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Tamara de Wild picked the right time — and the right company — to begin her career as in-house counsel.

Kim Fournier’s love affair with public sector work began when she was still in law school. At the time, she was serving as an intern with the Jackson County prosecutor’s office.

Cat Kelly says public defenders come in two varieties: The idealist and the scrappy attorney who lives to take on authority. Kelly is a bit of both.

With a career spanning six decades, Grace S. Day clearly has staying power.

In June, Janet Robey Alonzo will be on a safari in Tanzania with her husband and three grown children, but for now it’s business as usual at her Fenton office.

Student editors-in-chief of law reviews come and go, but Silya Teixeira separated herself from the pack. “I’m kind of hard core,” Teixeira says.

Professor Nancy Levit wants you to be happy. Especially if you’re a lawyer. That’s not always an easy sell. Lawyers’ happiness might seem like a loosey-goosey topic better reserved for associates blowing off steam at the bar than for scholarly attention.

It’s all in the family for Stephanie Stenger Montgomery.

In 2002, Nancy Hamilton had just finished her job as an in-house attorney for Ralston Purina. The company was acquired by Nestlé, and Hamilton helped complete the deal.

People have many different reasons for going to law school. Millie Aulbur did it on a dare.

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Erica Blume’s journey into the legal profession began with a little ambition and a locked door.