The Entrepreneurial Attorney: Key Career-Building Considerations

April 9, 2021 | 12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.

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Cardozo Law Review is boldly shifting from an exclusive focus on academic events to a broader range of events which include an emphasis on practical skills for future and young lawyers. Conversation about practical skills is more important than ever for the post-pandemic world.

We are excited to host a diverse panel of practitioners from various areas within the legal industry for a discussion about business development for attorneys. The panelists will reflect on their own journeys and advise law students and young attorneys on how they can help develop their careers by being conscious of business development skills, skills which are often overlooked in the law school curriculum. We anticipate insight and perspective on a variety of topics, including effective means for bringing in business, how social media has changed the way attorneys seek business, how to build relationships with clients, how young attorneys can maximize their personal skill sets, and a few other topics our panelists will cover relating to business development.

This event will take place as a Zoom webinar, accessible to view via the link at the top of this page. We plan to begin with a short introduction of our panelists, followed by an opportunity for each panelist to address the audience before we spend the remainder of the time fielding audience questions.

If you have any questions about this event, feel free to contact Eli Yampel, Symposia Editor for Volume 42, at cardozosymposiaeditor@gmail.com.

Below please see short bios of our panelists:

Stephanie Everett

After practicing in biglaw for five years, Ms. Everett co-founded her own firm and oversaw its growth from two lawyers to a team of twenty from her role as managing partner. Her passion for owning and operating a law firm eventually led her to open a consulting practice, where she focused on helping lawyers learn how to run their own firms. From there, working with the State Bar of Georgia, the Georgia Supreme Court, and Georgia’s five law schools, Ms. Everett designed and launched Lawyers for Equal Justice, an incubator helping newer lawyers start socially conscious law firms.

Ms. Everett graduated cum laude from Georgia State University College of Law, where she was the symposium editor of the Georgia State Law Review. She is the current treasurer and on the board of directors of the Sigma Sigma Sigma Foundation. She is also a board member and former president of the Georgia State Law Alumni Council. During her career as a lawyer, Stephanie has been recognized as a Rising Star and a Super Lawyer, was named as a top lawyer of the year by Georgia Trends magazine, and was a recipient of the Fastcase 50 Award for law and technology.

Phillip C. Hamilton ’09

Mr. Hamilton obtained his J.D. from Cardozo in 2009, and was the David Berg Fellow for the Public Interest. He then began his career at the Bronx Defenders, working in its world-renowned Criminal Defense Practice, where he successfully defended over 2,000 clients, and tried several cases to acquittal. As a supervisor, Phillip taught the art of criminal defense to a team of Ivy League-educated lawyers and had his work featured in The New York Times, The Huffington Post, and BuzzFeed News.

Mr. Hamilton now practices in the areas of complex state and federal criminal defense, civil rights actions, and contractual formation and disputes at Hamilton Clarke. He is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Cardozo, and regularly guest lectures trial advocacy and negotiation seminars in law schools around the New York City metropolitan area. He also serves as a Title IX Advisor at New York University and as a board member of the Metropolitan Black Bar Association.

Moshe Horn ’93

In addition to teaching trial advocacy and business development courses at Cardozo, Professor Moshe Horn has earned a national reputation as a trial lawyer as well as an insightful trial strategist. Skilled in the nuances of jury research and selection in both civil and criminal matters, he has tried over 100 cases in different jurisdictions, obtaining numerous seven-figure verdicts for his clients, including a $47 million dollar verdict in a class action case in federal court.

After graduating from Cardozo, Professor Horn spent a decade as an Assistant District Attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, where he tried more than fifty jury trials to verdict, achieving one of the highest conviction rates in the Manhattan office. He then served as a primary trial strategist at Kaye Scholer, and after that was a partner at Seeger Weiss LLP. He presently practices at Gitlin, Horn & Van de Kieft LLP.

Marc L. Mukasey ’93

A renowned criminal trial lawyer who defends high-profile executives and corporations in the worlds of finance, health care, energy, media, and sports, Mr. Mukasey is highly rated in Chambers and Partners’ USA rankings of white-collar lawyers based on praise from clients and peers. His recent work includes three consecutive defense trial victories: the acquittal of a Navy SEAL in a murder trial that captivated the nation; the first-ever acquittal in a commodities “spoofing” trial; and the successful trial defense of a bond trader. He has also represented a major corporation in the Deepwater Horizon explosion, the CEO of a leading network, and a Hall of Fame basketball coach in criminal investigations.

Mr. Mukasey is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and has been named an MVP of the Year in the White Collar category by Law360 multiple times. He is also a member of the New York Council of Defense Lawyers. Prior to founding Mukasey Frenchman LLP, he was the Chairman of the white collar defense practices at two international law firms and a Chief in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.