Employer: Cahill Gordon & Reindel
Title and Practice Area: Partner, White-Collar Defense and Securities Litigation

What was the most valuable lesson you learned in your first year of practice? My first year practicing—as an assistant U.S. attorney in D.C.—I learned that if you’ve never lost a case, you’ve never tried a case. I lost several trials that year (and some after that), and I’m a better and stronger litigator for it.

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