Partners as Parents: Redefining Having It All

A lot of the conversation about women in the workplace revolves around how women can fit into environments that have traditionally been fashioned by men.  My talk will focus on how what we have tried to do is think about how a working mother would want to structure a business - with the flexibility to spend time with your kids but also respond to client demands in a timely fashion.  A sick kid or a soccer game is just as important as a client meeting and we schedule and prioritize accordingly. That is what we have created: a business and a workplace that reflects our values. 

Maria is a Partner at the Geller Law Group, a law firm that maintains a philosophy that work-life balance is an attainable reality for its attorneys and team. Maria spearheads the firm’s Wills and Trust practice and its Divorce and Family Law practice, areas of the law that go hand in hand protecting families during stressful times. A graduate of the University of Michigan and the American University Washington College of Law, Maria is a native Detroiter who now resides in Washington, D.C. with her family.