Former law firm associate Catriona Collins sued the law firm that had employed her, Cohen Pontani Lieberman & Pavane, claiming that she was passed over for work assignments and ultimately dismissed on the basis of her gender.Â
Last week, the ABA Journal reported on Judge Kimba Wood’s Order denying (in part) the firm’s motion for summary judgment and [...]
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The latest issue of The Complete Lawyer features the theme “What’s Your Exit Strategy?” and includes articles that discuss exits including retirement, job changes, leaving the law, setting up a plan to ensure that your clients will be protected if you’re suddenly unavailable, and more. Here are a few highlights:
Rob Hockett offers simple advice on retirement [...]
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 If there’s one question that I hear more than any other, it’s probably “What do women lawyers want?” I’ll admit that the question usually causes me to sigh, because the truth for me and, I suspect, for many others is that women lawyers want pretty much what any lawyer wants: a strong practice, good clients, [...]
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 I almost titled this post “The Bad Blogger,” because that’s how I feel! I’ve been away from Atlanta (my primary home) for all but 3 scattered days since mid-January. I’m accustomed to travel, but doing this much of it all at once is truly a challenge. One thing I’ve learned is to be a little [...]
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  Blawg Review #148 Hosted by Brett Trout of BlawgIT, Blawg Review #148 is devoted to Internet Memes, complete with the requisite YouTube videos. Who could resist this?
While considering a theme for this week’s Blawg Review, it struck me that lawyers do not spend as much time aimlessly meandering the web as would, for instance, a [...]
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 There’s an interesting (quite short) article today titled, Law Firms Let Women Forge Their Own Way. The story centers on a Gabrielle Higgins, who recently made partner at Ropes & Gray and was “pleasantly surprised” to discover that 7 of the firms 10 new partners were women. And if that 70% figure isn’t striking enough, [...]
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 Empowerment and Leadership: Tried and True Methods for Women Lawyers is a 50-page booklet produced by the ABA Commission of Women in the Profession based on focus groups interviews with lawyers in over 100 law firms and corporations. The project was clearly directed toward prescribing steps to correct the gaping discrepancy between female representation in [...]
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 Survival tips for new associates: David Dummer, an associate in the Dallas office of Weil, Gotshal &  Manges, has written an article with 10 survival tips for new associates. Although the tips are not particularly revolutionary, they set a good framework for new associates and might serve as a reminder for more advanced lawyers. Some [...]
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Steve Seckler of the Counsel to Counsel blog recently posted the Women Attorneys Business Development Study, prepared by Dr. Harry Keshet of Keshet Consulting. The report is 48 pages, and it should be required reading for women lawyers.
I found one of the most encouraging findings to be the following.
Predictors of High Originations
   * Years of [...]
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A few things from the last week that deserve to be highlighted…
Bruce MacEwen of Adam Smith, Esq. offers a fascinating interview with Bruce Stachenfeld of Duval & Stachenfeld, a New York-based firm that’s made the news recently with its unusual compensation plan. The firm pays first-year lawyers $60,000 and calls them “opportunity associates.” The pay [...]
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August 11, 2008 
