SSM Presents on When Women Own Firms: How to Lead, Originate, and Develop Business as a Woman for the Santa Cruz Bar Association

What happens when women own their own law firms? How does this change the way they lead, mentor, and market their services? Panelists such as: Tamara Pow from Strategy Law, Lydia Hsu from Foster Hsu, Julia Wei from Diemer & Wei LLP, SSM's Lindsey Mignano, and moderator Ann Robbeloth from Robbeloth Law led a discussion regarding race, gender, and intersecting social hierarchies as these powerful women law firm owners discuss how they've got to where they are today. Subtopics for discussion included: 

• How do women, those who identify as female, and women of color build a law practice and how might gender and/or race, for example, come into play?
• The responsibility of female law firm founders to mentor and sponsor more junior attorneys.
• How to build and manage relationships with clients, referral sources, and other third parties external to the firm in light of existing gender and racial biases in larger society.