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Funny you should ask this question. Back in 2000, I worked on a case with your former & current law partner - Funny you should mention that. Here& #39;s a case that I handled with your firm when my daughters were 3 and 6 months old. https://casetext.com/case/hydro-investors-v-trafalgar-power-inc?q=%22Carolyn%20elefant%22%20and%20john%20roberts%20Hydro&p=1&tab=keyword&jxs=federal&sort=relevance&type=case">https://casetext.com/case/hydr... https://twitter.com/smmarotta/status/1248978937243480064">https://twitter.com/smmarotta...
I worked from home around naps & my younger daughter& #39;s 3-day/wk morning pre-school. My husband worked out of the house. My main work hours were 9am - 1 am and I often napped on the park bench by day to horror of other moms. No nanny. My parents helped out a few times a month.
I nursed my baby on calls with the attorneys at your firm. I showered maybe three times a week. I had to drive my daughters from DC to my parents at the NJ shore and rise at 4 am next morning so my dad could drive me to catch a bus to NYC for the Second Circuit argument.
I never uttered a word about what was happening behind the scenes to anyone for fear of not being taken seriously. Back then, my peers saw me as dabbler or a crackpot or a loser who couldn& #39;t get a job at biglaw (chose not to was truth). Not an innovator.
I did write a piece about one part of my experience - "How I Researched a Legal Brief For Free" that was published in Washington Legal Times with my photo (taken from my basement office!). Wrote about cheap tools I used because I couldn& #39;t afford LEXIS.
As I said, I was not viewed as an innovator nor did I consider myself one. I felt like a stubborn dog with a bone determined to argue cases at federal appeals courts on my terms and I did what I had to do to get the job done.
Who knows or cares if the stuff we& #39;re seeing today - the dial up phone calls or Zoom is innovation or just doing what I did decades ago - getting the work done. And it doesn& #39;t really matter anyway.
It would be nice if what came out of this is a more modern court system. But what would be nicer is if we judged people on their work and accomplishments and not look down on them because they& #39;ve chosen to own their own firm or have kids crying in the background.
I meant "dial in oral arguments" on the above Tweet!
