The lawyer who chastised a colleague with "Don't raise your voice to me. It's not becoming of a woman" was sanctioned for making the remark at a deposition (along with other unethical conduct during discovery). The court cites to ABA Commission on Women’s First Chair Study in finding that "comments like this reflect and reinforce the male-dominated attitude of [the legal] profession."
January 20, 2016 Practice Points
Marketing Tips for Young Women Attorneys: Your Partners and Colleagues Are Clients, Too
By Angela Turiano
Angela Turiano works at Bressler, Amery Ross in New York, New York
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