Value the Team

Duff Bryant
Partner, Corporate

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We are fundamentally different in how proud we are of our culture, and that I think is grounded mostly in collaboration. We like each other. We like working together, and we see the benefit of those two things in advancing not only client goals, but having a more enriching experience. Being a lawyer is really hard. It is stressful. Plenty of people do it and give up because it is just not, at the end of the day, what they are willing to do for long periods of time. Lawyers on the other side can be difficult, and if you are not a part of a firm and a group that is supportive, there for you, has fun, and makes the practice of law as much as it can be enjoyable, that would be awful. I think the reason I have been here for 20 plus years is even at my lowest low when it came to like whatever project or thing I am working on, I have never ever felt that I was not supported or did not have someone I could go to regardless of what office they are in. It has been a great place to be a lawyer and bring clients and try and raise new colleagues and mentor. It is super rewarding to be a part of an organization that I think really values each member of the team.