Partnering Up For Perspective: Top Tips to Tackle Work-Life Balance Issues
By Tanya Falleiro Neha Sareen • September 15, 2011 •Balancing Private and Professional Life
For this month’s Partnering Up for Perspective, we decided to get together, reflect, and identify top strategies some of the most successful female attorneys in the San Francisco Bay Area have used to create balance. For all the female attorneys and working professionals out there, here are some top tips to tackle work-life balance issues: 1. Make some “Me” time. Discipline is key in maintaining a work-life balance. When you tell yourself you will not check your Blackberry, answer work calls, research cases, etc., stay true to your word. Sometimes, you just have to draw the line. It’s hard to…
Partnering Up For Perspective: An Interview with Ingrid M. Evans, Founder of The Evans Law Firm (www.evanslaw.com).
By Tanya Falleiro Neha Sareen • July 15, 2011 •Balancing Private and Professional Life
A Little More about Ms. Ingrid M. Evans . . . Prior to founding The Evans Law Firm, Ms. Evans opened the San Francisco office of a national law firm and worked in private practice with former San Francisco City Attorney, Louise Renne, after she served as a veteran Deputy City Attorney for the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office. Ms. Evans is a Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate and was previously undefeated as a former Deputy City Attorney. She has been named as a 2010 Northern California Super Lawyers and a 2009 Northern California Rising Star’s Super Lawyers. Ms. Evans…
Partnering Up for Perspective: An Interview with Jenny Lynn Fountain
By Tanya Falleiro Neha Sareen • May 19, 2011 •Balancing Private and Professional Life
Bio: Jenny Lynn Fountain received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in English and French from the University of Alabama in 1999 and her Juris Doctor degree from Emory University School of Law in 2002. While at Emory University, Mrs. Fountain was selected as a member of the Moot Court Society Special Teams and Review Board and was the recipient of the Gunster Yoakley Best Oralist Award. From 2002 to 2004, Mrs. Fountain served as Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Leslie Tchaikovsky, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of California. Mrs. Fountain focuses her practice in the areas…
Partnering Up For Perspective … An Interview with Ms. Pat Gillette
By Tanya Falleiro Neha Sareen • April 16, 2011 •Balancing Private and Professional Life
Pat Gillette is a partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, a frequent lecturer to management and professional groups, and an active member in many organizations geared towards the advancement of women in the legal profession. At Orrick’s San Francisco office, Ms. Gillette is a member of the Employment Law Group, and practices in all aspects of the employment law area. Her work has included issues regarding wrongful discharge and discrimination litigation of class actions and individual/multi-plaintiff cases. She has represented employers before administrative agencies, and counseled them on preventative personnel practices. Alongside her legal experience, Ms. Gillette is the…