Women Are Thriving At Our Law Firm

Leigh Polk Cole, Esq.

The Shriver Report (see prior post) made me reflect anew on the success of women professionals at our firm.  Women may now be 50% of the national workforce and equal or primary bread winners for most families, but women still are not equally represented in leadership and management positions of U.S. businesses nationwide.  Law firms are an interesting example.  Law firms in particular tend to have a good number of female employees overall because legal secretary, legal assistant and paralegal are professions in which women have been successful members of the workforce, and even dominant in the workforce in many markets, for years.  Where our firm diverges from the norm is among the attorneys.  Of our 27 attorneys, 12 are women, including Karen McAndrew who is one of our 3 named partners and is on our 3-person management committee.  Of our 19 partners, 7 are women; of our 6 associate attorneys, 4 are women.  Read the full post....