Life, law go hand in hand at NL firm

Grace recently sat down with the five female attorneys practicing at Suisman Shapiro PC of New London to get their thoughts on maintaining life and work balance and gender differences in the field. The women represent diverse fields of interest and experience, and range from a law school pioneer to an associate admitted to the bar last November. But they all agreed on one thing: legal problems are life problems.

Carolyn Kelly, who holds 40 years of experience in worker's compensation and occupational illness law, was one of five women in her law school class at the University of Oregon (1970). Kelly encountered an institutional reticence to her enrollment when a dean questioned whether her spot would be better given to a no-pregnancy-risk male. Clearly, she was undeterred.

Eileen C. Duggan, attorney for the town of Groton, oversees the firm's Labor, Employment, Municipal and Education Law Department, while Hinda Kimmel, a former special education teacher, counsels clients in student rights and discriminatory practices, as well as municipal and private employers on matters of employee misconduct and discrimination allegations. I grew up in the computer age so I've had a different experience than some of the attorneys I've worked with. ... you do see it being used in really cool ways at trial. For instance with medical records, which can be really complex and contain a lot of information, we can use it to highlight the portions relevant for the jury. So there's sort of a bells and whistles effect, but it takes this complicated thing and makes it much more understandable — and meaningful — to lay people. Just dealing with my own experience here, the thing that has surprised me at times, in handling labor-side, grievances, negotiations — aside from a handful of union reps, I'm usually sitting across from a table full of men. It seems to be the nature of labor work. But as the parent of a 12-year-old who needs to be places in the middle of the day, I find there is a comfort level with our clients; since we have the same clients over time, they know us a little better ... and things are more flexible. One thing I've seen, in talking with experienced litigators, is that a man can use a certain approach [in court], and people will say he is aggressively defending his client. But almost those exact same tactics are unacceptable [from a female attorney].

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