Christina’s guest today is Robyn Ross, an incredible divorce lawyer from New Jersey. Robyn has wanted to be an attorney since she was only 7 years old, getting her inspiration from watching LA Law. That desire eventually led her to major in Law and Justice at the College of New Jersey and to study law at Seton Hall. Now, Robyn is the co-founder and co-owner of her own law firm, Ross and Calandrillo, LLC, in Mountainside, New Jersey, where she practices divorce and family law.
In this episode, we talk about…
- Robyn’s not-so-enjoyable journey through law school
- The poisonous competition in law school
- How she chose family law as her practice area
- The profound impact lawyers can have on their clients and the community
- Important (or not so important) stepping stones on the path to practicing law
- Developing your own litigation style as a new lawyer
- Becoming an entrepreneur - not just a lawyer
- The dirty details of leaving an associate job to start your own law firm
- The mindset of women vs. men making business decisions
- Learning how to transition from "lawyer" to "business owner"
- What Robyn found most surprising about running a law firm
- Rapid-fire "getting to know you" questions about Robyn's personal life
- How Robyn's grandmother spoke about being a black woman in America
- Robyn's feelings about the importance of voting
- Robyn's awareness of racial issues growing up
- What Robyn would tell her 20-year-old self
- Women's sexuality and the idea of the "slut" in our modern society
- The one thing Robyn wishes she did more of when she was younger
- What she orders at a steakhouse
Links to resources:
Ross & Calandrillo, LLC:
https://www.rcfamilylawyers.com/robyn-e-ross-esq/
One L by Scott Turow
https://www.amazon.com/One-Turbulent-Story-Harvard-School/dp/0143119028/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=1l+scott+turow&qid=1593392805&sr=8-2
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