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Recently the European Parliament voted to ban single-use plastic cutlery, cotton swabs, straws and stirrers in an effort to reduce the pollution of our oceans. I’m sure you’ve all seen photos in the news of dead whales, their stomachs full ...

As springtime causes allergies – and as fluky spring weather brings on colds — I wanted to focus on the importance of self-care and routines. While we often discuss business development strategies and trade networking tips, we don’t talk much ...

Every child deserves a child advocacy center. If you don’t know about the Baltimore Child Abuse Center, you should. The center’s mission is to provide local victims of sexual abuse, trauma and other adverse childhood experiences and their non-offending caretakers ...

Last month I attended a wonderful Women’s History Month lecture titled “Political Involvement: Why It’s Important & How to Do It,” sponsored by the Women’s Bar Association of Maryland, the Monumental Bar Association and the historical committee of the Bar ...

Tagged with: Women's History Month

I have been spending lots of time mediating cases. As litigation goes, mediation is a great process. For those who are not familiar, it is a process (not a word used lightly) where an independent third party, typically a retired ...

When I was in law school, students taking part in a trial program who did not wear “professional attire” had points deducted – prompting me to have a conversation with the professor. I said the term is understood differently by ...

I have a plaque in my office with this quote: “Your job is not to judge. Your job is to lift the fallen, to restore the broken, and to heal the hurting.” 2019 marks a decade of learning about and working ...

I’m self-conscious about my blog because of two things: a) I don’t have everything figured out and b) I know I don’t have everything figured out. With this in mind, I submit to you today’s topic: dressing for work. Several ...

A couple of weeks ago, I left the courtroom after a contentious hearing only to overhear opposing counsel bloviating, quite loudly, to her client about my litigation strategy. Reeling, I walked over to opposing counsel and requested that she refrain ...

I am not a daily affirmation type of person. That said, I’ve taken to making my work computer’s password – which I have to change frequently — an affirmation. My most recent password is “Stay Strong” (with a series of ...

Tagged with: International Women's Day