Law Practice
Sep. 1, 2011
Minorities lawyers have hard time finding work
Kristin Smith, a Concord-based African American attorney, started her own practice in 2008 after being employed as an associate at Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP and Reed Smith LLP. Three years later, she's still looking for work.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Kristin Smith, a Concord-based African-American attorney, started her own practice in 2008 because she said the large firms where she'd worked didn't help develop her practice. She has been looking for work ever since, expanding her targets to small- and mid-sized firms, but still hasn't found a job.
While Smith said she has been able to get more experience by heading her own employment...
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