Purposeful Inclusion: The Key to Growing Female Leadership in the Courtroom

Last year, I posted a picture of our trial team on LinkedIn and asked my network if they had ever seen an all-female team in the courtroom. The responses were amazing and gratifying. For months, I had inquiries of “how” and “why” I put together an all-female trial team. There were many reasons, but the most obvi­ous was that I had a team of talented litigators who were willing to work around the clock to prevail.

Over the last 15 years, I have worked with many tri­al teams made up of mostly female lawyers. For a long time, we drew the attention of judges, staff, and juries. One trial was dubbed the “boys vs. girls” trial, and in another, the judge commented that he had never seen a courtroom with only women. Slowly, but surely, these outings are becoming more commonplace, and more women are leading the efforts at trial.

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