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Don’t you just love days when you have four briefs due at the same time in different jurisdictions that do not have e-file? Well, that was me last Friday. Like most people, I have a plan for the week, but ...

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“The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.” —Charles de Gaulle (former president of France) For many young professionals, it is hard to think about adopting a pet. With long work hours and considerations about ...

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My last blog post and a previous were about goal-setting, verbalizing your goals and asking for what you need to accomplish them. I invite you to take it one step further and think intentionally about the trajectory of your career ...

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I had the best experience during a mediation recently – an all-female, eight-hour phone mediation. Now, you would think that the eight-hour phone part sounds daunting, but it was actually the getting up at 4 a.m. only to miss my ...

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When I started out as a young family law attorney, I felt as if the world was spinning around me and I could barely hang on. It took years before I felt like I knew what I was doing, and ...

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As a young professional living in Baltimore, I am often asked where I went to school. If you have lived in Baltimore for any amount of time, you know that I’m being asked about my high school. It is something ...

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I have a Careers page on my website because I try to remain open-minded about hiring the right staff members even if it feels like the wrong time. It seems that the work of a law office is always expanding ...

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As the summer continues, many of our law practices may start to wind down a bit, or we may find fewer opportunities to network during the vacation season. Over the years I’ve realized it’s important to embrace these slower cycles ...

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When we think about networking as young professionals, we tend to think about “grabbing a cup of coffee.” Even those of us who are not coffee drinkers often rely on this phrase to facilitate a casual meet-up during business hours ...

“The Confidence Code,” written by journalists Katty Kay and Claire Shipman, holds itself out to be a handbook for women living in a professional world where bald self-assurance outweighs competence and outspoken men are more valuable to the workplace than ...