“The risk of misstep is too great,” Stephen R. Eckley, senior civil trial attorney at Belin McCormick in Des Moines, writes for the Iowa Lawyer. “Voices more articulate than mine have been misinterpreted and caused unintended offense. And, frankly, I feel inadequate to fully understand the issues because I see them through a prism colored by experiences from a different time. 

“But there is no question the topic should be important to all Iowa lawyers. We need to talk about it. Progress depends on awareness. So it is with singular trepidation that I address gender bias in the legal profession.”

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