Edward Hershfield
Title: Partner
Company: Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels, LLC
Location: One Financial Center, 18th Floor, Boston, Mass. 02111
Birthplace and year: Boston, Mass., 1959
Family: Wife, Kathy; children: Alyssa, Matthew
College: Brown University, AB in International Relations and Economics; Columbia Law, JD
First job in current field: Junior associate at Brown Rudnick
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Continue to develop specialized practices nationally, such as military base work, lending, real estate development.
Hobbies: Time with family, golf, travel, bike riding, marathons
Favorite book: "Moneyball" by Michael Lewis
Favorite movie: "Dr. Strangelove"
Person you admire most (outside of family): Prudence Goodale and Ed Hands, high school history teachers.
Key to success: Understanding what the client needs.
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? High school history teacher.