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This improvised way of coming together helped employees shoot the breeze from a safe distance and enjoy a bit of that water-cooler effect everyone was starting to miss. we were working physically together in the office, everyone always took the time to check in with one explained partner Robb Fox. personal connection is so important, so we took our time the kind of company culture work together, play together been created at Manko, Gold, Katcher, Fox (MGKF), an environmental and energy firm founded in 1989. a top-down vibe OPPOSITE: Carol McCabe, Managing Partner of Manko, Gold, Katcher Fox LLP, a 2022 Top Workplace and Leadership award winner. Credit: Avi Loren Fox Photography I have confidence in the leader of this that emphasizes collaboration and leads employees to feel valued by, and in turn trust, their leaders.

TAKING THE LEAD Carol McCabe, a managing partner at the firm and among those recognized by employees for her leadership, has worked there since 1996, beginning as a summer associate when she was at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. Fox was one of her law professors. He not only piqued her interest in environmental law, he also convinced her to come work for him. try every day to continue what our founding partners said McCabe, who was named Best Lawyers 2022 Environmental Law of the an extremely collaborative workplace. We do complex work for sophisticated clients, but we have the culture and feel of a family.

We always keep that top of mind, and I think a key to our Indeed, in an effort to maintain that familial connection, the firm not only hosts weekly happy hours, there are also weekly lunches, in which partners and law associates discuss hot button issues, ask questions, and give and take Top Workplaces 2022 The Philadelphia Inquirer 37.