In this episode of Real Talk, Megan Monson chats with Lowenstein attorneys Melissa K. Parres and Bonnie E. Schipper about the valuable, transferrable skills women learn from playing competitive sports. Melissa and Bonnie...more
7/25/2025
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In this episode of “Real Talk,” host, Megan Monson, partner in Lowenstein Sandler's Executive Compensation Employment and Benefits Practice Group, talks with Robin Goldfischer, senior vice president and general counsel at...more
Today on “Real Talk,” Nicole Fulfree, Megan Monson, and Sarah Cole address the dos and don’ts for women attorneys seeking to develop effective management skills, emphasizing the critical role of emotional intelligence in...more
Today on “Real Talk,” hosts Megan Monson, Nicole Fulfree, and Rachel Moseson Dikovics are joined by Joann S. Lublin, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, former management news editor and current regular contributor to The Wall...more
Today on “Real Talk,” hosts Megan Monson and Diane Moss are joined by Carol Sutton Lewis, a former practicing attorney who now hosts and produces the award-winning podcast, ‘Ground Control Parenting.’ Lewis describes how...more
In this episode of “Real Talk,” the hosts talk with Diana Ingallinera Faillace about taking time off from the practice of law, and how to facilitate a smooth return to your career. They emphasize maintaining one’s network and...more
In this episode of “Real Talk,” Lowenstein associates discuss their pre-law school careers, and how that work experience has enhanced their practices. Partners Megan Monson, and Nicole Fulfree welcome associate Amanda...more
In this episode, the hosts continue their discussion about how to give and receive criticism constructively. They outline a recommended approach to giving criticism in ways that are appropriate and honestly aimed at a...more
In this episode of “Real Talk,” Megan Monson, Nicole Fulfree, Rachel Moseson Dikovics, and Audrey G. Ogurchak discuss how hard it is to both give and receive criticism, and why defensiveness seems to be felt so...more
Megan Monson, Nicole Fulfree, and Rachel Moseson Dikovics continue their discussion about why women lawyers are leaving the profession with Laura Leopard, Founder and CEO of Leopard Solutions, whose research found that women...more
In Part I of a two-part discussion, hosts Megan Monson, Nicole Fulfree, and Rachel Moseson Dikovics talk with Laura Leopard, Founder and CEO of Leopard Solutions, about the surprising results of a recent survey on why women...more
On this episode of the Women’s Initiative Network: Real Talk, Megan and Rachel are joined by Lowenstein Partner Chandra Shih and discuss the importance for professional women to find mentors and sponsors and how to find...more
Hosts Megan Monson and Rachel Moseson Dikovics are joined by The Women’s Initiative Network founders Lynda Bennett and Natalie Dallavalle who share how Lowenstein’s Women’s Initiative Network got started and provide a few key...more
Hosts and executive board members of Lowenstein’s Women’s Initiative Network (WIN), Megan Monson, Nicole Fulfree and Rachel Moseson Dikovics, introduce themselves and their intention for the podcast series “Real...more