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managing partner and three colleagues from a prior firm. This was only a month after I gave birth to Nora, and I was still on maternity leave. Then, of course, everyone remembers what happened in March of 2020. Lockdown. The timing couldn't have been worse. Starting your own business is a difficult endeavor at any time, but it's doubly challenging in the middle of a global pandemic. We were just trying to get things off the ground and, in my case, keep a new human alive and thriving. When the pandemic hit New York City hard, we made the decision to leave for a bit. My law partner and friend had a house in upstate New York, so our families moved there together. It was a bumpy start: making sure we could pay the people we had just hired; trying to keep the lights on in our new office that we couldn't even use; all while navigating the toils of a newborn and the unknowns of the pandemic. Ultimately, we not only survived, but we thrived. As a women- and minority-owned firm, we now have a presence in five states, and have nearly doubled in size. The lights are still on in our office, which can now barely fit those of us who are back in the office every day. One of our major practice groups is specialized litigation. The states where we operate are strategically placed and are not necessarily the major coastal cities. We do have a Chicago branch, but we're also in places like St. Louis and Buffalo. Finally, it feels like we're back to a kind of new normal. At Fordham Law School, one of the more meaningful aspects of my experience was the course I took with Professor Tanya Hernandez: Critical Race Theory. Professor Hernandez's class taught me valuable lessons that I carry to this day. I began to work with her, and it helped develop my understanding about the ways implicit bias and other structural disadvantages shape the legal field— and perhaps more importantly, how it also restricts people's access to equal legal representation. While there is a lot of work to be done, I'm confident our firm will continue to take meaningful steps in ensuring the hiring and retention of diverse employees across all job titles. A personal highlight of post-Trevor life is that I would argue that I'm Steph Curry's biggest fan. (Well, at least besides his own family!) When I was at Davidson, I was a manager on the men's basketball team, so I continued to follow Davidson basketball closely after I left. His first year was after I graduated, so I missed seeing him on campus, but I did go to every game of Davidson's 2008 run to the Elite Eight. When Steph first entered the NBA, they had their Summer League in Las Vegas. I made Laura Rosenshine '01 fly out there with me to watch From left to right: Julia Day, Laura Rosenshine, Cate Bell, Elizabeth Strauss Schubert, Elizabeth Walsh, all from the Class of 2001 44 / TREVOR MAGAZINE WINTER 2022–2023 44 / TREVOR MAGAZINE WINTER 2022–2023

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