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How Women are Taking the Lead in the Legal Industry.
Description
Tanner Jones, your host and Vice President of Business Development at Consultwebs, welcomes you to another episode of the LAWsome Podcast by Consultwebs.
In today's episode, Tanner is accompanied by Melody Eagan, managing partner at Lightfoot, Franklin & White. She's the first woman to lead the firm in its history and she's also on the executive committee. Melody brings decades of experience defending clients in catastrophic injury, wrongful death cases and more.
Together, they sit down to discuss women taking the lead in the legal profession. Stay tuned to hear about the struggles, developments and most importantly, the successes women face in law.
Key Takeaways:
[0:18] Introduction
[1:23] How the legal profession has developed overtime.
[3:10] The 3 biggest challenges women face in law.
[8:40] Balancing roles at home and at work.
[11:13] Maternity leave: Being a mother and top-performer at work.
[13:37] Culture and diversity within a law firm.
[17:45] How women in law are helping other women advance in the workplace.
[21: 02] Leadership styles in an office environment.
[23:45] Results from a gender-inclusive business culture.
[26:51] Last advice and thoughts.
[28:37] Best way to contact Melody Eagan.
Best way to contact Melody Eagan:
https://www.lightfootlaw.com/people/melody-hurdle-eagan
meagan@lightfootlaw.com
205-581-0777 phone
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Tweetables and Quotes:
"Thinking back to the early 1990s, the practice of law was a male-dominated field. We had some female associates but we had no female partners at the time and thinking back even to the way that we used to dress to try to fit in with the men, we'd wear masculine jackets