2023 Women to Watch Awards Americas EMEA
Diana Shafter Gliedman Equity shareholder, member of executive committee
Anderson Kill P.C.
New York
Diana Shafter Gliedman’s father and grandfather were lawyers, but she took a few years after college before deciding to go to law school.
“I really wanted to make sure that it was something that I wanted to pursue” rather than a “knee-jerk reaction.” The deciding factor, she said, was she “liked the idea of representing people and working with them to solve problems.”
“I feel very passionate about the work I do,” said Ms. Gliedman, who began as a summer associate at Anderson Kill before joining the law firm after graduating from Fordham University School of Law.
While she has different types of clients, they all “purchased insurance that they thought would provide them with safety and protection when they needed it.”
“I love being able to sit down with them and their insurance policies and help them get the most out of the insurance they purchase,” she said. “I have been lucky to have been able to help companies keep their doors open and keep their employees working, as well as help people keep their homes,” she said.
Her appreciative clients include Mark Curcio, a partner with Katz, Sapper & Miller, a New York advisory, tax and audit company, whom Ms. Gliedman represented in a dispute with a partner. She “probably saved my entire career. She’s somebody that I’ll remember for as long as I live,” he said.
Ms. Gliedman is “one of the best professionals that I’ve ever met. But on top of that, she’s just a very caring, sensitive person,” Mr. Curcio said.
Ms. Gliedman’s husband, Gregory, whom she met her first week of law school, is a family court judge, “which is about as different from what I do as possible, while still engaging in the same profession,” Ms. Gliedman said.
They have two sons: Benjamin, 18, a freshman at the University of Rochester, and Dan, 15, who is in 10th grade.
The family resides in Brooklyn, where Ms. Gliedman has lived since 1995. “When I like something, I stick with it,” she said.
Judy Greenwald
