Mother of Two Goes From Big Law Partner to Legal Tech Founder

As readers of Big Law Businessknow, women remain underrepresented in the partnership ranks of Big Law, and many women lawyers pursue alternative career tracks within the legal industry because they feel frustrated by a lack of growth opportunities or equal pay. But that’s not always the case.

At this year’s Legalweek conference in New York City, I had the opportunity to speak with Haley Altman, a 36-year-old mother of two children who recently left an equity partnership at Ice Miller to start her own legal tech company. Her story struck me as something of a rarity. Altman said didn’t leave ...