Tired? Busy? Hate Going to Meetings? These Debevoise Lawyers Show Why You Should Join a Bar Association Anyway (The Am Law Litigation Daily)
The Am Law Litigation Daily, September 14, 2016
Tired? Busy? Hate Going to Meetings? These Debevoise Lawyers Show Why You Should Join a Bar Association Anyway
“Deborah Enix-Ross remembers the first time she attended a New York City Bar Association meeting many years ago….“I thought ‘Why am I here? Why am I doing this? I’m tired, I’m overworked.’ And then she remembered: ‘I wanted to be around the brightest leaders in the profession. I wanted to better myself.’…John Kiernan, who is co-chair of Debevoise’s litigation practice and the president of the New York City Bar Association, agrees. ‘Lots of clients with complicated problems look for a broad-gauged lawyer to advise them….It doesn’t change the zealousness of your advocacy, but the tone is different if you know the person on the other side–and the tone is also sometimes different if you’re perceived as a leader of the profession,’ Kiernan said.”
