News & Events

On January 13, 2021, I had the privilege of speaking to several American Inns of Court in Pennsylvania and Colorado about “Modernizing Mentoring: Maintaining Relationships and Meeting Change with Virtual Opportunities.”

The 2020 Philadelphia Bar Association Chancellor’s Forum will focus on retirement this year and is entitled “Retirement: Who, Me?” I’m delighted to be giving the keynote address.

I am deeply honored and excited that the Wall Street Journal has selected Retirement by Design as one of the best books on retirement for 2020!

Ronnie Fox, a distinguished employment and partnership lawyer, recently published an important book on lawyer retirement and succession in the UK, Partner Retirement in Law Firms (Globe Law and Business Ltd, 2020). I feel honored that he wrote a highly favorable review of my book, Retirement by Design, in the July 2020 issue of Modern Legal Practice.

On May 5, 2020, Lisa Horowitz will interview me for National Association of Women Lawyers about my book, Retirement by Design. Learn more and register here.

Deborah Carr, who writes a blog called Baby Boomer Retirement, wrote a detailed and highly favorable review of Retirement by Design. Read it here.

Read this interview led by Deborah Kalb to learn about Retirement by Design.

Lisa Smith is interviewing me on Big Blend Radio to discuss my book Retirement by Design. You can listen to the live or archived interview here.

Retire Better Now published my article, Retirement: A Time for Jubilación, which explains how to apply design principles to create a joyful and fulfilling retirement.

Delighted to see this review of Retirement by Design written by a blogger in the UK who has been retired for several years and remarks, “Had I had a guide like this in 2010, maybe I would have done a few things differently!” He also states: “This is one of the most comprehensive books covering all aspects of retirement that I have read. Unlike many, it does not just focus on the financial side. It encourages you to look at all the myriad aspects of retirement, social, financial, practical and all shades in between.” Read the full review here.

I will be speaking to the Los Angeles County Bar Association Senior Lawyers Section about “Redefining Retirement: Issues and Solutions for Lawyers and Firms.”

I’m deeply honored to be featured by Year 101: Women in Law, a campaign celebrating women in law sponsored by Australian law firm McCullough Robertson, the 2019 Lawyers Weekly Diversity Law Firm of the Year

FabafterFifty.com, a website for women over 50 or who want to be fabulous when they reach 50, interviewed me about my book. You can read it here.

I’m thrilled that an event to honor the launch of my new book, Retirement by Design, will be hosted by the Legal Design and Innovation team at IDEO, one of the world’s leading design and innovation companies. Space is limited. If you like more information, please contact me.

Many years ago, I founded the Professional Development Roundtable for Global Law Firms, which is now run by Lisa Horowitz. I was invited – and delighted – to speak to the group about my forthcoming book, Retirement by Design, and its relevance to them and their firms.

I was interviewed about “Mentoring, Sponsoring, Coaching: What Do I Need and How Do I Get It?,” for a program hosted by the Women in the House (WITH) Network of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC).