The Intersection of Ambition and Well-Being with Danielle Corcione, Equity Partner at CSG Law

This week, host Syama Bunten welcomes Danielle Corcione, a powerhouse equity partner at CSG Law, former federal prosecutor, and champion for women's leadership. Danielle shares her remarkable journey from a small-town Long Island upbringing to becoming a respected trial attorney, angel investor, and voice for balanced ambition.

From her first job at Blockbuster to prosecuting white-collar criminals and human traffickers at the U.S. Attorney's Office, Danielle opens up about the financial trade-offs she made to pursue meaningful work, the student loan burden she navigated without guidance, and how she built a thriving law practice on principles of generosity and alignment.

Listen as Danielle discusses modeling work-life integration for the next generation, teaching law students that feeling good drives success, and raising grateful children in a different financial reality than she experienced. Her story illuminates how strategic career pivots, authenticity, and values-driven decision-making can create both professional success and personal fulfillment.

Key Topics:

1. Taking massive pay cuts for meaningful work—from big law to in-house to federal prosecution
   
   

2. Navigating $200K+ in student loans without financial education or family guidance
   
   

3. Working through pregnancy as a new federal prosecutor without maternity leave benefits
   
   

4. Building a law practice on generosity instead of competition—and why it works
   
   

5. Moving from representing $50 billion companies to angel investing in women founders
   
   

6. Raising financially secure children while teaching them gratitude and contribution
   
   

7. Teaching the next generation that feeling good comes before success, not after
   
   

Connect with Danielle Corcione online:

Website: https://www.csglaw.com/people/danielle-m-corcione/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/chiesa-shahinian-&-giantomasi-pc

 

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