{"id":207,"date":"2023-05-10T11:26:37","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T15:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/diversityandinclusion\/?p=207"},"modified":"2023-05-10T11:26:37","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T15:26:37","slug":"how-being-an-asian-american-lawyer-has-impacted-my-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/diversityandinclusion\/2023\/05\/10\/how-being-an-asian-american-lawyer-has-impacted-my-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"How Being an Asian American Lawyer Has Impacted My Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"\u00a0 Shireen Y. Wetmore\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

One of the great things about being Pakistani American is that I was blessed with the richness of growing up with many of my father\u2019s cultural influences.\u00a0 Some of those fit classic stereotypes.\u00a0 For example, I love to bargain.\u00a0 My passion for negotiation \u2013 in my father\u2019s culture, both an art form and a sign of respect \u2013 serves my clients and my practice as we work together to resolve challenges and find creative solutions.\u00a0 But as I reflect on my cultural upbringing, in a mixed household with parents sharing very different backgrounds and belief systems, I am learning more and more how much I have been influenced by the many ways my father did not<\/i> fit the mold.\u00a0 We may choose to challenge our culture in different ways, but every way we push is its own sign of respect for the continuity and evolution of these traditions and the ways in which we embrace shared values in changing times.\u00a0 My dad took a chance to come to a new country, and make a new life in America, and I would not be here without that act of both defiance and sacrifice.\u00a0 Nor would I be so fortunate to be a partner in a prestigious law firm without the push and the drive he instilled in me.\u00a0 I can\u2019t think about my Indian and Pakistani heritage without him.\u00a0 And I would not want to think about my practice without the influences of that rich heritage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 Shireen Y. Wetmore\u00a0 One of the great things about being Pakistani American is that I was blessed with the richness of growing up with many of my father\u2019s cultural influences.\u00a0 Some of those fit classic stereotypes.\u00a0 For example, I love to bargain.\u00a0 My passion for negotiation \u2013 in my father\u2019s culture, both an art … <\/p>\n

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