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Visit our timelineAs part of The Legal Intelligencer’s 2018 Professional Excellence Awards, Blank Rome Chairman and Managing Partner Alan Hoffman has been named a "Lifetime Achievement Award Winner" and Associates Melissa Fundora Murphy and Lauren O’Donnell have been named "Law
Blank Rome Partner Leigh Ann Buziak was interviewed on Philly Business Spotlight Hour on June 7, 2018, where she discusses how she manifested her childhood “dream” of becoming an attorney and how she began (and developed) her successful career at Blank Rome, which she now also balances with raising her family.
For some, leadership is motivation, for others inspiration. Until recently, women were rarely seen in senior leadership positions as these positions have predominantly been held by men and men were therefore stereotyped to be more effective leaders. Research has examined whether or not there are sex differences in leadership; what it is evident, whatsoever, is that a lot of progress has been made on our professional lives over the last 50 years, bridging the gap between males and females.
Blank Rome Partner Jeanne M. Grasso is featured in Fairplay's Women in Shipping supplement, where, as part of the Fairplay Industry Leaders series, the IHS Markit maritime editorial team have singled out "the most accomplished women in maritime in 2018." View the full profile online here.
Blank Rome and the House of Harry Winston will together host an exclusive event for Los Angeles' top women in law on May 23, 2018, at the internationally renowned jeweler’s Beverly Hills salon.
Cheryl S. Chang will interview Stacy D. Phillips, both partners in Blank Rome’s Los Angeles office, on the topic of “Polishing Your Practice to Perfection." Stacy will reflect on her career spanning 30 years in family law and share tips about performing at the top of your professional game.
The #MeToo movement has shone new light on issues for employers in the maritime industry seeking to ensure that seafarers and shore-based personnel can participate in a work environment free of sexual harassment and assault, both shipboard and shoreside.
Blank Rome Partner Tori Guilfoyle is profiled in the Philadelphia Business Journal's "40 under 40" supplement. To read the full article, please click here.
Blank Rome Chairman and Managing Partner Alan J. Hoffman will be speaking on the “Cracks in the Ceiling: Women Navigating Large Firm Life” panel at the Philadelphia Business Journal’s special event on “Women in Law: On the Front Lines of Change,” which will be held on Thursday, June 14, 2018, from 7:30–11:00 a.m. at the Ballroom at the Ben in Philadelphia.
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to host the book launch and signing of The Stepmoms’ Club: How to Be a Stepmom without Losing Your Money, Your Mind and Your Marriage, by Kendall Rose.
The event, which will also feature special guest Dr. Bonnie Eaker Weil Ph.D., a NYC love and relationship therapist and author of Make Up, Don’t Break Up and Adultery: The Forgivable Sin, will take place Wednesday, May 23, 2018, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at Blank Rome’s New York City office.
Blank Rome Associate Emery Richards recently interviewed “Partner, Parent and Pioneer” Shauna Johnson Clark in the “Pioneers In Houston Law” feature of the March/April 2018 edition of The Houston Lawyer (pp. 17-18).
In her interview, Emery asks Ms. Clark a range of personal and professional questions, seeking her insight and observations on various timely topics and life experiences, including her:
