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Day Pitney Attorney Does Her Heavy Lifting At Tournaments
Ariel M. Risinger 's journey as a competitive powerlifter was featured in the Law360 Pulse article, "Day Pitney Attorney Does Her Heavy Lifting At Tournaments." The article chronicles her inspiring path from paralegal to in-house counsel to associate at Day Pitney, and from competitive gymnastics to college springboard diver to New Jersey State Championships for Powerlifting.
Risinger stated, "I hope that other people can see that you can do all of these things, you can have the physical fitness aspect, and still be a good lawyer and work at a really good firm."
"While we are pleased to have a lawyer of Ariel 's caliber join our technology practice, she is just as much of an asset to our firm due to her outside interests and accomplishments," Susan R. Huntington, vice chair of Day Pitney 's corporate department told Law360 Pulse. "Ariel is a successful professional – whether drafting contracts or competing in weightlifting events."
Read the full article here.