astaire dominated, she never ever let them see her sweat. don’t say as you send messages non-verbally is foundational to creating a compelling unique image. Be willing to start somewhere. And she did all this as legend suggests, Backwards and in Heels. Just start.

Ginger’s vintage brand of success is a timeless beacon for woman in First, believe in yourself as something more than an everyday law in 2008. She is as an elegant inspiration. Her sense of style. Im - capable lawyer. If you don’t, you will forever be dancing as fast as peccable. Her technique. Solid. What paid the bills was the style you can to someone else’s tune of business development, not yours. she created around her image. Her technique was a close second, No balance in that. And you’ll be the “Ten Cents a Dance” type of and she was always about improving her steps. It’s a business devel - professional — someone who is just there to fll a need rather than opment model. ae dance of client origination. Lawyering is the someone who is continually sought aier and relied upon. Stop

22 • WLJ – Spring 2008 waiting for someone to brand you professionally in-house. Take harder than your male counterparts. Learning simple and basic ways charge. Do the hard work yourself, or suber from the way people to support your power through your voice creates an image of will categorize you. We teach people how to love us in our personal confdence in any room, one on one with clients or prospects or in relationships. In business, we teach people how to regard us. So front of a courtroom. Learn a few techniques that will help you invest in the balance of developing yourself as someone who de - speak ebortlessly. Check yourself. Do you lose your voice oien? mands attention, and you’ll get it. Right now, own the fact that you Speak too nasally? Too soily? aose are possible stumbling blocks are special. In my work, I’ve created my own image around business to power. When you meet people for business try the simple trick development in a New York MINUTE. Use a few of my New York of getting in synch with breathing to their rhythm. It is a subtle way MINUTE tenets to establish a new lawyering image. of developing rapport with prospects. Breathing in synch builds trust!

“If you want to get to the partner level, start AND ONE , T WO , A O NE , T WO , T HREE … Your backwards dance is built on sure footed choreography. Have a early as an associate, create your strategy for plan to market yourself. aat means timing and rhythm for getting building a book that makes you look as ef - yourself out there in front of people. Do it in a measured way so that client development isn’t an exhausting dance marathon. If you fortless as Ginger.” want to get to the partner level, start early as an associate, create your strategy for building a book that makes you look as ebortless as Ginger. And look like you are enjoying yourself as you dance. THE POWER OF WHAT YOU WEAR IN YOUR NEW YORK MINUTE Build your plan with a smile on your face that comes from your It doesn’t take an amazing dance dress to be a dancer, but it helps. image that says you are confdent and connected. If you are looking Have the courage to outft yourself with tools to be a stand-out. for your frst job, changing jobs, or trying to dance your way into a Lose the little voice that has been in your head from childhood. partnership, you’ll need a strategic plan. A marketing plan. aat’s Start making noise without making a sound. Choose a wardrobe your unique choreography! And it is hexible to accommodate that makes you memorable to those around you. You don’t have to changing partners and changes of scenes. aose who move from one push too far beyond the uniform if you need to suit up in one. But frm to another are sought aier because of with whom they dance. consider getting help from online sources or stylists. Something like Granted, Ginger had one famous partner and his energy was an Suzanne Sommers’ DressingZing.com is an option. Create an im - inspiration to her. But her ability to dance with others was part of pact with the things that work for you, fabric, color, and accessories. her allure. Promote yourself by making executive style decisions that create what business calls a USP, a Unique Selling Proposition. Your USP includes a visual message that you are to be remembered. Without getting too far afeld from the other members of your tribe, you can “Where you go to meet prospects, how you sell yourself through the image you create. Be the CIO, chief use the online techniques of networking and innoVation oYcer , for yourself and brand yourself nonverbally through the choices you make as you outft yourself. Treat yourself how you create a brand around yourself on a to a personal shopper or a stylist. It is money well spent. daily basis with others is part of the dance of

THE POWER OF HOW YOU SPEAK IN YOUR NEW YORK MINUTE client origination.” Ginger did not say a word as she danced but she communicated power. You’ve got the luxury of using your voice to impress listeners. THE POWER OF HOW YOU PLAN IN YOUR NEW YORK MINUTE How you communicate to clients, to prospects, or to a jury is part Balance your work by considering another investment in yourself. of your developing image. aink about your voice quality, your tone Hire a business development coach who can help you personally. and your pace of speaking. Every Broadway performer knows that It’s the Dancing with the Stars model. Take a raw beginner and you have to be a triple threat. Your voice presentation is of prime partner them with an expert, lots of intensely personal hard work importance in the legal profession and can make you that type of between two people who trust in one another, and you have an triple threat. Ginger Rogers herself had some thoughts on the art of improved product that can compete on a national stage. A good speaking, “Part of the joy of dance is conversation,” she said, coach will ober you the science of building a marketing plan that “[u]nfortunately, some men can’t talk and dance at the same time.” you live each day, not something you do only on occasion. In my So use that to your advantage. Conversation, the power of your practice, I share strategies for ACE-ing your networking ability. A voice, can set you apart as you dance Backwards in Heels. Hire a meaning Associate , C meaning Create and E meaning Engage . You voice coach for presentation. As Ingrid Saxon, a sought aier New need to Associate , Create and Engage to hesh out your scripted York City vocal and presentational coach, will attest, you need to dance of meeting and connecting quickly to your market. Where distinguish yourself through your breathing. Breath must be you go to meet prospects, how you use the online techniques of developed as you go Backwards in Heels because you are working networking and how you create a brand around yourself on a daily

Spring 2008 – WLJ • 23 basis with others is part of the dance of client origination. You will what creates a coveted book of clients. Take the lead, but do it with need a plan. If you want to create interest in your dance of elegance. branding that means you must be like Ginger, be a risk taker. For an attorney taking risks is reasonable. Simply write articles, even BECOME A LEADING LADY LAWYER IN YOUR NEW YORK MINUTE short pieces for online article directories like www.goarticles.com, Begin to balance your skills and style, the result leads to inhuence, get you noticed. With your new speaking skills give a CLE. aen which is what you want as an attorney. To leave a lasting impression think big and create events that draw people in and get them to is the goal. To reach out each day electronically or face to face and dance to your beat! hear from a prospect or client, “I have been thinking of you,” is the test of your image. To attend an event and meet people who seem to THE POWER OF YOUR DANCE CARD IN A NEW YORK MINUTE know you already because of the impression you have lei on In the old days, a dance card was every lady’s key to social success. others is proof that you are becoming a leading lady. Your inhuence aink of the ebort that was linked to developing that card. To be is built around the image and the plan for marketing yourself that without the right partner was troublesome. To be without a partner comes from confdence. Avail yourself of help, especially if you are at all was disastrous. Today’s equivalent is found in strategic new on the scene or returning to the job market. Create your style networks that are dancer tight and hexible. A power networker according to this case study of balance, and the result will be a builds a combined process of online and face to face contact with genuine winner. Your ability to synchronize yourself with ever- connectors, people who have well-developed networks of their own. changing partners on the business development dance hoor makes Get into synch and dance with connectors. aey will refer you to you appear open, communicative and sincere. aese are qualities that your next partner. Connectors help you fll your dance card for build client books. Your ability to communicate through the verbal business and referrals. My clients build a Fast Fiiy ™, a framewor k and non-verbal choreography of doing business is built through three of 50 connectors who can support their marketing eborts in very P’s: patterning, practice and pacing. Learn the techniques of observ - simple and scripted ways. aese connectors are part of the ing and communicating one to one with partners. ais will build choreography of business development. I purposefully don’t load your confdence and take you to bigger rooms flled with people who my network with hundreds of contacts, and I routinely waltz you will inhuence. Use your honed “soi skills” of communication people in and out of my Fast Fiiy, but I keep in very close contact and the science of systems for follow-up and maintenance. Your with those select connectors. Talk about dancing cheek to cheek, client list will grow. ae more talented and confdent you look, the your Fast Fiiy is that kind of system for business development more confdent is your partner. You’ll be sought aier for sure since connection. people want to do business with people who make them feel con - nected. TAKE THE LEAD Ginger said a good dance partner not only looks you in the eye, When you fnally get your chance to lead, do it subtly and with style but helps you set your sights in the right direction. A shared lead as Ginger would. When your prospect becomes a client, you’ll know when thinking about business development is important. If you that client is following you because of your strength as a lawyer, and are in a frm, knowing every nuance about your frm is key so that your style as a unique professional. Even when the going gets tough when you dance with a prospect you can set the prospect’s sights in and on some days you feel as if you are dancing around a mine feld, the right direction. Partnering is a dance of inhuence where the choose your partners wisely and take the lead. No longer “Ten Cents lead can be extremely subtle. If you’re going Backwards in Heels, a Dance”, you will be dancing Backwards in Heels to your own tune, you can still subtly use the Astaire method of dazzling them with one of business development strength, hexibility and style. And your style and talent. aat is what leaves the impression. Of course, remember, not only does opportunity knock, opportunity dances— you are a skilled technician of the law, but being more than that is but only with those who are already on the dance hoor! •

24 • WLJ – Spring 2008 OPINION Limitations on Career Judicial Clerks: A Good Cost Cutting Measure or a Restriction on Judicial Independence? by Kirsten Small

n September 18, 2007, the Judicial Conference of the United Such a clerk may retain career status only if he or she is changing OStates adopted recommendations of the Judicial Resources judges because her current judge has died, retired, or has otherwise Committee that are directed toward controlling salary costs in the become ineligible to employ the career clerk. federal judiciary. Although the Committee made a number of recommendations, by far the most controversial was its advice to ae Committee observed that the changes would have the cut salary costs by limiting the number of “career” law clerks ( i.e. , salutary ebect of promoting diversity and providing more law clerks who serve for more than four years, generally with no “opportunities for new lawyers to experience service in the judiciary specifed time for the termination of the clerkship). Although some early in their careers.” It is without question, however, that the judges welcomed the changes, a great many opposed them, viewing Committee’s primary aim was the reduction of costs. And, all other the limitations as a restriction on judicial independence and an considerations aside, as a purely fscal matter, the cost of career law example of “penny wise, pound foolish” thinking. 1 clerks justifes limiting their use. ae Committee estimated that the limitations would result in savings of up to $280 million over the next ten years. “Every time a judge employs a new law As those who opposed the changes would argue, however, cost is clerk, she and her permanent staX must not the only consideration. Every time a judge employs a new law train that clerk, a task that takes a great clerk, she and her permanent stab must train that clerk, a task that takes a great deal of time and which generally is completed only a deal of time and which generally is com - short time before the clerk’s term is over. aere will always be pleted only a short time before the clerk’s judges who value the periodic replacement of some or all of their clerks for a variety of reasons, just as there will always be “feeder term is over.” judges” who routinely send their clerks onto positions with the Supreme Court.

The traditional clerkship model is a recent law school graduate aose judges who prefer to employ career clerks, however, fnd who works for a judge for a term of one or two years. The greater value in the ecciency that comes from a stab that is a known relatively low pay of such positions, particularly in contrast to quantity. In the view of these judges, it makes no more sense to ever-escalating associate salaries, is off-set by the value of the periodically replace a law clerk every year or two than it would to experience and the ability of the law clerk to trade on the prestige replace a secretary every year or two. of the position to obtain a bonus or higher salary upon entering private practice. Increasingly, however, federal judges are striking a different bargain with their law clerks, inviting them to forego “At bottom, the debate is as much a philo - private practice altogether, or at least for a very long time, in favor of a career in chambers. In 1997, there were 769 career law clerks. sophical one as it is a Zscal one, centering on Today, that number has more than doubled, to 1,650. 2 the question of what the purpose of a federal

Employment costs have escalated as the number of career clerks has judicial clerkship is.” grown. ae doubling of the number of career clerks has nearly tripled employment costs, from an annual cost of $55 million to $159 million. 3 ais increase rehects the higher salaries earned by ca - Career clerks ober numerous benefts to a federal judiciary that is reer clerks as they ascend the judicial pay scale, as well as the cost of oien overwhelmed with work. For example, many career clerks benefts such as payouts of accrued annual leave upon separation develop expertise in complex areas of law such as habeas corpus or from federal service. bankruptcy, helping their judges resolve such cases more ecciently; oien, such clerks also serve as a resource to less-experienced law ae new rules seek to limit these costs by limiting each judge to only clerks in other chambers. A career clerk can be a boon to litigants in one full-time career law clerk 4 and by limiting the length of term long-running cases, who might otherwise have to contend with clerkships to a maximum of four years. Current career clerks are unabected by the change unless they seek to work for another judge. continued on p.27 Spring 2008 – WLJ • 25 BOOK REVIEW Eat, Pray, Love 1 Reviewed by Jennifer S. Martin

“To find the balance that you want, . . . this is what you must become. You must keep your feet grounded so firmly on the earth that it’s like you have four legs, instead of two. That way, you can stay in the world. But you must stop looking at the world through your head. You must look through your heart, instead. That way, you will know God.”

lizabeth Gilbert received this advice from a ninth-generation having lei such a diccult time behind her. Gilbert ends her time EBalinese medicine man prior to embarking on the trip that in - in Italy deciding that the word for Rome is “sex,” the word for the spired this book. Eat Pray Lo0e , now out in paperback, makes the Vatican is “power,” the word for New York City is “achieve.” Yet, perfect summer read, if you’ve not already had the fortune to read Gilbert does not know what word matches her and admits that she it. Gilbert’s emotional memoir of her trip to Italy, India and In - cannot live her life just to fnd the next lovely meal or to speak Ital - donesia provides the perfect blend of humor, insight and human ian. With the realization that her tragedies are personal and largely experience. Her goal: “to explore the art of pleasure in Italy, the art self-created, it is time for her to move onto India. of devotion in India, and, in Indonesia, the art of balancing the two.” Gilbert’s book is about herself aier a contentious divorce, Gilbert’s artfully describes her leaving behind the fne cuisine of emotional rebound romance and a bout with depression. Yet, it is Italy to head ob on her “pursuit of devotion” at an Ashram in India. not depressing. She gives you just enough of the details so that you Arriving at 3:30 a.m., the frst morning prayers are already begin - can understand how hard it was for her, but she approaches her ning. Life at the Ashram is quite the opposite of the indulgence struggles with hope and wit. Her successes and failures both make Gilbert experienced in Italy. Gilbert’s initial work assignment at her human and likeable. Eat Pray Lo0e is split into three sections, the Ashram is scrubbing hoors, though she is eventually assigned one for each country with each country having a total of thirty-six to be a hostess of sorts. Her days start with a 4:00 a.m. meditation. tales, just like the traditional Indian japa malas . ae three sections Despite an environment created to facilitate focus and self-aware - with shorter tales makes this a pretty accessible read for anyone who ness, Gilbert struggles in her attempts to meditate. For a good part has to squeeze in reading time. of the time, she is clearly still dogged by the troubles of the past. She rehects “I’m so ashamed of my rage that I go hide in (yet Gilbert herself makes a pretty unexpected world traveler. She another!) bathroom and cry, and then I’m so mad at myself for cry - doesn’t speak several languages, doesn’t blend in easily, doesn’t plan ing as I remember my Guru’s counsel not to fall apart all the time or travel well and gets sick oien when travelling. Despite these obvi - else it becomes a habit . . . .” Moreover, it is easy to understand her ous challenges, she loves to travel and sets ob on this adventure distractions during meditation about where she wants to live when armed with her best talent, she “can make friends with anybody ,” she returns to the United States, whether she might have an extra even the “dead” and “a four-foot-tall pile of Sheetrock.” ais skill bedroom for meditation, and what color she might paint the room. has made her quite fearless when travelling to other countries, even As you read on, you are sure this trauma must end and it does. Ul - remote ones. So, armed with this important talent and a few letters timately, Gilbert is able to resolve her guilt over her troubled rela - of introduction, Gilbert sets ob for the frst stop on her quest, Italy. tionships and “could feel all this old pain of lost love and past mistakes attenuating before [her] eyes, diminishing at last through ae frst stop of four months in Italy clearly took place when she the famous healing power of time, patience and the grace of God.” was still reeling from the emotional upheaval that she had just lei. It is at the Ashram that Gilbert fnds her word “antevasin,” which She enrolls herself in school to learn Italian, meets new Italian means one who lives at the border. It is inspiring to see a woman friends and fnds a “tandem exchange partner” to practice her come to the Ashram with such struggle and leave for Indonesia with language with over fne Italian meals. Sounds blissful to me, a greater sense of peace. thinking perhaps I should go myself! Yet, the same unresolved, emotional problems that she lei behind in New York follow her to Having made great strides in resolving her personal dicculties, Italy. “Depression and Loneliness track me down aier about ten Gilbert’s stay in Indonesia takes on the feeling of a much lighter, days in Italy . . . [t]hey come upon me all silent and menacing like friendlier story. She travels to meet the Balinese medicine man that Pinkerton Detectives.” Gilbert’s early experiments with spirituality inspired her journey only to fnd that he does not initially even re - through journal writing help her scrape by in this period, though member her! Gilbert renews her acquaintance with the medicine perhaps just barely. But even with the emotional turmoil, Italy is man, Ketut, and rents a home for herself. She remarks “I am so free good to Gilbert. She confronts the pleasure of Italy through eating here in Bali, it’s almost ridiculous.” Even getting hit by a bus plenty of gelato, pastries and pizza. aough she remarks that the doesn’t get her down as it leads to a new friendship with Wayan, a “men in Rome are ridiculously, hurtfully, stupidly beautiful,” I found divorced Balinese herbal healer with a daughter who Gilbert later myself thankful that she did not attempt a romance in Italy aier helps to buy a home. Gilbert even fnds love with an older Brazilian

26 • WLJ – Spring 2008 man, Felipe, who adores her, calls her “darling” and thinks she is come the person you want to be. Some might fnd this book a little young and beautiful. ae haunts of the past are now forgotten and bit too much of a “fairy tale.” Aier all, life is never perfect even she dreams instead that her Guru is telling her that she should “go when we have those that love us. Struggles rarely end completely out in the world and live a happy life.” She ends her stay in Indone - and a reader might be lei with longing for the things that were lei sia with a vacation on Gili Meno, a tiny island ob the coast of Lom - out or lei over. Perhaps I wanted to believe in the message of the bok where she fnds herself “happy and healthy and balanced.” ae power of spirituality, redemption and balance that Gilbert sets goals of her journey are complete with (as Gilbert herself admits) an forth. I found the book an enjoyable, fun read just for the message “almost ludicrously fairy-tale ending.” of hope. If you like a book that you know will have a happy ending, pull this one out of your beach-bag, put on your sunglasses and take “I was not rescued by a prince; I was the administrator of my own a journey through the one hundred and eight tales that Gilbert rescue.” spins. You will not be disappointed in her ability to interest and in - spire you. • Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat Pray Lo0e is an inspiring tale of a woman who fnds a way to be the type of person she wants to become. She is happy and balanced. Surely, there must be much in her struggles that she has lei out, perhaps to spare the reader from some of the most painful moments in her journey. She makes the case that one 1 Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for can wallow in guilt and despair over failures of the past, but still be - Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia (2006).

Limitations on Career Judicial Clerks: A Good Cost Cutting continued \om p. 25 Measure or a Restriction on Judicial Independence? inconsistencies resulting from stacng changes. At the most basic level, a career clerk who is familiar with her judge’s writing style and 1 ae author was a career clerk to the Honorable William W. Wilkins, who has amassed a substantial knowledge of local case law and pro - United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, from 1996 cedure will be able to help her judge render decisions more quickly, until 2007, and served two, one-year term clerkships (one for Judge to the beneft of the litigants. Viewed from this perspective, career Wilkins, and one for the Honorable Karen J. Williams, Chief Judge, clerks are a bargain the federal judiciary, and the legal system as a United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Chief Judge whole, cannot abord to forego. Williams is a member of the Judicial Resources Committee). In her capacity as then-Chief Judge Wilkins’ clerk, the author assisted in At bottom, the debate is as much a philosophical one as it is a fscal draiing a letter opposing the limitations on career clerkships. one, centering on the question of what the purpose of a federal 2 Pamela A. MacLean, “Law Clerk Cost Cutting Has Judges Up in judicial clerkship is. Is it, as United States District Judge Charles Arms,” ae National Law Journal Sep. 4, 2007. Breyer suggested, an opportunity for the judge to receive fresh ideas 3 Id. from recent law school graduates, who will then go on to be “ 4 ae new rule restricts a judge to one “full-time equivalent” career law ambassadors for the judiciary”? 5 Or, is the essential function of a clerk. Presumably, a judge could have two part-time career law clerks, law clerk to help the judge decide cases? How one views the actions provided the total hours worked by those two clerks do not exceed of the Judicial Conference is likely to depend, in large part, on how the hours of one full-time position. one answers the underlying philosophical question. • 5 Maclean, supra note 2.

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Upcoming NAWL Programs Complete your day at this exciting, interactive roundtable moder - ated by Lisa Belkin, “Life’s Work” columnist of NAWL Annual Luncheon, July 16, 2008 and contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine. Waldorf =Astoria Hotel, New York, New York Over 1,100 attendees enjoyed the spectacular 2007 Annual Learn how to win the war for talent by rethinking the way work Luncheon at the Waldorf =Astoria Hotel in New York, where we gets done. Find out how the FACTS and Mass Career Customiza - celebrated NAWL's achievements and honored NAWL award tion frameworks can help you facilitate work/life balance, increase recipients! ae 2008 will be even bigger and better! ais gala loyalty and productivity and enhance hexibility while maintaining luncheon will take place in the grand ballroom at the historic billable hours and meeting economic demands. To register, please Waldorf =Astoria in New York City on Wednesday, July 16, 2008. go to www.nawl.org. We will honor Dean Elena Kagan of Harvard Law School; the DuPont Legal Department; Helaine M. Barnett, President of the Legal Services Corporation; the Hon. Deborah A. Batts of the Connect, Listen & Learn Series Southern District of New York; and Professor Suzanne B. Goldberg Connect, Listen & Learn (formerly Read, Learn and Connect) , is a of Columbia Law School. NAWL is also obering a number of dynamic teleconference, book discussion group for NAWL Mem - dynamic programs in conjunction with the Annual Luncheon, bers and guests. NAWL obers this program in collaboration with including a CLE. To register, please go to www.nawl.org. Karen Kahn, leadership and business development coach and prin - cipal of KM Advisors. Each month Karen introduces us to a book Tuesday, July 15, 2008 that she believes will spark our interest and facilitates a dynamic NAWL Networking Reception bene2ting: Ne Bottomless Closet teleconference in which she interviews the author and then opens Start NAWL’s Annual festivities by making a diberence! Join old the lines for members to engage in a thorough Q&A. friends and make new ones at NAWL’s Networking Reception on July 15 from 5:00-7:00 at McDermott Will & Emery, 340 Madison To register for this event, please send an email to [email protected], Avenue (between 43rd & 44th), benefting ae Bottomless Closet. with Connect, Listen & Learn in the subject line. Simply put a few gently used fashion accessories— business appro - priate shoes, scarves, jewelry, purses—in your suitcase. aen bring NAWL Fourth Annual General Counsel Institute them to the event and use them to accessorize suits provided by Lex - Nursday and Friday, November 6 -7, 2008 isNexis. Enjoy the company of your fellow NAWL colleagues while We Westin New York at Times Square — New York, New York helping to give women returning to work a fashionable “leg up.” `uestions? Contact Salila Yohn at [email protected]. To reg - All senior women in-house counsel are invited to attend this event. ister, please go to www.nawl.org. Mark your calendars for the NAWL Fourth Annual General Coun - sel Institute. ais popular event is targeted to experienced, moti - Wednesday, July 16, 2008 vated women in-house counsel who want to build top-tier Ethical Issues in Inside/Outside Counsel Relationships professional and management skills. ais year's conference will 9:00 – 11:15 a.m. • $75 • 1.5 Ethics/.5 Substantive Credits applied for focus on what it takes to support the business and provide leader - Nixon Peabody LLP, 437 Madison Avenue, New York, NY ship in the face of the tumultuous economic and political develop - Sponsored by: LexisNexis®Mealey’s™ ments that will undoubtedly shape where companies -- and careers — are headed. Before heading to the NAWL Annual Luncheon, join your col - leagues for a stimulating CLE program on building a strong in- GCI is a unique opportunity to network with a dynamic group of house/outside counsel relationship consistent with ethical women in-house counsel from across the country. You will attend obligations. ais program will review, among other things, the fac - plenary and interactive workshop sessions on key issues of signif - tors considered by corporate counsel when engaging outside coun - cance to in-house counsel and chief legal occers, and develop skills sel; conhict of interest issues; the duty of confdentiality; and the that foster personal and departmental success. GCs and other pro - arbitration of client-attorney disputes. To register, please go to fessionals discuss, in a collegial environment, the knowledge and www.nawl.org. skills you need to grow professionally. Previous attendees have rep - resented Fortune 500 corporations, governmental entities, not-for- Wednesday, July 16, 2008 profts and small private companies. For more information and to Flexing the Workplace: New Ways to Get Work Done & Build Careers register, please go to www.nawl.org. 3:00-5:00 p.m. • $25 Davis Polk & Wardwell , 450 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10017

Spring 2008 – WLJ • 29 Upcoming Co-Sponsored Programs April 10 —Miami/Ft. Lauderdale at the Nove Southern Uni - versity Shepard Broad Law Center. Equalitea Tea/Rally/Reception Ready to On-Ramp May 6—Chicago aursday, August 7, 5:30 - 7:00 pm at the ABA Annual Meeting Jenner & Block 330 N. Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois Hilton New York, West Ballroom, 3rd Floor NAWL’s program designed specifcally to help lawyers develop Ticketed: No charge their own personal strategy for re-entering the legal workplace, Sponsored by the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession with panels led by: and co-sponsored by NAWL • Carol Cohen , author of Back on the Career Track: A Guide ae Equalitea is a tea/rally/reception that concludes the ABA Day for Stay-at-Home Moms Who Want to Return to Work of Equality by bringing together hundreds of people for celebration presents “We Seven Steps to Relaunch Success” and inspiration. It will celebrate all the ABA Commission on • Deborah Epstein Henry, Founder and President of Flex- Women in the Profession has accomplished in the past 20 years; Time Lawyers LLC, a national consulting frm advising law highlight and thank the CLE program participants of the Day of frms, corporations and lawyers on work/life balance and the Equality; and issue a call to action regarding the work that still needs retention and promotion of women attorneys presents to be done to achieve full equality for women in the profession. “Comeback Lawyers: We Path for Lawyers to Return to Practice.” For more information on the ABA Day of Equality ae Program also featured panel discussions about “lessons learned” programs, please see the Commission's website at from individuals who have re-entered the legal professions, the em - http://www.abanet.org/women/dayofequality.html. ployer’s perspective on the re-entry process, and the needs of the marketplace. Ne Conversation – Co-Sponsored by NCWBA and NAWL August 8, 2008 – New York

NAWL and the National Conference of Women’s Bar Associations will gather women leaders from frms and women’s bar associations NAWL Nanks 2008 Program Sponsors from all over the county to discuss the successes, challenges and fu - Premier Sponsors ture eborts to drive the advancement of women lawyers forward. Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP Designed as a combination of small group and full group discus - Davis Polk & Wardwell sions, ae ConVersation will be facilitated by Karen Kahn and John Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP Mitchell, of the national consulting and coaching frm KM Advi - Fenwick & West sors. ae meeting will conclude with the creation of a list of the Jackson Lewis LLP critical next steps needed to support each leader’s eborts in acceler - K&L Gates ating their agendas for success . ais is an invitation only event. aere Kirkland & Ellis LLP is space for one woman per frm/organization. If you would like to be considered for an invitation, please contact NAWL at Gold Sponsors [email protected]. Baker & McKenzie LLP Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP McDermott Will & Emery LLP Weston Benshoof Rochefort Rubalcava & MacCuish, LLP Recent NAWL Programs Sponsors Backpack to Briefcase Carlton Fields Make the transition from school to law frm much, much easier with Duane Morris LLP advice from the best! Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. April 3 —Los Angeles at the law frm of Weston, Benshoof, Holland & Knight LLP Rochefort, Rubalcava & MacCuish, LLP, 333 North Hope Jones Day Street, Los Angeles. Kilpatrick Stockton LLP Latham & Watkins LLP April 3 —Fayetteville, Arkansas at the courtroom at the Uni - Powers & Frost, LLP versity of Arkansas School of Law. A cocktail reception was Starnes & Atchison LLP held at the occe of Kutak Rock. ae program was a joint ef - Steptoe & Johnson, LLP fort between NAWL and the Arkansas Association of Women Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP Lawyers. Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP

30 • WLJ – Spring 2008 April 29, 2008 Law Firm News Take Charge of Your Career: Best Practices for Women Attorneys® Minneapolis, MN Cooper & Walinski, LPA has been selected to receive the Ohio ae National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL) and Min - Women’s Bar Association’s Family Friendly Award. ais award was nesota Women Lawyers (MWL), together with Dorsey & Whitney presented at the Ohio Women’s Bar Association’s annual meeting LLp, presented NAWL's hallmark professional development semi - on Wednesday, May 14, 2008, in Columbus, Ohio. nar which is designed to advance women attorneys within the legal feld by developing the skills critical to sustaining the long term Cooper & Walinski, LPA of Toledo, Ohio announces the opening practice of law. ais seminar is uniquely designed to guide, grow, of a Cleveland occe. With the addition of three female sharehold - and encourage women in law, as well as provide a wonderful net - ers in Cleveland and three in the Toledo occe, the frm is now working opportunity. women-owned. ae frm has applied to W.B.E.N.C. for certifca - tion as a women-owned business. With the success of past “Take Charge” seminars, MWL incorpo - rated member suggestions into a new half-day seminar, complete NAWL Recognizes Law Firm Members with fresh insights and tools that are ready to apply directly to your own career, your leadership potential, and your life. As of June 25, 2008 Alston & Bird LLP Recent Co-Sponsored Program Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell, & Berkowitz, PC Beery, Elsner & Hammond, LLP April 16, 2008 Bodyfelt, Mount, Stroup, ET AL "Women of Color in the Legal Profession: Why It Means Success for Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C. Everyone " Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione Washington, D.C. Brune & Richard LLP Hyatt on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Brune & Richard LLP Bryan Cave LLP Hiring and retaining women of color in the legal profession is not Chapman & Cutler LLP simply and issue for women of color not is it simply a "Women's" Cooley Godward Kronish LLP issue. It is and issue that speaks to the success of the entire profes - Cooper & Walinski L.P.A. sion. With the increasing globalization of the economy, it makes Dorsey & Whitney LLP good business-sense for both in-house legal departments and for Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP outside law frms to crai strategies to ensure that women of color Duane Morris LLP not only survive but thrive. ae panelists discussed concrete steps Fenwick & West LLP that can be taken to ensure that women of color succeed. Fine Kaplan and Black RPC Gailor, Wallis & Hunt, PLLC Member News Goodwin Procter LLP Margaret Drew , Associate Professor of Clinical Law at the Univer - Gordon, Hargrove & James, P.A. sity of Cincinnati College of Law, received the 2008 Goldman Prize Gricth, Sadler & Sharp, PA for Excellence in Teaching awarded by the University of Cincinnati Hall Estill College of Law. ae prize is awarded based upon student nomina - Hartline, Dacus, Barger, Dreyer & Kern L.L.P. tions. Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP Hirschler Fleischer, P.C. Jennifer Coberly , formerly a partner at Zuckerman Spaeder LLP in Kilpatrick Stockon LLP Miami, Florida, has been named General Counsel for Point Blank KSJ Law, LLC Solutions Inc., which is a global leader in the design, manufacture Kutak Rock LLP and distribution of high performance, protective technologies. Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook & Cooper P.C. Locke Reynolds LLP Peninna Oren , a graduate of Brooklyn Law School, has joined the Lowenstein Sandler P.C. law frm of Gabay-Rafy and Bowler LLP, as an associate. ae law Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP frm was formed by Sari Gabay-Rafy and Anne Marie Bowler, both McCarter & English LLP former litigators at Proskauer Rose LLP, and Ms. Bowler was also a McDonald Law Group, LLC law clerk to Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye. McDonnell & Associates Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP Barbara George Barton was selected for inclusion in Super Nixon Peabody LLP Lawyers 2008, which names only 5% of the attorneys in South Car - Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. olina. Ms. Barton has been further recognized as one of the top 25 Pierce Stronczer Law LLC attorneys in the state in the Super Lawyers selection process. Reed Smith LLP Schmoyer Reinhard LLP

Spring 2008 – WLJ • 31 Schoeman Updike & Kaufman, LLP 2008 Outstanding Law Student Award Recipients Shook Hardy & Bacon Sidley Austin LLP NAWL congratulates the 2008 Outstanding Law Students. Se - Stites & Harbison, PLLC lected by their law schools as the outstanding law students of their Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP class, these talented and dedicated awardees are among the best and Tatum Levine & Powell, LLP brightest. Troutman Sanders LLP Vedder Price, P.C. Honored not only for acedemic achievements, these students were Vinson & Elkins LLP also chosen for the impact they made in areas beyond the classroom. Williams Mullen Clark & Dobbins ae men and women listed below have worked to further the ad - Wilmerhale vancement of women in society and promoted issues and concerns Winston & Strawn LLP of women in the legal profession with motivation, tenacity and en - thusiasm that inspired both their fellow students and law professors. NAWL Recognizes Law School Members NAWL is for women and men who want to change the world. We Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School salute these individuals who have begun working early in their ca - KU School of Law reers to promote justice for women, and we encourage them to con - Lewis & Clark Law School tinue making a diberence as their careers blossom. Northeastern University School of Law City University School of Law Amy Clanton Seattle University School of Law Southwestern University School of Law Stetson University College of Law Subolk University Law School Susan D. Landrum University of Denver College of Law We Ohio State University University if Idaho College of Law Moritz College of Law University of Louisville School of Law University of Minnesota law School Keating S. Coleman Mississippi College University of Missouri –Columbia School of Law School of Law University of Washington law School Valparaiso University School of Law Katharyn I. Christian Villanova University School of Law University of Alabama School of Law Wake Forest School of Law Washburn University School of Law Nancy L. Combs Western New England School of Law University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law

NAWL Recognizes Bar Association Members Carla D. Riner Arizona Women Lawyers Association We University of Georgia School of Law California Women Lawyers Florida Association of Women Lawyers TiOanie Clausewitz Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys St. Mary's University School of Law Georgia Association of Women Lawyers. Inc. Meredith L. Riggs Minnesota Women Lawyers Georgia State University College of Law New Hampshire Women's Bar Association South Carolina Women Lawyers Association Elizabeth Jablonski-Diehl Washington Women Lawyers Emory University School of Law Women Lawyers Association of Michigan Women's Bar Association of the State of New York Lauren Anne Standlee University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law

NAWL Recognizes Corporate Legal Carolyn V. Williams Department Members Arizona State University AT&T Southeast Legal Department Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law Bank of America Katie Burnazaki Intel Corp. - Diversity Team Penn State University Monsanto Company Dickinson School of Law

32 • WLJ – Spring 2008 Dina Marie Randazzo Melissa Kidder Nassim Kazeroonian University of California, Davis Ohio Northern University California Western School of Law School of Law College of Law Emilee Gayle Drobbin Kimberly L. Kakavas Lindsey A. Hutchinson Vermont Law School University of the PaciZc Capital University Law School McGeorge School of Law Erin Walker Jennifer Lee Kerrigan Golden Gate University School of Law Lauren M. Hill Campbell University University of Richmond School of Law Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law Julie Vanneman University of Pittsburgh School of Law Elizabeth Brodeen Lara K. HoOman Lewis and Clark College School of Law UCLA School of Law Amy Smith University of Wyoming Alexandra Duchesne Patricia Eberwine College of Law We University of Connecticut University of Southern California School of Law Law School Melissa K. Deem Regent University School of Law Renee N. Galente Cicely Ott Parseghian Womas JeXerson School of Law Boston University School of Law Malinda Ellwood We University of Michigan Brooke M. Whitely Elizabeth A. Howard Law School Quinnipac University School of Law American University Washington College of Law Albana Alla Amber L. Hahn University of Colorado School of Law University of Wisconsin Law School Moira Dillaway Rutgers University, Newark School of Law Nancee Alexa Barth Anita P. Gupta We John Marshall Law School Touro College Nicole Leet Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center Samford University Laura Perez Cumberland School of Law City University of New York School of Law Valerie Denise Nation University of Arkansas at Little Rock Alisha L. Riedl Lisa Chmelecki William H. Bowen School of Law Womas M. Cooley Law School University of Maine School of Law

Leslie Smith Courtney Lewis Geraldine M. Doetzer University of Oklahoma University of Cincinnati We College of William & Mary College of Law College of Law School of Law

Barbara D. Russell Mary Lee Kimmins Olatokunbo B. Olaniyan Gonzaga University School of Law We University of Memphis Syracuse University Cecil C. Humphrey's School of Law College of Law Candace Curtis Kenyon University of Louisville Bryn Lovejoy-Grinnell Debra L. Conry Louis D. Brandeis School of Law Cornell University Law School Roger Williams University School of Law

Amanda B. Freeman Jennifer L. Reed Rebecca Lynn Mroz University of Oregon School of Law Franklin Pierce Law Center University of Virginia School of Law

Shelbie J. Byers Carmina Tessitore Sara Zafar Valparaiso University School of Law Albany Law School University of Kansas School of Law

Jacqueline Alexis Pirro Michelle Y. Walker Angie Elizabeth Cecil Loyola Law School, Los Angeles University of Hawai'i Wake Forest University School of Law William S. Richardson School of Law Rebecca F. Soll Marisa Palmieri University of Virginia School of Law Kathryn Todryk Northern University We George Washington University Salmon P. Chase College of Law Lindsay P. Brewer Law School Mercer University Amber Lauren James Walter F. George School of Law Texas Tech University School of Law

Spring 2008 – WLJ • 33 Meredith Elaine Woods Katherine A. Conyers Vanessa Chavez University of North Carolina University of Utah University of New Mexico School of Law School of Law S.J. Quinney College of Law Shanelle E. Dupree Amanda M. Beltz Suzan M. Pritchett Washburn University School of Law St. John's University School of Law University of Iowa College of Law Sherli Shamtoub Joelle Erica Gotwals Nina Schichor Pepperdine University School of Law University of Minnesota Law School University of Maryland School of Law Davina Eads Veronica Ann Leal Michelle Antoinette Busuito Stetson University College of Law We University of Texas School of Law University of Detroit Mercy School of Law Angela Avis Holland Jill E. Roberts Elizabeth Katherine Joseph Vanderbilt University Law School Chicago-Kent College of Law Washington and Lee University School of Law Malisheia Douglas We University of Akron School of Law

Kara Johnson thenatureofdiversity. University of North Dakota School of Law Joy Levin Welan Georgetown University Law Center

Stephanie Renee Hanna We University of Toledo College of Law

Lauren Cowan Fordham University School of Law

Erin E. McCurdy We Duquesne University School of Law

Cynthia DiLorenzo Gross State University of New York at BuXalo Law School

Trisha Olson New York Law School

Yoonji Kim Rutgers University, Camden School of Law

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34 • WLJ – Spring 2008 New Member List

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Valerie Denise Nation Carolyn V. Williams Renee N. Galente Jacqueline Alexis Pirro University of Arkansas at Little Sandra Day O'Connor aomas Jeberson School of Law Loyola Law School Los Angeles Rock William H. Bowen School of College of Law, Arizona State Vista CA Santa Monica CA Law University Little Rock AK Maricopa AZ Meredith Hyde Hiltgen Dina Marie Randazzo Campell CA University of California, Amy Wilbourne Lynn Whitcher Alvarez Davis School of Law Kutack Rock LLP McGuire Woods LLP Lara K. HoOman Davis CA Fayetteville AK Los Angeles CA UCLA School of Law Los Angeles CA Erica L. Reilley Tammy Baker Suzanne Badawi Jones Day Jackson Lewis LLP Luce Forward Kristin L. Holland Los Angeles CA Birmingham AL Los Angeles CA Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Los Angeles CA Fernanda Schmid Lindsey Druhan Leah K. Bolea Folger Levin & Kahn LLP Starnes & Atchison, LLP Los Angeles CA Kimberly L. Kakavas Los Angeles CA Birmingham AL University of the Pacifc, Candis Watson Bowles McGeorge School of Law Stephanie Seidman Law occe of Nicole Leet Sacramento CA Bell Boyd & Lloyd LLP Cumberland School of Law Candis Watson Bowles San Diego CA Pasadena CA Birmingham AL Courtney Katzenbach Rhumbline Legal Solutions Sherli Shamtoub Tracey Cahill Shannon Miller Los Angeles CA Pepperdine University School Mitchell Silberberg Jackson Lewis LLP of Law Los Angeles CA Birmingham AL Nassim Kazeroonian Encino CA Francesca Cicero California Western School of Law Kelli Robinson Abby Silverman DLA Piper US LLP San Diego CA Sirote & Permutt Baker & McKenzie LLP San Francisco CA Birmingham AL Catherine Mattesich San Diego CA Amy Clanton University of the Pacifc, Deborah Alley Smith Southwestern Law School McGeorge School of Law Anne Kane Smith Christian & Small LLP Glendale CA Sacramento CA aelen, Reid, Brown Raysman & Birmingham AL Steiner LLP Patricia Eberwine Jessica Na Los Angeles CA Alison S. Bachus University of Southern California McDermott Will & Emery LLP U.S. Attorney's Occe, Law School Irvine CA Joyce Smith District of Arizona Los Angeles CA Baker & McKenzie LLP Phoenix AZ Diana Passadori San Francisco CA Alexandra Epand Law Occe of Robert Tayac Kathleen Bradley aelen Reid Brown Raysman & San Francisco CA Sherry Swieca Lewis and Roca LLP Steiner LLP Jackson Lewis LLP Phoenix AZ Los Angeles CA Traci Whaley Patino Los Angeles CA Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith Barbara J. Luther Tanya Forsheit San Bernardino CA Jennifer Trowbridge ae Luther Law Firm, PLC Proskauer Rose LLP aomas Jeberson School of Law Scottsdale AZ Los Angeles CA Christina Pelchat San Diego CA Law Occe of Robert Tayac Jo A. Saint-George Jikja Frank San Francisco CA Joann Wakana Kutack Rock LLP McDermott Will & Emery LLP Weston Benshoof Rochefort Scottsdale AZ Irvine CA Jill Haley Penwarden Rubalcava MacCuish LLP Duane Morris, LLP Los Angeles CA Jane Schmaltz Cassandra Franklin Tahoe City CA Phoenix School of Law Dickstein Shapiro LLP Gilbert AZ Los Angeles CA

Spring 2008 – WLJ • 35 Erin Walker Aleia Barlow Pamela Langhorn Emily S. Blumenthal Golden Gate University ae University of the District of Keller & Heckman LLP Jackson Lewis LLP San Francisco CA Columbia David A. Clarke School Washington DC Atlanta GA Washington DC Kandace Watson Cara Lewis Lindsay P. Brewer Baker & McKenzie LLP Daryl "Sandy" A. Chamblee Duane Morris, LLP Mercer University, San Diego CA Steptoe & Johnson LLP Washington DC Walter F. George School of Law Washington DC Warner Robins GA Amy Marmer Nice Nancy YaOe Nancy L. Combs Dickstein Shapiro LLP Elizabeth Jablonski-Diehl Folger Levin & Kahn LLP University of the District of Washington DC Emory University School of Law Los Angeles CA Columbia Atlanta GA Washington DC Gabrielle Roth Albana Alla Dickstein Shapiro LLP Rebecca M. Lamberth UniversityofColoradoSchool ofLaw Susan Esserman Washington DC Duane Morris LLP Boulder CO Steptoe & Johnson LLP Atlanta GA Washington DC Holly A. Roth Elizabeth A. Starrs McDermott Will & Emery LLP Melanie Lastrapes Starrs Mihm & Caschette LLP Amy R. Fitzpatrick Washington DC Jackson Lewis LLP Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP Atlanta GA Denver CO Washington DC Deborah Skakel Meredith L. Riggs Lisa Byrns Dickstein Shapiro LLP Nicole Gamble Georgia State Law Old Greenwich CT Washington DC American University Washington Lawernceville GA College of Law Lisa A. Cesare Leslie Norton Washington DC Carla D. Riner Chemtura Corporation Dickstein Shapiro LLP ae University of Georgia Middlebury CT Washington DC Svetlana Gans School of Law Kilpatrick Stockton LLP Athens GA Karen Donnelly Washington DC Kathryn Todryk `uinnipiac University School of Law ae George Washington Dena Rosenzweig Bethany CT Elaine Goldenberg University Law School Innotrac Corporation Jenner & Block LLP Washington DC Duluth GA Alexandra Duchesne Washington DC University of Connecticut School Joy Levin Welan Elizabeth Tatum of Law Maria Colsey Heard Georgetown University Tatum Levin & Powell, LLP Meriden CT Dickstein Shapiro LLP Law Center Atlanta GA Washington DC Washington DC Deborah L. McKenna Christy Young Outten & Golden, LLP Rebecca Wright Alston & Bird LLP Stamford CT Elizabeth A. Howard Dickstein Shapiro LLP Atlanta GA American University, Washington DC Elizabeth Warren Washington College of Law Michelle Y. Walker Kelley Drye & Warren LLP Washington DC Lori Kettering Knauer William S. Richardson School Stamford CT Dupont of Law, University of Hawaii Antonia Ianniello Wilmington DE Honolulu HI Brooke M. Whiteley Steptoe & Johnson LLP `uinnipiac University School Washington DC Janine M. Salomone Suzan M. Pritchett of Law Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP University of Iowa College of Law Middleburry CT Sheila D. Jones Wilmington DE Iowa City IA Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld DeAnna Allen Washington DC Kelli Ayers Edson Anna K. Ryon Dickstein Shapiro LLP Holland & Knight Drake University Law School Washington DC Mary E. Kennard Tampa FL Des Moines IA American University Lauren Baillie Washington DC Maria Eisenberg Merrily Munther American University Washington Nova Southeastern University, Munther Goodrum Sperry, College of Law Janet Kim Shepard Broad Law Center Chartered Washington DC Baker & McKenzie LLP Deerfeld Beach FL Boise ID Washington DC

36 • WLJ – Spring 2008 Nancee Alexa Barth Sandra L. Vasher Joan Ackerstein Karly Kauf ae John Marshall Law School Jenner & Block LLP Jackson Lewis LLP Saint Paul MN Chicago IL Chicago IL Boston MA Lucia J.W. McLaren Heather A. Boice Sandra S. Yamate Debra L. Conry Goldenberg & Johnson, PLLC Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP American Bar Association Roger Williams University School Minneapolis MN Chicago IL Chicago IL of Law Taunton MA Lauren Anne Standlee Jennifer C. Escalante Shelbie J. Byers Samia Kirmani University of Missouri-Columbia Duane Morris LLP Valparaiso Universtiy School Jackson Lewis LLP School of Law Chicago IL of Law Boston MA Columbia MO Crown Point IN Anna B. Folgers Carrie Webb Olson Lilia N. Tyrrell Chicago-Kent College of Law Marcie Dillon Edwards Angell Palmer & WashingtonUniversitySchoolofLaw Chicago IL Valparaiso University School Dodge LLP St. Louis MO of Law Boston MA Julianne Hartzell Kokomo IN Keating S. Coleman Marshall, Gerstein & Borun Cicely Ott Parseghian Mississippi College School of Law Chicago IL Tammy Meyer Boston University School of Law Jackson MS Lewis Wagner, LLP Brookline MA Cynthia A. Homan Indianapolis IN Stacy G. Ackerman Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione Sara Goldsmith Schwartz Alston & Bird LLP Chicago IL Shanelle E. Dupree Schwartz Hannum PC Charlotte NC Washburn University School of Law Andover MA Sarah R. Marmor Overland Park KS Leah Broker Schoeman Updike Kaufman & Katharyn I. Christian Broker & Hamrick, P.A. Scharf Jana MacKey University of Alabama School Asheville NC Chicago IL University of Kansas of Law Lawrence KS Montgomery Village MD Angie Elizabeth Cecil Michele D. Morris Wake Forest University Occe of State Appellate Defender V. Megan Murphy Joline F. McGoldrick School of Law Chicago IL Topeka KS Strickler, Sachitano & Winston-Salem NC Hatfeld, P.A. Trisha Olson Sara Zafar Bethesda MD Anna R. Hamrick New York Law School University of Kansas School of Law Broker & Hamrick, P.A. Chicago IL Lawrence KS Nina Schichor Asheville NC University of Maryland School Rachael G. Pontikes Sarah Grider Cronan of Law Jennifer Lee Kerrigan Duane Morris Stites & Harbison Baltimore MD Campbell University Norman Chicago IL Louisville KY Adrian Wiggins School of Law Lisa Chemlecki Lillington NC Suzanne Prysak Angela Avis Holland University of Maine School of Law Jenner & Block LLP Vanderbilt University Law School Portland ME Sherri L. McGirt Chicago IL Upper Marlboro KY McNair Law Firm, P.A. Michelle Antoinette Busuito Charlotte NC Marilyn McCabe Reidy Candace Curtis Kenyon University of Detroit Mercy Johnson & Bell, Ltd. Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at Troy MI Kathryn Lee Pomeroy-Carter Chicago IL the University of Louisville North Carolina Central University Louisville KY Malinda Ellwood School of Law Jill E. Roberts ae University of Michigan Law Durham NC Chicago-Kent College of Law Courtney Lewis School Chicago IL University of Cincinnati Ann Arbor MI Anne Tompkins College of Law Alston & Bird Joan E. Slavin Southgate KY Alisha L. Riedl Charlotte NC Schoeman Updike Kaufman & aomas M. Cooley Law School Scharf Marisa Palmieri Greenville MI Meredith Elaine Woods Chicago IL Salmon P Chase College of Law University of North Carolina Fort Mitchell KY Joelle Erica Gotwals School of Law S.K. Vanpoolen University of Minnesota Law School Chapel Hill NC Chicago IL Minneapolis MN

Spring 2008 – WLJ • 37 Kara Johnson Lois H. Goodman Marjorie Sheldon Nicole DeBello University of North Dakota McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Kramer Levin Naialis & Frankel Dickstein Shapiro LLP School of Law Carpenter, LLP LLP New York NY Grand Forks ND Newark NJ Montclair NJ Jessie Djata Anne C. Stockman Sharon H. Jacoby Daimee I. Stadler Jackson Lewis LLP Kutack Rock LLP McDonald Law Group, LLC McDonald Law Group, LLC Melville NY Omaha NE Florham Park NJ Florham Park NJ Alyssa Eisner Linda A. Monica Elizabeth Katherine Joseph Debra J. Surgan John A. Gemelli, P.C. Monica & Associates, PC Washington and Lee Post, Polak, Goodsell, MacNeill & Forest Hills NY Portsmouth NH University School of Law Strauchler, P.A. Galloway NJ Roseland NJ Felice Ekelman Jennifer L. Reed Jackson Lewis LLP Franklin Pierce Law Center Miriam Joyce Nicole Townsend New York NY Concord NH McDonald Law Group, LLC Rutgers School of Law-Newark Florham Park NJ South Orange NJ Pia Flanagan Pamela T. Bain Baker & McKenzie LLP McDonald Law Group, LLC Gail Oxfeld Kanef Jane Wolk New York NY Florham Park NJ Oxfeld Cohen PC McDonald Law Group, LLC Short Hills NJ Florham Park NJ Suellen Galish Dawnn Briddell New York Mercantile Wolf Block Laura M. Loguidice Vanessa Chavez Exchange Inc. Cherry Hill NJ Post, Polak, Goodsell, MacNeill & University of New Mexico New York NY Strauchler, P.A. Albuquerque NM Nicole A. Casciola Roseland NJ Cynthia DiLorenzo Gross Post, Polak, Goodsell, MacNeill & Tami D. Cowden State University of New York at Strauchler, P.A. Nancy A. Lottinville Kummer Kaempfer Bonner Bubalo Law School Roseland NJ Gibbons P.C. Renshaw & Ferrario Snyder NY Newark NJ Las Vegas NV Nancy A. Cifalino Anita P. Gupta Gibbons P.C. Jennifer Mara Robin L. Alperstein Touro College Jaocb D. Fuchsberg Newark NJ Gibbons P.C. Becker, Glynn, Melamed & Law Center Newark NJ Mudy LLP Bay Shore NY Debra A. CliOord Brooklyn NY Gibbons P.C. Jennifer L. Marino Helise Harrington Newark NJ Gibbons P.C. Janna Bellwin Sonnenschein Nath & Newark NJ Baker & McKenzie LLP Rosenthal LLP Moira Dillaway New York NY Hastings-on-Hudson NY Rutgers University School of Joann Mazur Law- Newark ae Prudential Insurance Amanda M. Beltz Amy L. Katz Hoboken NJ Company of America St. John's University, School of Law Legal Momentum Roseland NJ Tina Eckert Bayside NY New York NY Rutgers Law-Camden Nancy C. McDonald Highstown NJ Renee F. Bergmann Meryl R. Kaynard McDonald Law Group, LLC Nixon Peabody LLP JP Morgan Chase Florham Park NJ Julia Epstein New York NY New York NY Post, Polak, Goodsell, MacNeill & Allana L. Nason Strauchler, P.A. Robin Cohen Carey S. LeRoux Gibbons P.C. Roseland NJ Dickstein Shapiro LLP Alston & Bird LLP Newark NJ New York NY New York NY Anne B. Fitzpatrick Stacey B. Rosenberg McDonald Law Group, LLC Susan Corcoran Bryn Lovejoy-Grinnell McDonald Law Group, LLC Florham Park NJ Jackson Lewis LLP Cornell University Law School Florham Park NJ White Plains NY Ithaca NY Sheri L. Goldberg McDonald Law Group, LLC Susan Rubright Lauren Cowan Wendy Mellk Florham Park NJ Wolf Block Fordham University School of Law Jackson Lewis LLP Roseland NJ New York NY Melville NY

38 • WLJ – Spring 2008 Petal Modeste Lindsey A. Hutchinson Patricia A. Dansbury Pamela A. Baker Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP Capital University of Law Law Occe of Patricia A. Dansbury McNair Law Firm, P.A. New York NY Canal Winchester OH Yardley PA Columbia SC

Olatokunbo B. Olaniyan Barbara Bison Jacobson Patricia Diulus-Myers Leigh Powers Boan Syracuse University College of Law Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease LLP Jackson Lewis LLP McNair Law Firm, P.A. Syracuse NY Cincinnati OH Pittsburgh PA Georgetown SC

Rhonda D. Oliver Melissa Kidder Jennifer Blum Feldman Sharon C. Bramlett Kroll Ontrack Ohio Northern University Wolf Block McNair Law Firm, P.A. New York NY College of Law Philadelphia PA Columbia SC Ada OH Laura Perez Yoonji Kim Jennifer L. Cheek City University of New York Susan Landrum Rutgers University School of McNair Law Firm, P.A. School of Law ae Ohio State University Moritz Law, Camden Charleston SC Bayside NY College of Law Philadelphia PA Columbus OH M. Elizabeth Crum Wendy Conway Schmidt Dana Klinges McNair Law Firm, P.A. Deloitte & Touche K. Ellen Toth Wolf Block Columbia SC New York NY Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Philadelphia PA Stewart, P.C. Carrie L. DeVier Francine L. Semaya Cleveland OH Marisa Lattimore McNair Law Firm, P.A. Cozen O'Connor Wolf Block Columbia SC New York NY Sheri Higgins Philadelphia PA Oklahoma City University School Margaret M. Fox Carmina Tessitore of Law Erin E. McCurdy McNair Law Firm, P.A. Albany Law School Norman OK ae Duquesne University Columbia SC Albany NY School of Law Leslie Smith Sewickley PA Henrietta U. Golding Annie J. Wang University of Oklahoma McNair Law Firm, P.A. Wormser, Kiely, Galef & College of Law Lynn Outwater San Bernadino SC Jacobs LLP Norman OK Jackson Lewis LLP New York NY Pittsburgh PA Toya H. Green Elizabeth Brodeen McNair Law Firm, P.A. Abby Wenzel Lewis and Clark Law School Marla N. Presley Charleston SC Wolf Block Portland OR Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & New York NY Stewart, P.C. Courtney Grosenick Amanda B. Freeman Pittsburgh PA University of South Carolina Amy Williams University of Oregon School of Law Sutherland School of Law Mary-Jo Rebelo Columbia SC New York NY Eugene OR Houston Harbaugh, P.C. Pittsburgh PA Francenia B. Heizer Diane Windholz Erin Moak Lillis McNair Law Firm, P.A. Jackson Lewis LLP McCewen Gisvold Julie Vanneman Columbia SC New York NY Portland OR University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA Dorothy M. (Dotsy) Helms Dawn Conway Katie Burnazaki McNair Law Firm, P.A. LexisNexis Penn State University Elizabeth B. Anders Columbia SC Dayton OH Philadelphia PA McNair Law Firm, P.A. Columbia SC Kelly M. Jolley Malisheia Douglas Martha Candiello McNair Law Firm, P.A. ae University of Akron School Reed Smith LLP Amanda A. Bailey Hilton Head Island SC of Law Philadelphia PA McNair Law Firm, P.A. Akron OH San Bernadino SC Celesto T. Jones Maria Greco Danaher McNair Law Firm, P.A. Stephanie Renee Hanna Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Margaret Elise Baker Columbia SC ae University of Toledo College Stewart, P.C. University of South Carolina of Law Pittsburgh PA School of Law Toledo OH Columbia SC

Spring 2008 – WLJ • 39 Ariail B. Kirk Leslie Riley Ellen Vergos Rebecca L. Wein Mroz McNair Law Firm, P.A. McNair Law Firm, P.A. Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP University of Virginia School Columbia SC Charleston SC Memphis TN of Law Charlottesville VA Stephanie Lamb Sarah F. Robertson TiOanie Clausewitz University of South Carolina McNair Law Firm, P.A. St. Mary's University Rebecca F. Soll School of Law Blueon SC Helotes TX University of Virginia School Lexington SC of Law Merry Celeste Rodgers Shayla Edwards Charlottesville VA Joy Mandanas University of South Carolina SMU Dedman School of Law McNair Law Firm, P.A. School of Law Dallas TX Denise Amoateng Columbia SC Columbia SC Vermont Law School Amber Lauren James South Royalton VT Judith L. McInnis Sara S. Rogers Texas Tech University McNair Law Firm, P.A. McNair Law Firm, P.A. School of Law Emilee Gayle Drobbin Columbia SC Columbia SC Lubbock TX Vermont Law School South Royalton VT Rita M. McKinney Eve Ross Veronica Ann Leal McNair Law Firm, P.A. McNair Law Firm, P.A. ae University of Texas School of Kristine Costello Greenville SC Columbia SC Law Costello & Black, P.S. Austin TX Seattle WA Gayla S.L. McSwain Mary D. Shahid McNair Law Firm, P.A. McNair Law Firm, P.A. Rebecca Rene Massiatte Barbara D. Russell Charleston SC Charleston SC Winstead PC Gonzaga University School of Law Dallas TX Spokane WA Allison A. Murphy Sue-Ann Gerald Shannon McNair Law Firm, P.A. McNair Law Firm, P.A. Christine E. Reinhard Amber L. Hahn San Bernadino SC Columbia SC Schmoyer Reinhard LLP University of Wisconsin San Antonio TX Law School Leigh Nason Kirsten E. Small Madison WI Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Nexesen Pruet, LLC Shannon B. Schmoyer Stewart, P.C. Greenville SC Schmoyer Reinhard LLP Tanya Tremble Columbia SC San Antonio TX ae Tremble Law Firm Robin C. Stanton Dellslow WV Tejal Dilip Patel McNair Law Firm, P.A. Liquita Nompson University of South Carolina Columbia SC Baker & McKenzie LLP Donna M. Sheen School of Law Houston TX Sheen Law Occe Columbia SC Rhonda R. Tapley Cheyenne WY McNair Law Firm, P.A. Elizabeth Yingling Emily Perkins Charleston SC Baker & McKenzie LLP Amy Smith Nexsen Pruet, LLC Dallas TX University of Wyoming, Greenville SC Jane W. Trinkley College of Law McNair Law Firm, P.A. Katherine A. Conyers Laramie WY Elizabeth J. Philp Columbia SC University of Utah, `uinney McNair Law Firm, P.A. College of Law Cheryl Elliott Charleston SC Cynthia Smith Turnipseed Salt Lake City UT Baker & McKenzie LLP McNair Law Firm, P.A. Toronto ON Colleen Muinlan Columbia SC Melissa K. Deem University of South Carolina Regent University School of Law School of Law Mary Lee Kimmins Virginia Beach VA Columbia SC ae University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphrey's School Geraldine M. Doetzer Melissa Reese of Law William & Mary School of Law University of South Carolina Cordova TN Williamsburg VA School of Law Murells Inlet SC

40 • WLJ – Spring 2008 NAWL Networking Roster

PRACTICE AREA KEY ae NAWL Networking Roster is a service for NAWL members to provide career and business net - ACC Accounting ADO Adoption working opportunities within the Association. Inclusion in the roster is an option available to all ADR Alt. Dispute Resolution ADV Advertising members, and is neither a solicitation for clients nor a representation of specialized practice or ANT Antitrust skills. Areas of practice concentration are shown for networking purposes only. Individuals APP Appeals ARB Arbitration seeking legal representation should contact a local bar association lawyer referral service. BDR Broker Dealer BIO Biotechnology BKR Bankruptcy ALABAMA Rochelle Browne Edith R. Matthai BNK Banking Richard Watson & Gershon Robie & Matthai BSL Commercial/ Bus. Lit. Mary Margaret Bailey 355 South Grand Avenue 500 South Grand Avenue CAS Class Action Suits CCL Compliance Counseling Frazer Greene Upchurch & Baker 40th Floor 15th Floor CIV Civil Rights 107 St. Francis Street Los Angeles, CA 90071 Los Angeles, CA 90071 CLT Consultant Suite 2206 CNS Construction 213/626-8484 213/624-3062 COM Complex Civil Litigation Mobile, AL 36602 [email protected] [email protected] CON Consumer 251/431-6020 LND, LIT, APP ETH COR Corporate CRM Criminal [email protected] CUS Customs Shannon Cogan Virginia S. Mueller DOM Domestic Violence Kelli Robinson EDU Education Berliner Cohen Law Occes of Virginia S. Mueller EEO Employment & Labor Sirote & Permutt 10 Almaden Blvd., 11th Floor 106 L Street ELD Elder Law P.O. Box 55727 San Jose, CA 95113 Sacramento, CA 95814 ELE Election Law Birmingham, AL 35255 ENG Energy 408/286-5800 916/446-3063 ENT Entertainment 205/930-5158 [email protected] [email protected] EPA Environmental [email protected] ERISA ERISA LIT, PUB PRB, FAM EST Estate Planning HLTH CARE, EMP ETH Ethics & Prof. Resp. Tanya Forsheit Darshann M. Padilla EXC Executive Compensation FAM Family ARIZONA Proskauer Rose LLP Weston Benshoof Rochefort Rubalcava FIN Finance 2049 Century Park East MacCuish LLP FRN Franchising Julie A. Pace GAM Gaming 32nd Floor 333 South Hope Street GEN Gender & Sex Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP Los Angeles, CA 90067 16th Floor GOV Government Contracts 3300 Tower 310/284-4508 Los Angeles, CA 90039 GRD Guardianship 3300 North Central Avenue HCA Health Care [email protected] 213/576-1066 HOT Hotel & Resort Suite 1800 COMM LIT, PRV SEC, DATA SEC dpadilla@wbcounsel ILP Intellectual Property Phoenix, AZ 85012 LND, CCL, CEQA IMM Immigration INS Insurance 602/798-5475 Lisa Gilford INT International [email protected] Weston Benshoof Rochefort Rubalcava Ellen A. Pansky INV Investment Services EEO, OSH, LIT IST Information Tech/Systems MacCuish LLP Pansky & Markle JUV Juvenile Law 333 South Hope Street, 16th Floor 1010 Sycamore Avenue, Suite 101 LIT Litigation Sandra K. Sanders Los Angeles, CA 90071 South Pasadena, CA 91030 LND Land Use Steptoe & Johnson LLP LOB Lobby/Gov. A>airs 213/576-1000 213/626-7300 MAR Maritime Law 201 East Washington Street [email protected] [email protected] MEA Media Suite 1600 MED Medical Malpractice ETH, LIT M&A Mergers & Acquisitions Phoenix, AZ 85004 Phyllis N. Harris MUN Municipal 602/257-5247 1215 Sunny Oaks Circle Pamela M. Parker NET Internet [email protected] NPF Nonpro?t Altadena, CA 91001 Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & OSH Occup. Safety & Health EEO, MEA 626/791-4745 Robbins LLP PIL Personal Injury PRB Probate & Administration [email protected] 655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 PRL Product Liability CALIFORNIA EEO San Diego, CA 92101 RES Real Estate 619/231-1058 RSM Risk Management Lynn Whitcher Alvarez SEC Securities Sara Holtz SHI Sexual Harassment McGuire Woods LLP Client Focus SPT Sports Law 1800 Century Park East COLORADO SSN Social Security 2990 Lava Ridge Court STC Security Clearances 8th Floor Suite 230 Margaret Parnell Hogan TAX Tax Los Angeles, CA 90067 Roseville, CA 95661 Littler Mendelson P.C. TEL Telecommunications 310/315-8279 TOL Tort Litigation 916/797-1525 1200 17th Street, Suite 1000 TOX Toxic Tort [email protected] [email protected] Denver, CO 80202 TRD Trade RE DEV&FIN 303/362-2886 TRN Transportation T&E Wills, Trusts & Estates [email protected] WCC White Collar Crime WOM Women’s Rights WOR Worker’s Compensation

Spring 2008 – WLJ • 41 Cox & Osowiecki, LLC Veronica G. Kayne Patricia A. Widdoss E. Ginnette Childs 10 Columbus Boulevard Haynes and Boone, LLP Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP Zimmerman, Kiser & Sutclibe 9th Floor 1615 L Street, NW 1000 W Street 17th Floor 315 East Robinson Street Hartford, CT 06106 Washington, DC 20036 Box 391 Suite 600 860/727-8600 202/654-4517 Wilmington, DE 19899 Orlando, FL 32801 860/727-8185 202/654-4247 302/571-5006 407/425-7010 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] LIT, ANT RECRUITING, ATTY DEV RE, PRE-LIA, INS CONNECTICUT Bonnie Miluso Marcia A. Wiss Jennifer Coberly Hogan and Hartson Deborah L. McKenna Simeone & Miller LLP Zuckerman Spaeder LLP 555 airteenth Street NW Outten & Golden, LLP 2258 12th Place, NW 201 South Biscayne Blvd Columbia Square Four Landmark Square Washington, DC 20009 Suite 900 Washington, DC 20004 Stamford, CT 06460 202/628-3050 Miami, FL 33131 202/637-5429 203/363-7888 [email protected] 305/579-0110 [email protected] [email protected] LIT, PIL INT, FIN, COR [email protected] TEL, BSL, EEO Jennifer Osowiecki Betty Southard Murphy Cox & Osowiecki, LLC Baker Hostetler DELAWARE Barbara J. Compiani 10 Columbus Blvd 1050 Connecticut Avenue NW Elain DuOus Kreusler-Walsh, Compiani & Vargas, 9th Floor Suite 1100 Nation Wide P.A. Hartford, CT 06106 Washington, DC 20036 300 Continental Drive D2E 501 South Flagler Drive 860/727-8600 202/861-1586 Newark, DE 19713 Suite 503 [email protected] [email protected] 302/453-3884 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 EEO, INT [email protected] 561/659-5455 SEC, INS [email protected] DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Katherine S. Neville APL Elizabeth T. Dold Neville Career Consulting, LLC Kimberly L. Gattuso, J.D. Groom Law Group 1625 K Street, NW Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP Karen H. Curtis 1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Suite 310 1313 North Market Street Clarke Silverglate & Campbell, P.A. Washington, DC 20006 Washington, DC 20006 P.O. Box 951 799 Brickell Plaza 202/857-0620 202/997-9854 Wilmington, DE 19899 Suite 900 [email protected] [email protected] 302/984-6067 Miami, FL 33131 BSL [email protected] 305/377-0700 COR, BSL Julia Louise Ernst [email protected] Womens Law & Public Policy Ashley Riveira LIT, APP Denise Seastone KraS Fellowship Program Crowell & Moring LLP Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP 600 New Jersey Avenue, NW 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Barbara D'Amico 919 North Market Street Suite 334 Washington, DC 20004 Esquire CrossRoads Suite 1500 Washington, DC 20001 202/624-2983 Wilmington, DE 19801 PMB 1296 202/662-9644 [email protected] 302/425-7117 779 East Merritt Island Causeway [email protected] EEO, INT-ADR [email protected] Estero, FL 32952 WOM 914/563-6652 Holly A. Roth [email protected] Elaine Fitch McDermott Will & Emery LLP FLORIDA BNK, CON Kalijarvi, Chuzi & Newman, P.C. 600 13th Street NW Peggy Smith Bush 1901 L Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 Cabaniss Smith Toole & Wiggins P.L. Debra Potter Klauber Suite 610 202/756-8396 P.O. Box 4924 Haliczer Pettis & Schwamm Washington, DC 20036 [email protected] Orlando, FL 32802 100 S.E. 3rd Avenue 202/331-9260 GOV, CON 407/246-1800 One Financial Plaza 202/331-9261 [email protected] 7th Floor [email protected] Kathy Russo LIT-COMM Fort Lauderdale, FL 33313 Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP 954/523-9922 Deborah Schwager Froling 1775 I Street, N.W. Victoria Santoro Calebrese [email protected] Arent Fox Washington, DC 20006 Kapner, Calebrese & Kapner, P.A. APP, MED, PIL 1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW 202/721-4720 250 South Australian Avenue Washington, DC 20036 [email protected] One ClearLake Centre 202/857-6075 COR Suite 1402 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 [email protected] 561/655-3000 COR, MAC, SEC [email protected] FAM, MAR

42 • WLJ – Spring 2008 Jane Kreusler-Walsh IOWA E. Lynn Grayson KENTUCKY Kreusler-Walsh, Compiani & Vargas, Jenner & Block LLP P.A. Lorelei Heisinger 330 North Wabash Avenue Angela McCorkle Buckler 501 South Flagler Drive Eide & Heisinger, L.L.C. Chicago, IL 60611 Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP Suite 503 411 Four Seasons Drive 312/923-2756 500 West Jeberson Street, Suite 2800 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Waterloo, IA 50701 [email protected] Louisville, KY 40202 561/659-5455 319/833-0649 EPA 502/562-7391 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] APP LOB Mary Jones John Deere LOUISIANNA Rebecca J. Mercer Vargas ILLINOIS One John Deere Place Kreusler-Walsh, Compiani & Moline, IL 61265 M. Nan Alessandra Vargas, P.A. Jane Allen 309/765-4837 Phelps Dunbar LLC 501 South Flagler Drive Counsel on Call [email protected] 365 Canal Street, Suite 2000 Suite 503 30 South Wacker Drive PRL, SCC, LIT New Orleans, LA 70130 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Suite 2200 504/584-9297 561/659-5455 Chicago, IL 60606 Sheila Nielsen [email protected] [email protected] 312/466-5741 Nielsen Career Consulting Services EEO, CIV [email protected] APP 1075 Pelham Road EEO Winnetka, IL 60093 Susan W. Furr Mary Ann Stiles 312/616-4416 Phelps & Dunbar LLP Deborah H. Bornstein Stiles, Taylor & Grace, P.A. [email protected] P.O. Box 4412 Williams Montgomery & John LLP 315 Plant Avenue 445 North Blvd., Suite 701 20 North Wacker Drive Tampa, FL 33606 Cheryl Tama Oblander Baton Rouge, LA 70821 Suite 2100 813/251-2880 Winston & Strawn LLP [email protected] Chicago, IL 60606 COR, EEO, INS 35 West Wacker Drive EEO 312/443-3289 Chicago, IL 60601 [email protected] 312/558-5797 Lynn Luker GEORGIA BSL, ANT [email protected] Lynn Luker & Associates, LLC 3433 Magazine Street Taylor Tapely Daly Judy L. Cates EEO, LIT New Orleans, LA 70115 Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP Cates, Krouwski, Bailey, & Schultz 504/525-5500 Atlantic Station 216 West Pointe Drive Marilyn McCabe Reidy [email protected] 201 17th Street NW , Suite 1700 Suite A Johnson & Bell, Ltd. PRL, EEO, MAR Atlanta, GA 30363 Swansea, IL 62226 33 West Monroe 404/817-6000 618/277-3644 Suite 2700 [email protected] [email protected] Chicago, IL 60603 MASSACHUSETTS BSL, ADR, PRL LIT 312/984-0288 [email protected] Faith F. Driscoll Georgia Association Patricia A. Collins LIT, MAL 14 Carlisle Road For Women Lawyers, Inc. Asher Gittler et al Dedham, MA 02026 3855 Spalding Blub Drive 200 W Jackson Blvd, Suite 1900 Diane Romza-Kutz 781/326-6645 Norcross, GA 30092 Chicago, IL 60606 Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. [email protected] 770/446-1517 312/263-1500 150 North Michigan Avenue ILP 770/446-7721 [email protected] Suite 420 [email protected] EEO Chicago, IL 60601 312/499-1400 Charlotte K. McClusky Neresa Duckett [email protected] Dinah L. Choi Littler Mendelson P.C. Lord Bissell Brook HCA, LIT Strickler, Sachitano & Hatfeld, P.A. 3348 Peachtree Road, N.E. 111 S. Wacker Drive 4550 Montgomery Avenue, #900N Suite 110 Chicago, IL 60606 Sandra S. Yamate Bethesda, MD 20814 Atlanta, GA 30326 312/443-0483 American Bar Association 301/657-8805 404/760-3917 [email protected] 321 North Clark [email protected] LIT, EPA Chicago, IL 60610 FAM Elizabeth Gray Tatum 312/988-5638 Tatum Levin & Powell, LLP Barbara M. Flom [email protected] Jo Benson Fogel 1737 West Wesley Road Jenner & Block LLP DIV, INC Jo Benson Fogel, P.A. Atlanta, GA 30327 330 North Wabash Avenue 5900 Hubbard Drive 404/351-2261 Chicago, IL 60611 Rockville, MD 20852 [email protected] 312/923-2639 301/468-2288 [email protected] [email protected] FED, TAX FAM, EST, GRD

Spring 2008 – WLJ • 43 Alyson Dodi Meiselman MISSISSIPPI Jennifer L. Marino NEW YORK ScurtiI Meiselman and Bledsoe Gibbons P.C. 210 East Lexington Street Kristina M. Johnson One Gateway Center Alexandra Duran Suite 300 Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis P.A. Newark, NJ 07102 150 East 85th Street, 11th Floor 633 North State Street (39202) Baltimore, MD 21202 973-596-4839 New York, NY 10028 P.O.Box 427 410/244-0772 [email protected] 212/535-1486 Jackson, MS 39205 [email protected] [email protected] BSN, PRN 601/949-4785 CRC, ELW FAM, GEN [email protected] Lynn F. Miller BSL, BKR Miller, Miller & Tucker Cathy Fleming MICHIGAN 96 Paterson Street Nixon Peabody Karen E. Livingstin-Wilson New Brunswick, NJ 08901 437 Madison Avenue Felicia Duncan Butler Snow 732/828-2234 New York, NY 10022 I.A.B. Attorneys at Law, PLLC P.O. Box 22567 [email protected] 212/940-3783 3319 Greenfeld Road Jackson, MS 39225 FAM, BKR, EST [email protected] #458 601/985-4593 COM, WCC Dearborn, MI 48120 [email protected] Laurie C. Poppe 313/318-3180 INS, EPA, COR Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A. Lisa Dipoala Haber [email protected] 721 Route 202-206 Giberti Stinziano Heintz & Smith, P.C. EEO NORTH CAROLINA Bridewater, NJ 08807 555 East Gensee Street 908/252-4312 Syracuse, NY 13202 Susan J. Giamportone Sue Ellen Eisenberg [email protected] 315/442-0183 Sue Ellen Eisenberg Womble Carlye Sandridge & Rice [email protected] One West Fourth Street FAM 33 Bloomfeld Hills Parkway LIT Suite 145 Winston-Salem, NC 27101 919/484-2300 Linda Pissott Reig Bloomfeld Hills, MI 48304 Beth L. Kaufman [email protected] Porzio, Bromberg & Newman P.C. 248/258-6080 Schoeman Updike & Kaufman LLP TOL, HCA 100 Southgate Parkway [email protected] Morristown, NJ 07962 60 East 42nd Street 973/889-4305 New York, NY 10165 NEW HAMPSHIRE [email protected] 212/661-5030 MINNESOTA [email protected] Linda A. Monica LIT, PRL, EEO Angela Beranek Brandt Monica & Associates, PC Judith Sullivan Larson King, LLP One New Hampshire Avenue White and Williams LLP Helen M. Maher 2800 Wells Fargo Place Portsmouth, NH 03801 East 80 Route 4 30 East Seventh Street 603/430-7900 Paramus, NJ 07652 Boies, Schiller & Flexner, LLP St. Paul, MN 55101 [email protected] 201/368-7214 333 Main Street 651/312-6544 LIT, CON [email protected] Armonk, NY 10504 [email protected] LIT, BSL 914/749-8200 [email protected] CNS, PRL, LIT, INS NEW JERSEY Catherine J. Flynn Tafaro LIT, SPT, ANT Marlene S. Garvis Nicole Bearce Albano Lindabury McCormick Estabrooks & Maureen W. McCarthy Jardine, Logan & O'Brien, PLLP Lowenstein Sandler P.C. Cooper, P.C. Law Occes of M.W. McCarthy 8519 Eagel Point Blvd. 65 Livingston Avenue 53 Cardinal Drive 126 Waverly Place, #3E Suite 100 Roseland, NJ 07068 Westfeld, NJ 07091 973/597-2570 New York, NY 10011 Lake Elmo, MN 55042 908/233-6800 [email protected] [email protected] 212/475-4378 651/290-6569 LIT LIT, HCA [email protected] [email protected] COR, INT, GCC HCA, EEO Kirsten Scheurer Branigan Kirsten Scheurer Branigan, P.C. NEW MEXICO Carole NimaroO MISSOURI 45 Academy Street, Suite 302 Gwenellen P. Janov Kaye Scholer LLP Newark, NJ 07102 Janov Law Occes, P.C. 425 Park Avenue Norah J. Ryan 973/565-9885 901 Rio Grande Blvd. NW New York, NY 10022 Norah J. Ryan Attorney at Law [email protected] Suite F-144 212/836-7303 230 South Bemiston Avenue EEO Albuquerque, NM 87104 LIT, PRL Suite 510 505/842-8302 St. Louis, MO 63105 Julie A. LaVan [email protected] Risa M. Rosenberg 314/727-3386 Law Occes OF Julie A. LaVan LIT, PRB Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy [email protected] 309 Fellowship Road, Suite 200 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza LIT Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054 New York, NY 10005 609/870-9832 212/530-5148 [email protected] [email protected] COR, BSL BKR

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