legal sanity

I cut my lawyer-teeth as a litigation associate in the New York office of Weil Gotshal & Manges. Although I left big firm life en route to my solo career, I’m grateful for the experience I gained there. I learned all the basics and intricacies of litigating complex matters and got to work with some terrific people. So, I was happy to come across this article about a Weil Gotshal paralegal who, with some helping hands, overcame adversity and created “her new life in a new land.” The story is uplifting both for its depiction of human trial and triumph and for it’s more implicit message that, despite popular belief, big firms are not made up of heartless automatons. They are simply microcosms of the larger world where people regularly step up for those in need and serve the greater good.