Professor Deborah L. Rhode is quoted in a New York Daily News article about go-to female lawyers:

Women bring a special set of skills, says Deborah Rhode, a Stanford Law School professor and author of "Women and Leadership: The State of Play and Strategies for Change." "For this particular specialty, a lot of what is called for is people skills, interpersonal skills, and women are traditionally more attentive to those and often times more adept at managing potentially difficult lawyer-client relationships."