Carlton Fields’ Amanda Romfh Jesteadt Speaks to Daily Business Review About Firm’s Policies to Promote Work-Life Balance
April 09, 2019
The article, “Legal Career and Family: Women Work Hard to Find the Right Balance,” focused on family-friendly law firm policies, such as Carlton Fields’ 16 weeks of parental leave. A commercial litigator who has been with Carlton Fields since 2008, Jesteadt is on the shareholder track while working an alternative schedule with a 75 percent workload. The firm also provides her the option to work remotely.
“It’s critical for my particular brand of work-life balance,” Jesteadt told the Daily Business Review. She considers Carlton Fields “a leader in developing policies [for] women developing their careers.”
READ: Daily Business Review, “Legal Career and Family: Women Work Hard to Find the Right Balance” (subscriber-only)