Valerie Tocci on Justice, Family Law, and What Keeps Her Fighting

Valerie Tocci, Partner at Fox Rothschild LLP, could have stayed in the courtroom chasing high-stakes cases as a federal prosecutor. Instead, she walked into family law and never looked back.

Eighteen years later, she's still fired up about it, and in this episode she's honest about why. She talks about the anger that still rises when she sees injustice, and why she thinks a good lawyer should feel it rather than bury it. She opens up about being a working mother of two, and how raising her own daughters quietly changed the advice she gives divorcing parents. And she shares the simple exercise she gives clients who can't picture life on the other side of a divorce, the one she promises will leave them happier.

Along the way: the New Yorker who's never had a driver's license, the childhood dream she still hasn't ruled out, and the honest answer she gives young lawyers who ask if this work is worth it.

Host Denisa Tova goes past the resume to the person underneath. Come for the career, stay for the honesty. This is one of those conversations that sneaks up on you.

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