Date: July 8th, 2026 11:33 PM Author: Avocado Curious People Who Are Hurt
The prestige of that letterhead is off the charts. It is the highest form of prestige: a thing that would be garishly prole if anyone else did it, but is hyper prestigious coming from you.
How many goy babies do you think herb wachtell and marty lipton had to kill and drink the blood of back in the 70s to get that phone- and fax-number combo?
The firm generally hadn’t invited back first-year law school summer associates for a second summer. “But I really urged a change of that [practice] just so we could maximize the opportunity to convince Christina to join us—which she did,” said (((Nelson Fitts))), an antitrust partner at Wachtell.
“It’s probably all my own fault, but I felt imposter syndrome because I wondered if I got this because I’m an Asian female coming up in Big Law at a time when there is a lot of discussion around elevating women and women of color into leadership.”
The promotion occurred while she and her husband, Ryan Mott, were preparing to welcome their third child. She said the firm has been supportive while her family expanded.
“I certainly never felt like it was taking away from my ability to move up at the firm,” she said.
Ma, who is currently on family leave, also credits her success to her husband, who stepped away from his job at Venable LLP in March 2020 to care for their children full-time during the pandemic.