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Law Practice

Mar. 18, 2010

Women Rise To the Top

Trusts and estates lawyer Ellen Kahn leads Sideman & Bancroft as one of the largest female-owned law firms in the nation.

By Sara Randazzo

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - Ellen Kahn was just getting a taste for motherhood when the call came from her boss, Richard Sideman. It was 1982, and his firm, Sideman & Bancroft, was working feverishly for a client on a tax controversy matter. The government had just filed a brief, and a reply was due soon. "Can you come back?" he asked.

"Richard, I've got this six-week old ...

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