January 05, 2022

From In-House Counsel to Tort and Business Litigation Attorney

When Alina Landver launched her Beverly Hills, California tort and business litigation practice in 2014, she was making a drastic change: from serving as the top in-house lawyer at a renowned fashion design house to becoming a tort and business litigation attorney. In making the transition from corporate law to tort law and business litigation, Landver was determined to be a catalyst for change in people’s lives...

October 09, 2021

Attorney C.J. Gomes Discovers Her Own Path to Partnership

In just a matter of weeks, COVID-19 changed the way much of the world works. But for Florida law firm Boyd & Jenerette , the shift to remote work options started well before the first trace of COVID showed up in the news. For this civil litigation defense firm, adding more flexibility to their employees’ work options was motivated by their goal of working more efficiently and cost-effectively for their insurance...

August 26, 2021

Determining a Path: How Attorney Emily Albrecht Discovered Funeral Law

Given the vast breadth of the legal profession and the competitive job market faced by recent law school graduates, it is often tough for new lawyers to choose a particular practice area early on in their careers. Nevertheless, this critical decision can potentially shape the rest of an attorney’s entire career (and life). So how did Emily Albrecht, a Senior Associate at Gardner Trabolsi & Associates , decide...

August 26, 2021

Kelly Hayes on Using Webinars to Educate the Firm’s Clients

As Co-owner and Managing Partner of Stotler Hayes Group LLC , Kelly Hayes has a simple philosophy that speaks to the success her firm has achieved. “Our goal is to have all of our clients be as happy as our happiest client,” she explains. So, what does the firm do to make them happy? Hayes quips, “the answer is education.” To that end, her team has built a client education strategy that works...

August 25, 2021

Attorneys Goodwyn and Hendley Ride TikTok Tips to Success with Entertainment Clients

Andrew Goodwyn and Holland Hendley haven’t taken the usual path to law firm success. Goodwyn majored in fashion merchandising, while Hendley studied music and business. Both dreamed of pursuing careers in entertainment and quickly realized that the most impactful route would be as counselors for the many creative artists among us. Through research it became apparent to them that many of the big players in entertainment...

August 24, 2021

For Attorney Samantha Farish, Aligning Skills and Passions Leads to The Veterans Consortium

The veteran community has always been a part of Samantha Farish’s life. Her parents met while serving in the Navy aboard the USS Lexington, where her mother was one of the first enlisted women to be stationed as a crewmember on an aircraft carrier. Her grandfather was also a veteran, serving in the Vietnam War. “I was told at a young age that he disliked discussing the war,” Farish said. She later...

August 11, 2021

The Power of Empathy with Attorney Kathryn Burmeister

“I was one of those weird kids who always wanted to be a lawyer,” Attorney Kathryn Burmeister says. And in high school, as she pored through literature like To Kill A Mockingbird and Letter From a Birmingham Jail, she began to understand why. “I liked the idea of being a voice for the voiceless and standing up for something to make a change,” Burmeister explains. So it’s probably no surprise...

August 05, 2021

Attorney Steve Cohen Proves You’re Never Too Old to Learn Something New

Almost everyone believes in the law. But when a jury summons shows up in the mail, excuses often take precedence over beliefs. Not so for Steve Cohen. “I’m the only *** you’ll ever meet who never tried to get out of jury duty,” he said. “I actually served on four juries through verdict.” After the last trial, he struck up a conversation at a party about his experience serving as...

August 05, 2021

Entrepreneur, Author, Attorney: For Larry Pino, Law School Opens Doors

While many law school students envision their names on the door of a big law firm someday, Larry Pino saw law school as the key to opening a lot of other kinds of doors. “Once you pass the bar, you can hang up a shingle, you can go into a law firm and practice law, you can go in-house and act as a general counsel in a business or you can operate a business,” Pino says. “You can even run for office...

August 05, 2021

From Paralegal to Solo Practice—A Talk with Jessylin Polo Wiederhold

“I’m a people person,” Attorney Jessylin Polo Wiederhold says. “I always try to be a light in the lives of those whom I encounter—especially my clients. So, it’s no surprise that upon graduating law school, Polo Wiederhold gravitated towards personal injury law. “When you’re dealing with an injured person, they’re understandably frustrated,” she explains. “I...

August 05, 2021

Attorney Dominic Donovan on Mission Statements & Law Firm Culture

“I went to law school to do public interest work,” attorney Dominic Donovan explains. And upon graduation he accepted a position as guardian ad litem counsel in Ohio. “I loved the work and it was great litigation experience—but the burnout was real.” Donovan shifted to Legal Aid of the Bluegrass, in a role he describes as very rewarding, with a lot of autonomy, surrounded by great people...

August 05, 2021

DC Attorney Jonathan Whitcomb Supports Clients with Financial Expertise and Integrity

While there are people in every type of business who think stepping on others is the best way to climb the ladder, attorney Jonathan Whitcomb takes the opposite approach. “During my life, I saw that the people who were most successful were almost always principled people,” he said. “I found that a great many of them shared the same principled structure of integrity: treating people with respect and...