Her Corporate Counsel by Mancabelli Law PLLC

05/30/2026

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Patti spent years running a successful law firm that no longer fit the life she wanted. So she rebuilt it. With support from Lawyerist Lab, she: • Narrowed her niche to women business owners • Dropped litigation work • Launched a flat-rate subscription model • Built a fully virtual practice ...

03/10/2026

Last week I spoke with a woman entrepreneur planning ahead for New York WBE certification.

Her LLC was already formed and the startup costs came from a joint account she shares with her husband. She was surprised to learn why the source of those funds could matter later in the certification process.

That conversation inspired this short article.

Last week I spoke with a woman founder planning ahead for New York WBE certification. Her LLC was already formed and the startup costs were paid from a joint account she shares with her husband. She was floored to learn that the source of those funds could matter during certification review. I wrote...

02/15/2026

On this Valentine’s Day, I want to thank my Valentine of 35 years, the man who quietly changed the course of my life.

Fourteen years ago, a colleague suggested I start my own law firm. I said I couldn’t. My husband was a stay-at-home dad to our four boys. I told myself we’d need to pay for health insurance and that I wasn’t interested in taking clients from the large firm where I worked.

When I shared that conversation with my husband later that day, he didn’t pause.

“What part of that can’t you do?”

In that moment, I became a business owner.
Not because the risks disappeared, but because I was loved by someone who believed in me more than I believed in myself.