Carrie Goldberg and Susan Crumiller first met in 2007 as baby lawyers at Housing Conservation Coordinators, a nonprofit in Hell’s Kitchen dedicated to representing low-income tenants facing eviction. They quickly bonded over their shared love of fast-paced litigation and the quick-wittedness that housing court entails. The pair soon became BFFs and stood by each other through marriages, divorces, children, and legal proceedings—and eventually, launching their own law firms.

In 2014, Carrie started her pioneering firm C.A. Goldberg, PLLC focused on representing victims of online harassment, cyberstalking and revenge porn. Two years later, Susan started Crumiller P.C. to help new moms who were being mistreated at work. As their firms expanded, their bond grew stronger as they provided each other with moral support, encouragement, leadership advice, and litigation expertise.

Carrie and Susan each started their firms because they faced a problem in their own lives that they wanted to help others solve. Carrie’s abusive ex used technology to threaten her privacy and security; today, her firm fights Big Tech to make the internet safer for us all. Susan’s ex-boss tried to screw her out of her maternity leave, and now her firm advances feminism and racial equality in both employment and healthcare.

These areas coalesce with the passage of laws like the Adult Survivors Act, and they are proud to combine the power of the two powerhouse firms they built side-by-side.