By Avalon Zoppo | October 30, 2024
"Being privy to the [Bin Laden] operation and being at the Pentagon in the basement, watching and listening to it unfold that day, was one of my proudest achievements, particularly because I'm a New Yorker, and I was present in Manhattan on September 11, 2001," Jeh Johnson said.
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By Emily Cousins | September 24, 2024
"I think having a legal profession that reflects what our society looks like and reflects those experiences makes our profession stronger," Diessel said. "It makes our institutions stronger. I personally think we've taken some amazing strides, but we've got more work to do."
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By Emily Cousins | September 24, 2024
"Some lawyers feel compelled to show off their knowledge; their own insecurity drives them to want to impress," Jeffrey Hessekiel, the general counsel for Exelixis, said. "Lisa has a quiet confidence, and she impresses without having to be self-important or needlessly formal. As you work with her, you see that she deserves the position that she's achieved and the respect that she has gained. ... She is just a steady, smart, reasonable litigator, and that makes her very dependable."
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By Emily Cousins | September 24, 2024
"Within the legal community, you can have a lot of success when you get a diversity of not only individuals, but of thoughts, background and experience," Pham said. "If we can continue championing diversity, equity and inclusion, if we can continue that as a country and as a profession, I think we'll be in a good place."
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By Emily Cousins | August 12, 2024
"Being younger in the profession, it's nice to have people you're comfortable with to call for referrals or for unique questions in a different practice area," Sara O'Brien said.
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By Emily Cousins | August 9, 2024
"It doesn't matter if you are a prosecutor or a defense attorney. It didn't matter if you were plaintiffs counselor or defense counsel," Moore said. "If you can tell a good story and back it up with facts, you are going to prevail."
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By Emily Cousins | August 8, 2024
While Samy said he believes the government institutions and systems work, "they work best when we have citizenry that actually acts as citizens, and if we fail to act as citizens as individuals, no amount of great thinking in any of those institutions, the Constitution and our law is really going to function well. People have forgotten that they need to be citizens."
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By Emily Cousins | August 7, 2024
"I was a high school basketball coach, and I think I was pretty good at motivating my teams," J. Paul Vance Jr. said. "That's what I want to do in this role as vice president, is be a worker and motivator, and to remind people that it's really important that lawyers across the state remember this is our labor union. This is an organization that speaks for all of us, and so I want to hear everybody's voice and be a resource for them."
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By Emily Cousins | August 6, 2024
"I think because so much of our lives have gone remote in the last couple of years, younger lawyers are missing out on in-person connections that happen when you're going to events ... or getting out and doing other things in the community," Emily Gianquinto said.
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By Emily Cousins | August 5, 2024
"If courts can't protect people and institutions when they need protecting, then we're all in trouble," James T. Shearin said.
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