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¦ From WE WERE on PAGE 7 The summer months were even
an attorney for 38 years who also stronger, she said. Normally, she’d
handles trust and estates, probate do 100 closings in a summer month,
and business law. while this year she did about 120.
Rubino said that attorneys will James Rubino, who runs “Traditionally, they will drop in
a small law firm out of
spend about six weeks identify- Stamford, said normally September and October, but not
ing a property, working with the his law business is 20% this year,” Carey said. “Every at-
banks and finalizing all the docu- torney who does this kind of work
ments for an average closing. Most real estate. It’s now more that I’ve talked to said they are
of his closings help New Yorkers than half. trying hard to answer all the calls.
relocate to the Nutmeg State. There is just so much work to be
Rubino said the migration to done.”
Connecticut works for many be- Carey knows, though, that the
cause, while they might still work boon will end.
in New York City, they can work from their new “It’s hard to say how long this will last,” she said.
home in Connecticut. “I do know that if the rates go up, it will freeze the
“The virus caused people to work remotely, and real estate market and that will not be good.” ¦
people saw how easy that was,” Rubino said.
Carey too has seem an uptick in her practice, Robert Storace covers legal trends, lawsuits and
which focuses entirely on real estate. analysis for the Connecticut Law Tribune. Follow
While Carey would handle about 50 closings him on Twitter @RobertSCTLaw or reach him at
in a typical April, this year she was at almost 90. 203-437-5950.

Are Women Leaving Big Law
Because of COVID?

By Vivia Chen

Idon’t know about you, but I really need a break and family demands like never before. (The report
from the dizzying coverage of our next Supreme covers 317 companies and more than 40,000 people,
Court justice. For weeks, I feel I’ve been living/ including 45 in-depth interviews.)
breathing Amy Coney Barrett, parsing what she You’ve probably been hearing about women’s in-
means for feminism, motherhood and fashion. creased burdens during the pandemic, but what’s

Permit me to leave Amyland and shift to another new and troubling is this: “More than one in four
piece of depressing news: Women’s progress on the women are contemplating what many would have
work front. The bottom line is that women aren’t considered unthinkable just six months ago: down-
just stuck on the work front—they’re expected to shifting their careers or leaving the workforce
fall further behind. A lot further behind. That’s from completely.” And for women with children, that
McKinsey/LeanIn 2020 report on women in the number is one in three.
workplace. The report puts the bad news another way: “The
The reason is COVID, COVID, COVID. Ac- COVID-19 crisis could set women back by half a
cording to the report, women are at serious risk for decade,” resulting in “far fewer women in leader-
burnout, working double shifts as they juggle work ship—and far fewer women on track to be future

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