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Podcast: Great Women in Compliance
Episode: Breaking the Glass Ceiling for Muslim Women in Private Practice
Description: Welcome to the Great Women in Compliance Podcast, co-hosted by Lisa Fine and Mary Shirley.In this episode of GWIC, Lisa speaks with Fatema Merchant, who is an International Trade and White Collar Defense partner at Sheppard Mullin. She is also the first hijab-wearing woman to make partner at a Washington, D.C., Am Law 100 firm.Fatema talks about wearing the hijab in the context of how each of us expresses our identities and some common misconceptions. Many of us, women and men, may feel like our identities impact how others view our roles in meetings and inve...