How I Got My Legal Dream Job™ is Shauna’s series of interviews with prominent lawyers about their lives and careers. Each lawyer is profiled in detail, with discussion of career lessons learned from the wandering paths that ultimately led to their legal dream jobs.
How did a kid from New York become the top lawyer for a group of Colorado ski resorts? Follow Rana Dershowitz, now General Counsel and Vice President of Aspen Skiing Company, through a series of legal dream jobs with BigLaw and an elite boutique, Madison Square Garden, and the U.S. Olympic Committee.
Ending up as a lawyer for the Boston Red Sox wasn’t a career David S. Friedman envisioned. What does it take to be in-house counsel with one of Major League Baseball's top teams? How do you launch a career in sports law? Find out how Dave went from a government lawyer to Senior Vice President, Legal & Government Affairs for the Red Sox, and Senior Counsel for Fenway Sports Group.
As chief counsel and principal legal adviser to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, Alphonso David oversees all significant legal and policy deliberations affecting New York State. It’s an ambitious and surprising role for a civil rights lawyer. But how Alphonso came to become one of the most powerful attorneys in New York State government is even more ambitious and surprising.