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5 days agoThe Cost of Making Biglaw Partner? Your Kid's Birthday Party - Above the Law
Biglaw demands often lead to personal sacrifices, including missing significant family events, challenging the myth of work-life balance.
As a young associate in what my son likes to call "the last Century," every time I would walk into a courtroom with the great litigator (and one of my mentors) Marty London, the presiding judge would ask Marty a bunch of questions about his boat and how the fishing had been lately. (Marty was an avid deep-sea fisherman.) I have to admit that it seemed kind of unfair to me at the time -
In a spirited discussion at our annual Women's IP Forum, attendees were treated to an insightful fireside-style chat conversation with the Honorable Judge Pauline Newman, a trailblazer for women in law and a luminary in the field of intellectual property. Judge Newman spoke with Renee C. Quinn, Chief Operating Officer of IPWatchdog, Inc., about her extraordinary career and her life journey.