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Law Practice

Oct. 9, 2012

New WLALA leader is award-winning attorney

As new president of the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, Ruth D. Kahn wants to help women advance in the legal industry. She also wants to make sure those who feel burnt out don't leave the profession.


By Connie Lopez


Daily Journal Staff Writer


As new president of the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, Ruth D. Kahn wants to help women advance in the legal industry. She also wants to make sure those who feel burnt out don't leave the profession.


As the mother of a 12-year-old son, Kahn, a partner with Steptoe & Johnson LLP who handles product liability and toxic tort litigation, knows firsthand how it feels to be pulled in man...

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