Multimedia Journalist | Austin, Texas
by admin
Flora Darpino learned as a little girl she would have to strive her hardest, just to be equal. As she nears retirement from a 30-year career as a military lawyer, it’s clear that the lieutenant general took that lesson to heart. More than being equal, she became a shining example to female soldiers and the first …
Continue reading “As Army’s Top Lawyer, Flora Darpino Is No Shrinking Violet”
by admin
One of Joyce Tischler’s earliest memories as a child was bringing home an injured bird to nurse back to health. That passion to help animals propelled her to a career with the Animal Legal Defense Fund, which she has led for more than three decades. “It wasn’t a career path when I started down it—there …
Continue reading “‘Mother of Animal Law’ Parlayed Her Passion Into a Profession”
by admin
Working mothers who nurse must express their breast milk—a process that takes about 20 minutes—every two to three hours to supply food for their babies and cue their bodies to continue making enough milk. For lawyer moms, who often practice at the whim of client demands, it’s a huge challenge to keep a set schedule …
Continue reading “Pumping and Practicing: A Delicate Balance for Breastfeeding Lawyers”
by admin
This article originally published in Texas Lawyer magazine on April 4. When John Gilluly started practicing law in Austin in 1998, the city’s legal market lived and breathed real estate, government and practices surrounding those areas. But everything was changing. The growth of the city’s technology sector in the dot-com boom of the late 1990s …
Continue reading “As Austin’s Legal Market Explodes, Firms Rush In”
