March 23, 2026|Publications
Lunch is the most underutilized rainmaking tool in the profession.
Abovethelaw.com, March 19, 2026
By Jeanine M. Donohue
The traditional rainmaking model assumes someone else is handling dinner, homework and bedtime:
Golf at 1 p.m. on Fridays.
Cocktail receptions that begin at 6:30 and stretch well past the point of diminishing returns.
Weekend conferences in attractive cities that are functionally inaccessible unless you have extensive backup at home.
I did not have this kind of back up as a Single Mom By Choice to twins. For working mothers like me, that model is not merely inconvenient. It is structurally misaligned with reality.
The quiet truth, though, is this: it is also outdated.
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