PLAC Member Stephanie Scharf of Scharf, Banks Marmor is co-author of the American Bar Association and American Lawyers Media survey entitled, “Walking Out the Door: The Fact, Figures, and Future of Experienced Women Lawyers in Private Practice.” This study addresses why senior women are far more likely than men to leave the practice of law. Click here to download the results.

Congratulations to PLAC Future Leader Kaitlyn Stone of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP who received the 2019 New Attorney Pro Bono Award from the New Jersey State Bar Association at last week’s Pro Bono Awards Reception.

Congratulations to PLAC member Stephanie Scharf, Chair of the American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession, led the successful adoption of Resolution 106 at the 2019 ABA Annual Meeting in San Francisco.

Congratulations to PLAC member Steve Quattlebaum of Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull PLLC for achieving a defense verdict in favor of PLAC member Johnson & Johnson in a talcum powder asbestos exposure case in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles. Mr. Quattlebaum was named a LAW360 Legal Lion for this win.

PLAC member Michael Preciado‘s recent blog, A Defense For E-Cig Makers Against Vape Lung Illness Claims, was highlighted in Law360 today - to read the full article click here.

Congratulations to PLAC Sustaining member Jeffrey A. Cohen of Carlton Fields who was named chair of the Florida Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions in Civil Cases. Read more here.