Behind every great lawyer there’s a great legal team

For a country lawyer to make it to the US Supreme Court, it takes an amazing legal team – and behind every great man there’s a great woman. The Hon William E. J. Connor was blessed with several great women to support him as he climbed to the highest court in the land. He had a great mother, wife and three amazing daughters. But, the woman that was the backbone of his legal career was his legal secretary, Mae Millman.

Aunt Mae was always present in our lives, if only from a distance. Every Christmas under the tree at 345 Allen Street we would find an extra special gift from Aunt Mae. When we were small it was usually something from FAO Schwartz in New York City. As we got older, the toys turned into crisp twenty dollar bills. By the time we’d graduated from high school, the envelopes were stuffed with freshly minted Benjamins…

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