Associate Blogs

Welcome to WilmerHale's Associate blogs! Associates from our Palo Alto, New York, Boston and Washington offices are sharing their associate life experiences with us over the course of this 2008 recruiting season. Here is a bit about them, and, more importantly, the links to their blogs:
	Julie Smolinski is located in our Palo Alto office and is a member of the Transactional Department, Corporate Practice Group. She joined WilmerHale in 2007 after spending a summer with a San Francisco-based law firm and then reconnecting with her WilmerHale second year campus interviewer and fellow Stanford Law School Alumnus, Nader Mousavi, in her third year. Like Nader, she is passionate about pro bono work, and currently handles matters similar to those she began while a Clinical Student at Stanford Law School Immigrant Rights' Clinic. Prior to beginning her legal studies, Julie spent five years in the public relations arena, most recently as a Public Affairs Specialist with the Bureau of Public Affairs at the US Department of State. READ BLOG »
	Ross Firsenbaum hails from our New York office and is a member of the Litigation/Controversy Department. Ross was a WilmerHale summer associate in 2004 and gradated from Boston College Law School in 2005. He joined the firm in 2006 after clerking for The Honorable Susan Beck, Massachusetts Appeals Court. Ross is a member of the Associate Communications Task Force in the New York office. READ BLOG »
	Anne McLaughlin sends her dispatches from the Boston office where she is a member of the Litigation/Controversy Department. Anne was a WilmerHale summer associate in 2005 and graduated from Boston College Law School in 2006. Prior to entering law school, she spent a year as a Financial Analyst at Raytheon Company after graduating from Harvard University in 2001. Anne is a member of the Associate Communications Task Force in the Boston office. READ BLOG »
	Kevin Chambers writes from our Washington office where he is a member of the Securities Department, Securities Litigation and Enforcement Practice Group. He is also active in pro bono work and has worked on matters designed to secure for schoolchildren a free and adequate public education as guaranteed by many states' constitutions. Kevin was a WilmerHale summer associate in 2003 and graduated from Yale Law School in 2004. In the fall of 2004, Kevin joined the firm as an associate. He then left the firm to clerk for The Honorable Harry T. Edwards, US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and subsequently rejoined the firm in 2007. Prior to law school, Kevin spent three years as an independent auditor for Ernst and Young in New York. READ BLOG »