Motherhood has been instrumental to Berner Klaw & Watson’s creation and evolution. Joni Berner started the practice after having her first child while at a large firm, finding the 60-plus hours per week incompatible with being a new mother. Margaret Klaw joined Berner when each had 5- and 2-year-olds
Lisa Shapson, The Legal Intelligencer (online) There is a sign at the coffee shop by my house that reads, “You don’t have to be crazy to work here. We’ll train you,” which always makes me… Read More
Megan Watson and Judy Stouffer, The Legal Intelligencer (online) It’s Jan. 2 and some of us probably made, and already broke, New Year’s resolutions. Since we will very likely never maintain our personal New Year’s… Read More
Megan E. Watson, The Legal Intelligencer (online) The standard in a custody case is the “best interests of the children.” So, when a judge makes a decision regarding a custodial schedule or whether a parent… Read More
Margaret Klaw’s first book, Keeping it Civil: The Case of the Pre-Nup and the Porsche & Other True Accounts from the Files of a Family Lawyer, was released by Algonquin in September 2013. She has… Read More
Lisa Shapson, The Legal Intelligencer (online) In May 2006, my husband and I were packing up the hospital room where I had spent the past five days after the birth of our eldest daughter. We… Read More
Joni Berner, The Legal Intelligencer (online) My colleague, Lisa Shapson, usually writes this column, but she has allowed me to commandeer her platform this month in order to pontificate about my newest professional interest: supporting… Read More