WAVe Presents: Women Who Inspire

“ “ As the fourth female justice ever on the Supreme Court bench, Justice Elena Kagan has paved the way for many more women to achieve positions of judicial prominence. Her intelligent and accessible opinions, such as when she incorporated Spiderman puns into her Kimble v. Marvel ruling, appeal to the geek in all of us. — Katherine Dearing, Associate My maternal grandmother was a great inspiration to me. She was one of five sisters who fled Poland at a young age and, ahead of her time, was a deep believer in gender equality, workplace rights, and other issues of social justice. She insisted that her granddaughters AND grandsons know how to cook. (And she made the world’s best brisket.) — Mitch Evall, Partner