For 12 years, Linda Leali worked in the Miami office of White & Case, toiling long hours as a senior associate in the firm’s global financial restructuring and insolvency department.

Leali represented top clients like WCI Communities Inc., a developer with $2 billion in debt; Recticel S.A., a manufacturer of synthetic compounds; and Appaloosa Management L.P., one of the largest shareholders of Delphi Corp. She was a key member of the legal team in the Chapter 11 reorganization of Mirant Corp., the largest bankruptcy filing in the U.S. in 2003.