S4 E35: Sports, Breast Cancer & Courage: How Lauren Crane Stays Human in High-Conflict Work

She argues high-conflict cases for a living… and still refuses to lose her humanity. 💥In this episode of Beyond the Bar Podcast, Denisa sits down with Lauren Crane – founding partner at Bender & Crane LLP, seasoned family-law litigator, appointed mediator, sports superfan, mom… and breast cancer survivor.Lauren opens up about:🏈 Growing up in a sports-obsessed family and why she believes sports are the ultimate teacher in resilience, teamwork, and perspective📱 How email culture and “keyboard courage” changed the way we practice – and why she’s begging younger professionals to pick up the phone again🧠 The mental health crisis she’s seeing in families and lawyers post-COVID, and what it’s really doing to cases🎗 Being diagnosed with breast cancer at 42 during COVID, undergoing a double mastectomy, and why she went back to work just weeks later💗 How surviving cancer completely shifted her priorities toward giving back, mentoring young attorneys, and supporting other women through diagnosis and treatment📚 Her advice to new lawyers on actually learning the law, backing themselves, and not outsourcing their judgment to AIIf you’ve ever wondered how to stay grounded when your work is intense, emotionally heavy, and nonstop – Lauren’s story will hit home. This one is about sports, fear, family, grief, recovery, and what it really means to show up for people.✨ Listen now, subscribe, and share this with someone who needs a reminder that it’s never “too late” to rewrite how you live and work.Learn more about Lauren Crane:Bio: https://www.bendercrane.com/lauren-crane/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-crane-472545239/Watch more episodes and connect with Denisa here: https://tovaretirement.com/podcast/LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/denisatovaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/denisatovaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/denisatova/Podcast Production by HypeCats.com, webinars, and podcasts: https://hypecats.com.