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The team: Dana Lowy, Felicia Meyers, Lisa Helfend Meyer and Doreen Marie Olson.
At a Glance
Meyer, Olson, Lowy & Meyers LLP
10100 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 1425
Los Angeles, CA 90067 (310) 277-9747 www.molfamlaw.com
Practice Area
Family Law
Education
Juris Doctor, Loyola Law School, 1982
Bachelor of Arts, University of California, 1979
Hobbies
Yoga
Shopping
Traveling
Spending Time With My Family
Favorite Quote
“Don’t get mad get even.”
“We deal with the emotion more empa- thetically than men.”
“Lisa is not the best female lawyer in town. She is the best lawyer,” adds Feli- cia Meyers, who has been with the rm for nearly 15 years. “Lisa is one of those rare professionals who has it all.”
Woman for Women
Meyer’s under- standing for women’s needs doesn’t stop at her work at the rm. Olson says she is very generous with her time and money
to family-law related charities, including those for children with special needs. (Meyer herself is the parent of a daughter on the spectrum, which has sharpened her talent for understanding ins and outs of parenting for special-needs children.)
Among her causes are the Glenwood Housing Foundation; e Shea Center, a therapeutic-riding center for people with disabilities; Motivat- ing Our Students rough Experience (MOSTe, which mentors girls from underprivileged neighborhoods), Tower Cancer (which is involved among other services with helping men and women treat and hopefully recover from breast cancer); e Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law, which as- sists low-income clients who are victims of domestic violence obtain re- straining orders; and e Levitt & Quinn Center, a nonpro t family law rm protecting children of families in crisis.
In what spare time she has le , Meyer loves to get lost in classic roman- tic comedies, in book form or on lm, which she says never get old.
“In college I loved the sappy romance novels,” she says. “And I love to watch the same romantic comedies over and over again and they still make me cry because they’re so idealistic. And I never cry.”
at she doesn’t cry shouldn’t surprise anyone who works with her.
“Have self-esteem. Have self-respect,” she imparts to her intern and as- sociates. “Don’t let anyone get to you. Be strong. Be assertive. Don’t back down.”
But aren’t things better in the workforce for women now?
“It’s a microcosm of society in general,” Meyer says. “Is it perfect? It’s much more covert and subtle these days. You’re not going to have a male boss coming up to you and putting his arm around you. It’s more subtle, but it still is there, and I think as women we have to keep working so it gets better, not worse.
“I think the prognosis is good, but I think it’s up to the women, too, to hold themselves to a high standard of professionalism in the community,” Meyer says. “When you don’t, it really takes away what you’re trying to accomplish, and what your trying to accomplish is to be a great lawyer.
“Not just a great female lawyer—a great lawyer. Because we’re a minor- ity, we have to be that much better.”