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  "We see articles about how it's harder to be a woman but I think we have an advantage
  in many respects. We're very good communicators, we're perceptive, we're emotionally
  astute."  
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  In a groundbreaking case, Stearns took the unusual approach of negotiating a settlement
  in which class members were paid ...