Now, this is real news.  Lori Alderman, a history graduate, who never found that teaching job she had been looking for, has made it to the top of a Pittsburgh law firm.  And she is going to be the only female Chief Operating Officer in the Pittsburgh law firm fraternity.

Lori, who graduated from West Virginia University and did her master’s degree at the University of Pittsburgh, wanted to be a teacher.  Failing to find an opening that met her needs, she ventured into marketing.  Before joining Meyer Unkovic & Scott, she did marketing for a radio station and also for Animal Friends and the Animal Rescue League.  She has been working at Meyer Unkovic & Scott for the last nine years and her previous position in the firm was that of director of client relations.

It shows guts and hard work to climb up to the top of a 75-year-old law firm, while being a non-lawyer and a working mother with a 5-year-old son and another child happily due this month.  Her promotion shows a lot about her law firm too.