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Good attorneys learn by doing.
Most good attorneys tell the same story -- that they matured as lawyers when their legal education was enriched by challenging, hands-on work in the field. At Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, we provide our Associates with the right balance of training and actual experience to develop them as attorneys early on. Our Attorneys share their experiences.
"Because of my liberal arts background, it was an incredible privilege to work on three cases involving the film Shakespeare in Love. In each, different plaintiffs claimed that they were the originators of the screenplay, as opposed to the credited screenwriters. As I researched the cases, I had the pleasure of pouring over old books and screenplays to find prior art. I read Romeo and Juliet and probably the vast majority of works of fiction about the play. I read about Shakespeare and about the history of the period so that I could identify which elements were stock or simply historical fact. I worked closely with our expert witnesses, many of whom were accomplished Shakespearean scholars. I had frequent contact with our clients and opposing counsel. We resolved all three cases through confidential settlements (which is usually the case with entertainment matters), but the opportunity to be not only a tough litigator but also a literary sleuth was one of the highlights of my career here."
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"The Firm agreed to provide pro bono services to the Swiss Claims Resolution Tribunal and to send me to Switzerland for 10 months. The Tribunal's key objectives were to make an accounting and to provide the basis for restitution owed to individual victims of Nazi persecution or their heirs who entrusted funds to Swiss banks. The work was personally and professionally rewarding. I worked very closely with a small group of lawyers from a variety of jurisdictions (the U.K., France, Russia, Croatia, Poland), each of whom approached issues with the perspectives and biases of their home jurisprudence. It was incredibly interesting working together to devise a unified set of rules for an entirely new court system. On August 12, 1998, a historic settlement agreement was reached in which the Swiss banks agreed to pay $1.23 billion in reparation to victims of the Nazi regime. It felt great to be directly involved in the effort to right a historical injustice and to use my law degree for something unequivocal and good. Living in Europe for a year wasn't half bad either."
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