The Financial Times Law 50 on Thursday and four days later inducted as a Fellow into the College of Law Practice Management.

 What a week!

Two humble brag posts in one week feels like a lot and I almost didn't post this but someone way smarter than me told me that would be dumb.

Being included on the FT list was once of the highlights of my career.

But this one is a little different.

A list is a group of very smart, well informed people watching the industry (like Reena SenGupta) and deciding who counts.

Fellows of the College are nominated by other Fellows and elected by the Board.

You have to have been in the industry no less than 10 years and nominated by two Fellows and then confirmed by a board vote.

By people who have spent their careers doing this work.

It's a really high bar and you don't campaign for it. You can't buy your way in. Someone already inside has to vouch for you, and then a room full of people who have earned their own seat decides whether you've earned yours.

I've spent almost 20 years in this industry. A lot of it was unglamorous.

Migrations that ran until 3am. Projects nobody clapped for. Being told the thing I was building didn't need to exist.

So to be recognized by the practitioners I've quietly measured myself against for two decades means more than I can put in a post.

To Debbie Foster and Patrick DiDomenico who nominated me and those Fellows who voted for me: thank you.

I know what your seat cost you. I don't take being allowed to sit next to you lightly.

Congratulations to everyone in the 2026 class including my buds Glenn LaForce and Kate Cain!

Now back to work.