Q&A: Grace Speights of Morgan Lewis

Q&A: Grace Speights of Morgan Lewis

It’s a long way from the rough Philadelphia neighborhood where Grace E. Speights grew up to the swanky confines of a Manhattan gala, where she was recently named Attorney of the Year by The American Lawyer for her work in the #MeToo era. As we learned, it was a path...
Gwen Marcus, Showtime Networks

Gwen Marcus, Showtime Networks

There may be no hotter entertainment network right now than Showtime. Thanks to hits like “Billions,” “Homeland” and “Shameless,” it has grown its streaming subscriber base to 1.5 million according to a report on Variety.com, a...
Therese Pritchard, Bryan Cave

Therese Pritchard, Bryan Cave

Two years ago, Bryan Cave named Therese Pritchard as its Chair, the first woman to hold the title in its 140-year-plus history. Pritchard joined a new class of women assuming top roles at major firms, including Jami Wintz McKeon, who was named Morgan Lewis’s Chair the...
Roberta Kaplan, Paul Weiss

Roberta Kaplan, Paul Weiss

When evaluating Roberta Kaplan’s career, it’s hard to overstate the importance of her decision in 2009 to take on a client named Edith Windsor, an elegant and charismatic gay widow who had been hit with $363,053 in estate taxes because the federal government did not...