The Paley Rothman Blog
Paley Rothman shares this library of resources with clients and friends of the firm to help them stay ahead of legal and business developments and trends. Here, you will find helpful tips and tools written by our attorneys. The information in the blogs and articles is not a substitute for legal advice and should not be relied on as such. Should you have any questions or want legal advice, please contact the attorney who wrote the blog or article.
October 19, 2022
By
Jessica Summers on October 19, 2022
Paul Steven Miller graduated near the top of his Harvard Law School class in 1986 – yet upon his graduation, he was rejected by forty-five law firms before finally landing a job at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips in Los Angeles.
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October 12, 2022
As a young girl growing up in the Jamaican countryside in the 1970s, Claudia Gordon’s childhood was like many others until sudden and severe ear pain at the age of eight resulted in permanent deafness.
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October 5, 2022
Justin Dart Jr. is known as the "Father" of the Americans with Disabilities Act and believed that "you cannot be responsible for your own family without being responsible for the society and the environment in which they live." Dart did exactly that by dedicating his life to advocating for human rights and disability rights.
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September 28, 2022
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Miranda J. Ross on September 28, 2022
A young Mexican-American girl named Sylvia Mendez was at the center of the famous Mendez v. Westminster case from 1947, which led to the desegregation of schools for Latino children on the U.S. West Coast.
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September 21, 2022
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Amanda McGrath on September 21, 2022
Best known for her iconic role as Anita in the original West Side Story film adaptation, Rita Moreno is also known as the first Latina to win an academy award for acting and one of the first actors ever to “EGOT” (that is, to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony). Moreno was born in Puerto Rico and immigrated to the Bronx, New York when she was five years old. While dancing at a Spanish dance studio as a teenager in New York City, she was discovered by a talent scout. By age 16, Moreno was the primary breadwinner for her family from her earnings as a performer. By age 18, she signed with MGM studios.
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