Sep 17, 2021
Building a career in the law field can be both challenging and rewarding: Especially if your field of interest is uncommon. In today’s episode, Kathryn interviews Linda Kornfeld. Linda shares why she attended law school and how she landed in her practice area: As an Insurance Recovery Attorney. She also gives advice for others who are looking for their career niche, as well as her experiences with business interruption insurance over the past year and what Biglaw can do to foster diversity.
Episode Resources
- https://www.blankrome.com/people/linda-kornfeld
Episode Highlights - Why did Linda go to law school in the first place? 1:01
- How did she decide to work as an Interest recovery attorney? - 3:15
- Checkmarks that Linda went through to see if the interest recovery area is the career of her future. - 4:59
- How she wound up on the path of her current job. - 7:43
- Balancing two hats amidst the pandemic. - 16:23
- Good and bad things in 2020 and 2021 that can help build stronger institutions in the backend. - 18:58
- The only way you can make change happen is by forcing it. - 23:20
- You got to put the right people in the room where it happens
and the benefits will flow from there. - 26:52
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