Over my more than 25 years of practice as a litigator at Paul, Weiss, and more recently as a board-level counselor to many large corporate clients, I have been fortunate to have been encouraged, guided, and mentored by a series of remarkable lawyers. I truly owe my success to my mentors, who pushed me beyond my comfort zone, entrusted me with major client responsibilities, and offered me examples of professional excellence. Even today, I recall the lessons I learned from my former mentors, many of whom are now my close friends.
In June 2020, for example, faced with the daunting challenge of representing IBM in one of the first in-person trials in the disorienting early days of the pandemic, my thoughts kept returning to what my mentors might do in my shoes.
How would they stay focused amid the chaos? How would they effectively argue their case while wearing face shields in an eerily empty courthouse? How would they guide associates on the team through their first-ever trial in such circumstances?
No one comes at this, even after years of experience, knowing without a shred of doubt the right way to handle a unique and difficult situation. My mentors...
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