Have you set a specific goal that you want to achieve in the next year?
I’ve been trying to delegate significantly more work to our associates than in prior years. This is difficult for me, because I am particular about how I do things, and I like to control my entire practice. But for years I have had more work to do than time to do it, and so leveraging my practice is the natural and necessary next step in my career. We have several amazing associates at my firm who support my practice. They make it much easier for me to loosen my grip and trust that the work will be done right.
What has been your proudest career moment and your biggest hurdle?
In 2010, my firm made the difficult financial decision to shut down the Atlanta real estate group … except me, then a third-year associate. I was an “associate free agent” until 2015, when we again began hiring real estate attorneys in Atlanta (we now have a robust group). This career path is quite different from the prototypical big firm model in which partners take specific associates under their wings. Lucky for me, during that time, I forged strong relationships with, and learned how to practice law from, our 250-plus real estate attorneys throughout the country and the cross-discipline attorneys in Atlanta.
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