Tricia DeLeon is a commercial litigation and bankruptcy partner at Gruber Elrod Johansen Hail Shank LLP in Dallas, Texas.
I’ve worked with Tricia for over 7 years and always applauded her efforts to mentor young lawyers.
She was recently recognized by the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers as the 2016 “Mentor of the Year.” Tricia
Greetings from New Orleans where I will be spending the day with a law firm. I have a busy two weeks. On Friday I will be in Fort Myers, FL. Next week I will be visiting law firms in Toronto and Montreal.
When I return, Nancy and I will be substitute grandparents on Grandparents Day
Mentoring was a hot lawyer development topic prior to the 2008 recession. I was asked several times to help firms with mentoring programs. Now, I rarely see anything written about it.
Yesterday I received this email from Natalie, with questions about mentoring:
Cordell, I recently thought about your article where a partner mentored you
I confess: I totally missed it when I was practicing law, and I only learned what I had done, after a few years and then I made a change.
What did I miss? I had a superstar associate working for me, and for a few years I did not give him the full opportunity to
We had a group telephone coaching session this week. I actually coached three of the six lawyers in the group in person a couple of years ago. They wanted to participate to have me help them be accountable.
Who is helping you?
When I was growing up, my father held me accountable. Without him, I
Yesterday, I posted: Mentoring: Follow This Mentor’s Example, sharing mentoring ideas from Bennett Jones Calgary partner Greg Liakopoulos.
A successful mentoring relationship in any law firm requires both a mentor, like Greg, who values helping associates succeed, and an associate mentee who is eager to learn and become a better lawyer. Christie Conway
A few weeks ago I visited the Bennett Jones Calgary and Edmonton offices to make presentations on How to Prepare a Business Plan and Client Development 2014: Using the Old and New Tools for Success.
While in Calgary, I spent time with Greg Liakopoulos, a real estate partner I had coached in 2010. When
Recently I wrote: Young Lawyers: How Can You Get the Most from Mentoring? Today, I want to share some ideas for mentors.
How well do you listen to the young lawyer you are mentoring? I think it is a challenge for any busy lawyer. I know because, I loved mentoring junior lawyers, but I was
As you know, I am posting some thoughts on mentoring, since I believe it is a valuable tool that has gone by the wayside in many law firms.
Some time ago I did a mentoring program for a group of junior associates. During the program I was asked:
Many law firms have formal mentoring programs. Few law firms think about what attributes mentors should have to make the mentoring relationship valuable for the mentee and the firm.
If you could only pick three, attributes, which of these would you say are most important?
Principle Centered