If you were starting your legal career today, what would you do differently than you did 10, 20 or 30 years ago? Below are how three top women in Texas’ largest firms said they would approach the path to partnership if they were associates today. They are among the 18 women lawyers who either head their law firms or head their firm’s Texas offices. [See "Leading Ladies: More Women Are Running Large Law Firms," Texas Lawyer, Sept. 22, 2014].
“What I would do as an associate now is take more risks in terms of wanting to take ownership of cases and really getting involved, getting the big picture and learning the business of law,” said Mary-Olga Lovett, coregional operating shareholder for 1,723-lawyer Greenberg Traurig. “It’s easy for an associate to say, ‘I made my hours this month’ and move on.’”
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