At My Sister’s Hamptons Engagement Party, Mom Handed Me A Stained Apron And Said, “Make Yourself Useful.” I Washed Plates In Silence, Until A $500,000 Alert Lit Up My Phone And The Groom’s Father Walked Toward The Kitchen Door.

survive in the real business world. I never corrected them. I never told them that my years of relentless hard work had culminated in being appointed as a New York State Supreme Court justice.

I never mentioned that I presided over multi-million dollar commercial fraud cases or that powerful executives trembled when they stood before my bench. If Brenda continue reading …