Fish & Richardson IP litigator Danielle Joy “DJ” Healey was working remotely this spring, so she was able to live as a woman for several weeks before she informed her firm she was transgender and transitioning to live as a woman.

Healey, a 57-year-old senior principal in Houston who was formerly known as David Healey, said the firm worked with her to make it as easy as possible to announce her change to clients and to people at work.