Attorney Work-Life Balance: Managing Boundaries and Client Relations

Spill The Ink

In this episode of “Spill the Ink,” Michelle Calcote King speaks with Amanda Waesch, who chairs marketing and business development at Brennan, Manna & Diamond (BMD), about navigating work-life balance in the demanding legal profession. Amanda shares her experiences developing her firm's inaugural maternity policy, advocating for flexible work arrangements and building authentic relationships with clients that respect boundaries.

The conversation explores how law firms can better support women's careers through progressive policies, the importance of setting expectations with clients and practical strategies for maintaining professional excellence while prioritizing personal commitments. Amanda offers valuable insights for attorneys at all career stages on bringing their authentic selves to work while establishing healthy boundaries.

Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn

• How to establish healthy boundaries with clients by building authentic relationships that allow for mutual respect and clear expectations.

• The importance of flexible work policies in law firms, including part-time arrangements and supportive maternity leave for both women and men.

• Strategies for saying “no” effectively while still maintaining excellent client relationships and personal well-being.

• How mentorship and transparency with junior attorneys help create cultures that support work-life balance in high-pressure legal environments.

About our featured guest

Amanda Waesch serves as Brennan, Manna & Diamond's Marketing and Business Development Chair. She operates a national healthcare practice, focusing on healthcare, employment law, corporate law and healthcare litigation. Waesch advises all types of employers on various matters, particularly healthcare providers including hospitals and physicians.

She chairs the firm's litigation team, which is responsible for handling all reimbursement audits and appeals for healthcare clients and heads up BMD's Provider Relations, Audit, Appeals and Negotiations Unit (PRAAN). This unit manages all-payer audits, appeals, overpayments and payment extrapolations.

Waesch has practiced law since 2008 and is licensed in Florida, Ohio and Tennessee.

Resources mentioned in this episode

• Check out Brennan, Manna & Diamond

• Follow Brennan, Manna & Diamond on LinkedIn and Facebook

• Connect with Amanda Waesch on LinkedIn

• Say hello to Michelle Calcote King on LinkedIn

Sponsor for this episode

This episode is brought to you by Reputation Ink.

Founded by Michelle Calcote King, Reputation Ink is a marketing and public relations agency that serves B2B professional services firms of all shapes and sizes across the United States, including corporate law firms and architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) firms.

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