Creating a Successful Trial Practice as a Woman Lawyer with Kay Van Wey

January 16, 2025 by Donna A. Jones

In part three of our series with Kay Van Wey of Van Wey, Metzler and Williams and Advocate Capital President and Director of Client and Associate Experience Donna Jones, Kay and Donna discuss Kay's experience as a successful woman in trial law. She explains that comparison is the thief of joy and how a daily reminder and mantra of "Don't look at your feet. Just keep dancing," helped her on her path to success.

Van Wey, Metzler & Williams is a personal injury law firm located in Texas. They specialize in medical malpractice and birth injury cases. Visit vanweylaw.com to learn more.

About Donna A. Jones

Donna Jones is the President and Director of Associate & Client Experience at Advocate Capital, Inc., which became a part of Pinnacle in 2019. Ms. Jones is a member of the Board of Directors of Advocate Capital, Inc. and serves as a member of the Credit Committee. Her responsibilities include education and training of Advocate Capital staff regarding civil litigation, coaching new clients on the fundamentals of Advocate’s online services, as well as its proprietary software application, AdvoTrac®, and all activities related to existing and prospective clients.

* In most jurisdictions, a law firm can recover finance charges related to funding case expenses from case awards, but the compliance requirements can be too expensive to implement. Only Advocate Capital, Inc. has the proprietary AdvoTrac^® expense tracking system and service team that allows firms to easily comply with allocation and reporting requirements. So, for example, if a firm recovers at least 90% of its advanced case expenses, like most of our clients, the annual net cost of funds is very small-typically less than 1%. Contact us to discuss how our program can work for your firm. All loans are subject to credit approval, and terms and conditions may vary.

Financial Services provided through Pinnacle Bank, a Tennessee Bank, which is a Member FDIC and Equal Housing Lender. Loans may be subject to credit approval.

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