Roberta kaplan biography

When did you decide to become a lawyer? Why?

When I was a very young child, I spent a lot of time with my grandmother. At one point, she sent a letter to my uncle (who was then in the Peace Corps in India) telling him that one day she had asked me, albeit with some consternation in her voice, why it was that I continued talking non-stop, from morning to night.

My answer was: “But Grandma, I can’t help myself.

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I love to talk.” That’s probably when I decided to become a lawyer.

Starting out, what did you expect from a career in the law?

I expected two things, mainly. To pursue justice and to never be bored.

Has it lived up to your expectations?

While I have probably experienced every emotion from despair to exultation (and all the ones in between) during my career as a lawyer, I have never for a single moment been bored at my job.

It is actually an amazing privilege to be able to say that about one’s line of work. And I hope that through the case of United States v Windso Roberta Kaplan | Keynote Speaker | AAE Speakers Bureau JYH