Wendy J. Newton Featured in Law360 Q&A

Wendy J. Newton was featured in a recent Law360 Q&A article titled, “Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Buchanan’s Wendy Newton.” The article provided Wendy’s perspective on the challenges of being a woman in the law profession and advice she had to offer to aspiring female attorneys.

“…[T]oday I would stress business development. Building client relationships provides a strength and autonomy at a firm that transcends the firm’s good intentions toward women.” Wendy replied when asked what advice she would give to an aspiring female attorney. “It is not about maximizing fees or exhausting every legal angle. It is about bringing yourself into a relationship with the client, being present, generating trust, being responsive, providing wise counsel and the like.” 

Read the full article – “Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Buchanan’s Wendy Newton” (Law360, November 20, 2013)