Ed.
note:
Welcome
to
our
daily
feature, Quote
of
the
Day.
She
wasn’t
working
right
away,
and
like
many
new
grads,
she
had
student
debt
and
credit
card
debt
from
getting
through
school.
Market
rent
in
the
Los
Angeles
area
wasn’t
realistic,
even
with
a
job
offer
lined
up.
So,
the
studio
became
her
first
home.
It
gave
her
stability
and
independence
during
a
major
transition.
—
Tina
LaMonica,
in
comments
given
to
the
Los
Angeles
Times,
concerning
the
reasons
why
her
daughter,
Sophie
Wellen,
moved
into
the
family’s
backyard
accessory
dwelling
unit
(ADU)
rather
than
pay
egregious
rent
prices
in
Los
Angeles.
Wellen,
now
an
associate
at
Gibson
Dunn,
says
she
felt
“lucky”
to
have
this
as
an
option,
because
it
was
“right
after
the
bar
exam,”
and
she
was
“really
stressed.”
On
top
of
that,
she
didn’t
have
to
“rush[]
to
grab
the
first
place
[she]
could,
like
so
many
of
[her
fellow]
associates
had
to
do.”
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Zaretsky is
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Law,
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