Session #: 418-T47
Presenter(s): Ellen Presby, Colleen Duffy Smith, Linda Miller Atkinson, Martha Marie Eastman, Staci M. Yandle, Sharon L. Van Dyck Session Length: 3 hr 13 min Program: 2008 AAJ Annual Convention Date: July 12-16, 2008
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Track Includes
- The Changing Focus of Trial Practices to New and Evolving Areas of the Law Where Women Have Found Success
- Drug/mass torts litigation -
Ellen Presby
- Statistics of women in leadership of the drug/mass torts litigation
- Drug/mass torts topics which have interest to women trial lawyers
- Case management challenges for women trial lawyers in drug/mass torts litigation
- Business litigation/torts -
Colleen Duffy Smith
- Where are the women in business litigation/torts?
- Women's strengths and weaknesses in dealing with male-dominated businesses
- Case topics and litigation strategies which draw women trial lawyers to this new area
- The Changing of Focus for Traditional Trial Practice for Women -
Linda Miller Atkinson
- Case selection and management today
- Restructuring the law firm to address the strengths of women trial lawyer in this changing legal environment
- Remembering the economics of case selection and valuation for women
- Women making the most of technology in the firm and with cases
- Sacrificing Support—What Happens When Women Trial Lawyers Start Their Own Practice
- How to set up a firm—The financial and legal aspects that affect a women's solo practice -
Martha Marie Eastman
- Leaving the male-dominated firm—The ethical and business decision for the woman trial lawyer (ethics) -
Staci M. Yandle
- Lessons learned from leaving your firm -
Sharon L. Van Dyck
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