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PRESIDENT, HIRSCHLER, RICHMOND
PRESIDENT, HIRSCHLER, RICHMOND
Virginia Business// August 29, 2024//
Paulk has led Hirschler since 2018, when she became the first female president of the now-78-year-old firm, which has more than 90 attorneys in offices in Fredericksburg, Richmond and Tysons, and is the state’s seventh largest law firm. Paulk also heads Hirschler’s litigation section.
After graduating from Mary Washington College (now the University of Mary Washington) with a degree in theater in 1992, Paulk took a job as a paralegal. She loved the work and later enrolled at the University of Richmond for law school, specializing in construction law.
In 2013, she became the 85th person and 30th woman to achieve the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming, which requires swimming around the island of Manhattan, across the English Channel and across the Catalina Channel. She repeated the achievement in 2017, becoming the first person to complete a Double Triple Crown.
In October 2023, Paulk swam 34 miles across Lake Gaston, which straddles the North Carolina and Virginia border, in 19 hours, 39 minutes and 8 seconds. Earlier this year, she was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame.
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