Ed.
note:
Welcome
to
our
daily
feature, Quote
of
the
Day.
Our
hope
with
sharing
our
story
is
not
to
promote
or
glorify
ourselves.
Our
intention
is
to
inspire
others
to
generosity.
[Post-surgery,]
it
felt
like
we
had
pulled
of
the
biggest
project
of
our
careers.
I
had
a
tremendous
feeling
of
achievement.
—
Hope
Watson,
an
associate
at
Thompson
Coburn,
in
comments
given
to
the
ABA
Journal,
concerning
her
July
kidney
donation
to
Bernie
Citron,
a
partner
at
the
firm
she’d
never
met
before.
“For
someone
you
have
never
met?
Who
is
younger
than
my
kids?
To
do
this?”
Citron
said
of
Watson.
“It’s
just
out-and-out
amazing
that
there
are
people
like
Hope
out
there
who
would
do
something
like
this.”
Christopher
Hohn,
chair
of
Thompson
Coburn,
said
of
the
situation
in
a
statement,
“What
Hope
did
for
Bernie
is
an
extraordinary
act
of
generosity,
but
it’s
also
true
to
who
we
are
as
a
firm.
We
have
a
deeply
collegial
culture,
and
we
look
out
for
one
another,
both
professionally
and
personally.”
Thompson
Coburn
donated
$25,000
to
the
National
Kidney
Foundation
in
the
wake
of
this
touching
story.
Staci
Zaretsky is
the
managing
editor
of
Above
the
Law,
where
she’s
worked
since
2011.
She’d
love
to
hear
from
you,
so
please
feel
free
to email her
with
any
tips,
questions,
comments,
or
critiques.
You
can
follow
her
on Bluesky, X/Twitter,
and Threads, or
connect
with
her
on LinkedIn.