Bloomberg Law
June 19, 2019, 5:57 PM UTCUpdated: June 20, 2019, 2:20 AM UTC

Big Law Rarity Koopersmith Sees More Women Leaders (Corrected)

Six years in as chair of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Kim Koopersmith still finds it “a little maddening” when people are surprised that a woman runs a large law firm.

Koopersmith’s still a rarity in the upper reaches of the Big Law boys club but she sees more change coming, and views her experience and her management style at a 1,000-lawyer firm generating more than $1 billion in annual revenues as a possible template for future industry leaders.

“I don’t think there are that many chairs and managing partners of law firms who made their mark by how ...

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