Meet the Woman Helping Other Women Start Law Firms

How many women owned law firms are there in the U.S.? Nobody appears to know, according to Nicole Galli, a Big Law refuge who launched her own firm in 2015.

This week, Galli and others formally launched Women Owned Law , an organization dedicated to helping other women legal entrepreneurs network, increase their visibility, and grow their influence.

One of the organization’s first priorities will be collecting data on the number of women-owned law firms that exist.

“It was mystifying to me ... that there doesn’t seem to be any data,” she said. “There are pockets of information, but no wholesale clearinghouse ...