Chicago Tribune
Women News Section
Wednesday August 13, 2003

Breaking Away From Law Firms
Women seeking balance find a solution by
setting up their own shops
By Connie Lauerman

…A man also answers the phone at Corri Fetman’s Chicago Women at Law Ltd., a matrimonial law firm she started in 1995, after practicing law at several firms. She left the last one, she said, because she experienced sexual harassment, salary inequities, and what she described as a demeaning environment.

Fetman said she did not sue over sex discrimination or harassment because she “afraid” of being “blackballed.” She said the harassment involved unwanted attention from a supervising attorney.