Below, a few of our lawyers discuss work/life balance. To view their practice profiles, go the Lawyers section of the site.
Many former S&C lawyers continue to exemplify the Firm's culture of excellence through diversity in their chosen career paths. To view the profiles of select S&C alumni, click here.
Kathryn Campbell went to the United Kingdom after law school for post-graduate legal studies and decided that she wanted to live and work in Europe. She graduated from Rutgers–Newark School of Law in 1981 with a J.D. and the University of Oxford in 1983 with a B.C.L. She joined Sullivan & Cromwell's New York office in 1983, and in 1986, transferred to S&C's then small London office. Kathryn became a partner in 1997 after serving as European Counsel from 1991-1996. Since moving to Europe, Kathryn has been involved in privatizations, securities offerings, M&A transactions and other matters for some of Europe's leading companies.
For Kathryn, working on major transactions in Europe affords unique opportunities. "I love the variety of cultures offered by these countries, and my daily interactions with the people from different walks of life. Although their businesses are international, these countries retain their local flavor, which has been a wonderful aspect of practicing in Europe."
She also is proud to be associated with a firm that is highly regarded by the international community and has a worldwide reputation for excellence, quality, and integrity.
Kathryn often visits family and friends in the U.S. She enjoys golf and cycling in the Oxfordshire countryside. Kathryn is a certified scuba diver, and as a Sunfish sailing enthusiast, has competed a number of times in the world's longest Sunfish race, which circumnavigates Shelter Island.
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Ann Fisher is a pioneer among women lawyers at Sullivan & Cromwell. In 1984, she became one of the first women partners at S&C and the first woman partner in the Firm's General Practice group. Today, Ann is closely involved in improving the quality of life for all women lawyers at the Firm. Ann specializes in domestic and international securities transactions. She counts among her most notable transactions the Intelsat privatization of the late 1990s, which was especially noteworthy because of the high percentage of women lawyers on the S&C team.
Since the late 1980s, Ann has worked on Firm initiatives that address issues of interest to women. She helped draft S&C's first part-time policy, which gives women lawyers the opportunity to work part-time while raising children, thereby maintaining a more equal focus on both their career and home life. Ann played a major role in the creation of the S&C daycare facility, including formulating the initial childcare proposal and promoting the idea within the firm.
Ann's interest in women's issues stems from her own experiences early in her career when she sometimes brought her children to work.
"When my daughter was an infant, she used to come to the office on weekends to help negotiations for Renault's sale of American Motors to Chrysler. More than once, her mere presence kept meeting participants from coming to blows. More importantly, the people from Renault, who missed their own children, enjoyed playing with Liz, feeding her and even changing her diapers. Since that time, she has accompanied me on many business trips, including Paris, Toronto, and Mexico."
Asked how she manages children and work, Ann simply replies, "I wouldn't give up either one of them."
Ann also devotes considerable time to organizing a cocktail party series at which speakers discuss topics of interest to professional women, and works with other partners to improve the recruitment and retention of women at S&C.
Outside of work, Ann is a member of the Committee on Women in the Profession of The Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the boards of the Sherman Chamber Ensemble and the Naromi Land Trust, and formerly was a member of the Executive Committee of the Lying-In Hospital (OB-GYN branch of New York Presbyterian Hospital), the board of The Acting Company, and alumnae board of The Spence School, a girls' school in Manhattan. She enjoys spending time with her children, [ages 17 and 14,] and her four dogs and numerous cats. Ann lives in the city, but spends many weekends and holidays at her summer home in Connecticut, where she gardens and horseback rides.
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Kathryn Ford is a partner in Sullivan & Cromwell's Corporate Finance Group in New York, where she advises both U.S. and non-U.S. companies on a broad range of securities offerings and structured transactions.
Kathryn finds her work to be both challenging and rewarding. "My job at S&C gives me the opportunity to interact on a daily basis with extremely bright, creative people. Their knowledge of the law, intelligence and ability to effectively deal with people is inspiring." Kathryn points to the Intelsat privatization and also the agreement to sell Intelsat to a consortium of private equity investors as examples of the matters that have afforded her the chance to interact closely with other S&C partners and see them in action.
In addition to her client work, Kathryn serves as official ombudsman for S&C associate and staff issues for the Washington office and devotes substantial time to firm initiatives for women. As a member of the Associate Quality of Life Committee, Kathryn speaks with women associates about work-life issues. She also organizes women's dinners for the Washington office, offering women a chance to socialize and exchange views with their peers, and coordinates Washington office participation in S&C women's events held in New York. Kathryn also leads the Firm's recruiting program at Harvard Law School.
Outside of work, Kathryn travels once a year to Greece to visit her extended family. She also enjoys tennis, yoga and running.
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At Sullivan & Cromwell, Penny Shane has combined a litigation practice advising leading corporations and financial institutions with a pro bono practice on behalf of women and minorities. A partner since 2000, Penny is a member of the firm's Litigation Group, Financial Institutions Group and Criminal Defense and Investigations Group, where her practice focuses on class actions and state and federal investigations. She came to S&C in 1990 on the firm's first pro bono fellowship, and spent a full year representing indigent clients in the Southern District of New York.
Throughout her career at Sullivan & Cromwell, Penny has devoted substantial time to pro bono cases, including those advocating women and families, and landmark cases involving sexual preference and affirmative action. She has been active in defending abortion rights and the right to privacy of reproductive information; has assisted incarcerated mothers in maintaining legal and parental relationships with their children; and has worked on behalf of families seeking appropriate educational services for autistic children. In 2003, she led a team of S&C lawyers acting as co-counsel to a group of U.S. Senators as amici to the U.S. Supreme Court in defense of the University of Michigan's affirmative action policies. Penny has served as a member of a task force appointed by Chief Judge Judith Kaye to improve legal services for the poor.
Penny is passionate about working for a firm that accommodates its women lawyers. She recalls that when she and another female litigator had to travel on business, S&C supported their unusual childcare arrangement:
"When we each returned from maternity leave, a big case we had been on for years required us to take depositions in London. With the enthusiastic support of the senior partner on the case, we brought our babies with us and played in Hyde Park between witnesses."
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