Nana practiced her «medicine» with so
much love and dedication that her simple presence, caring manner, smile, and unwavering
respect for people were healing and
inspiring.
I am a very, very lucky lawyer, and I have been mentored and
inspired by a great many lawyers, too many to list but among them: my late uncle, Daniel Golden, a solo practitioner in my hometown
much respected in his jurisdiction, who rose in his career to be elected President of his State Bar and was still practicing at 90; the first partner to whom I was assigned, the late Robert Rosenman, then Managing Partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore and a legendary US securities lawyer and practice leader, who taught me to think critically and the importance of attention to detail; Dame Rosalyn Higgins, later President of the International Court of Justice but long before that I was in the first class that she taught at the London School of Economics, whom I found
inspiring both for her achievements and her person; and latterly Lord Woolf, former Lord Chief Justice, who has provided inspiration and encouragement for our P.R.I.M.E. Finance project consistent with so many other
inspiring contributions he has tirelessly made to the profession.