Letter from the Chair

• Jurisdiction: California,United States
• Citation: Vol. 24 No. 4
• Publication year: 2018
• Author: By Renee N. G. Stackhouse
• topic: Business of Law,Personal Injury Law,Military Law

Letter From the Chair

By Renee N. G. Stackhouse

Renee Stackhouse is a San Diego trial attorney and founder of Stackhouse, APC (formerly Galente Law, APC) who focuses on plaintiff's personal injury, military, and criminal defense. She is Chair of the CLA Solo & Small Firm Section, Immediate Past President of California Women Lawyers, President of the CWL Foundaiton, and sits on the San Diego County Bar Association. She is faculty at the prestigious Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College and the founder of MSheLE.com. She can be reached at Renee@StackhouseAPC.com.

BEING SOLO OR SMALL FIRM DOESN'T HAVE TO MEAN YOU'RE ALONE.

Ileft midsized law-firm life in 2011 and haven't looked back. Well, ... occasionally I longingly remember the endless supply closet and what it was like to have two paralegals, but other than those moments, I have thrived with the majority of my time in practice proudly combined with the title "business owner."

In the beginning one of the hardest parts of the transition was withdrawals from the community that law-firm life gave me. I knew that I could always take a stroll through the office or to the kitchen and find someone off of whom I could bounce an idea or with whom to take a quick break. There were after-work evenings out and a variety of people with whom to talk about news and life. When there...