EditorialBettina Plevan in her office at the law firm Proskauer Rose in New York on March 9, 2006. She worked there for nearly 50 years and was the first woman partner in the firm’s litigation department. Plevan, a top litigator who made her name defending employers in sexual harassment and gender discrimination cases, and who helped pave the way for women to advance in the legal profession after shattering glass ceilings herself, died on Oct. 29, 2021, at a hospital in Manhattan. She was 75. The cause was acute myeloma leukemia, her law firm, Proskauer Rose, said in an announcement. (Nicole Bengiveno/ New York Times)
EditorialTrent Cornell, a litigator at Dickinson Wright, worked at the office in the spring even as it stayed largely vacant. (David Kasnic/The New York Times)