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Partner Up is committed to your success. Unlike other coaching services, we are not trying to sell you business advice or back office systems. We coach you to achieve your goals by working with you to devise practical and achievable strategies.
Rosemary Hollinger
Rosemary Hollinger is the founder of Partner Up LLC and a Professional and Leadership Coach. She graduated from Georgetown University Law Center and practiced law for over 30 years. Rosemary began her legal career as a trial lawyer in a legal aid setting where she tried both criminal and civil trials to judges and juries. After a brief stint in a small law firm, she joined the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission as a trial attorney handling complex financial cases. She worked her way up and eventually headed the Enforcement Division in the Chicago Regional Office and then served as the Chicago Regional Administrator for the Commission. She has served as faculty at National Institute of Trial Advocacy Deposition and Trial Advocacy programs for over 20 years and taught trial advocacy at DePaul University Law School and Loyola University Law School.
When she transitioned from practicing law to coaching lawyers, she completed the coach training program offered by the Coach Training Institute and earned her Associate Certified Coach credential from the International Coach Federation (“ICF”). She is a graduate of the advanced coach training program offered by the ADD Coach Academy and earned her Professional Certified Coach (“PCC”) credential from ICF and her Professional Certified ADHD Coach (“PCAC”) credential from the Professional Association of ADHD Coaches. Rosemary is married, has 3 sons and enjoys skiing, hiking, photography, Pickleball and travel. Rosemary is a member of Rotary International and provides pro bono legal services through the American Bar Association Immigrant Justice Program. Member of ADDA,CHADD and ACO.
Over her years managing members of the legal profession, Rosemary has learned that managers seldom have the time, training or inclination to coach their colleagues on the issues facing members of the legal profession including stress, burnout, fulfillment or career satisfaction, balance, change and transitions, professional interpersonal relations and pre-retirement life planning. She believes that a lawyer coach who understands the challenges faced by the legal profession could fill that gap.
Rosemary serves as a leader, evaluator and mentor coach through the ADD Coach Academy.
Sara Jeruss
Sara is a former start-up executive and patent litigator turned ADHD Coach. She earned her J.D. from Yale Law School and her B.A. from Cornell University. Sara also earned an M. Ed. in Counseling Psychology from Temple University, and draws on her counseling skills in her coaching work with individuals and couples.
Sara has ADHD and was diagnosed while in her 30s. Her diagnosis helped her understand why she switched careers so much, and why even though she was “successful” on paper she constantly felt overwhelmed and burned out — work just seemed harder for her.
Sara understands the intricacies of legal roles and works with clients to leverage their unique strengths while developing strategies to manage ADHD overwhelm, big emotions, and struggles with organization, time-blindness, prioritization, and burnout. She loves helping clients learn new ways of relating to their inner critics. She also understands how ADHD impacts relationships, and she enjoys helping couples learn more about ADHD and the interpersonal patterns it can create.
Sara draws on her empathy, warmth, sense of humor, love of learning, and ability to hyper-focus and make connections between different ideas. Sara is passionate about helping people identify their top strengths and creating solutions that draw on these strengths.
As your coach, Sara will partner with you on present-day challenges and guide you in developing a personalized strategy to achieve your goals. She provides accountability and guidance as you navigate the challenges of having ADHD in a high-intensity workplace or law school.
Rebekah “Bekah” K. Salas Mercer
Bekah is a litigator in New York City whose practice focuses on complex civil litigation. She graduated from Baylor University with Honors and from Stanford Law School, where she received Pro Bono Distinction. Following law school, she completed both federal and state appellate clerkships before entering private practice.
Although Rebekah achieved academic and professional success, her journey was not without challenges. As a Latina from San Antonio, Texas, who had never lived outside her home state, Stanford Law School was the first time she found herself navigating many of the elite academic and professional spaces that were already familiar to some of her peers. While many classmates came from Ivy League institutions and established professional networks, Rebekah was learning to navigate these environments for the first time. The experience often led to feelings of imposter syndrome despite her accomplishments and abilities. At the same time, much of her law school experience took place during the COVID-19 pandemic, creating additional challenges to connection, accountability, and support.
It was not until the final weeks of law school that Rebekah was diagnosed with ADHD: Predominantly Inattentive Presentation. The diagnosis helped explain many of the struggles she had experienced in highly unstructured environments. While she had thrived in settings with clear expectations and accountability, she found the transition to law school, judicial clerkships, and eventually legal practice increasingly challenging as external structure diminished.
After transitioning from clerkships into private practice, Rebekah began working with Rosemary Hollinger through Partner Up Coaching. Through coaching, she developed practical systems and strategies that helped her successfully navigate the demands of legal practice and better understand how to work with her ADHD rather than against it. The experience was transformative and ultimately inspired her to become a coach herself.
Today, Rebekah is passionate about helping high-achieving students and professionals navigate ADHD while pursuing ambitious academic and career goals. She is especially passionate about supporting law students, bar exam takers, judicial clerks, early-career attorneys, and women with late ADHD diagnoses. She is committed to helping clients build confidence, develop effective systems, and thrive in demanding environments.
Rebekah is bilingual in English and Spanish and welcomes clients who prefer coaching in either language. For clients who desire it, she is also comfortable integrating faith and values into the coaching process.
Bekah en espanol
Rebekah es una abogada litigante en la ciudad de Nueva York cuya práctica se enfoca en litigios civiles complejos. Se graduó de Baylor University con honores máximos (summa cum laude) y obtuvo su título de abogada en Stanford Law School, donde recibió la distinción Pro Bono Distinction por su compromiso con el servicio comunitario. Después de graduarse, se desempeñó como asistente judicial en tribunales federales y estatales de apelación antes de comenzar su carrera en la práctica privada.
Aunque Rebekah ha alcanzado importantes logros académicos y profesionales, su camino no ha estado libre de desafíos. Como latina originaria de San Antonio, Texas, que nunca había vivido fuera de su estado natal, asistir a Stanford Law School representó la primera vez que tuvo que desenvolverse en muchos espacios académicos y profesionales de élite que ya resultaban familiares para algunos de sus compañeros. Mientras muchos de ellos provenían de universidades de la Ivy League y contaban con redes profesionales establecidas, Rebekah estaba aprendiendo a navegar esos entornos por primera vez. Esta experiencia a menudo le generó sentimientos de síndrome del impostor, a pesar de sus capacidades y logros. Además, gran parte de su experiencia en la escuela de derecho transcurrió durante la pandemia de COVID-19, lo que añadió retos adicionales relacionados con la conexión humana, la estructura y el apoyo.
No fue sino hasta las últimas semanas de la escuela de derecho que Rebekah recibió un diagnóstico de TDAH de tipo predominantemente inatento. Este diagnóstico le ayudó a comprender muchas de las dificultades que había experimentado en entornos con poca estructura. Aunque siempre había sobresalido en ambientes con expectativas claras y sistemas de apoyo definidos, descubrió que la transición a la escuela de derecho, los cargos como asistente judicial y, posteriormente, la práctica legal se volvía cada vez más difícil a medida que disminuía la estructura externa.
Después de pasar de sus cargos como asistente judicial a la práctica privada, Rebekah comenzó a trabajar con Rosemary Hollinger a través de Partner Up Coaching. Gracias al proceso de coaching, desarrolló sistemas y estrategias prácticas que le permitieron desenvolverse con éxito en las exigencias de la profesión legal y aprender a trabajar con su TDAH, en lugar de luchar contra él. Esta experiencia fue transformadora y, eventualmente, la inspiró a convertirse ella misma en coach.
Hoy, Rebekah siente una profunda pasión por ayudar a estudiantes y profesionales de alto rendimiento a manejar el TDAH mientras persiguen metas académicas y profesionales ambiciosas. Le apasiona especialmente apoyar a estudiantes de derecho, personas que se preparan para el examen de la barra, asistentes judiciales, abogados en las primeras etapas de su carrera y mujeres que reciben un diagnóstico de TDAH en la edad adulta. Su misión es ayudar a sus clientes a desarrollar confianza en sí mismos, crear sistemas efectivos y prosperar en entornos altamente exigentes.
Rebekah es bilingüe en inglés y español, y ofrece coaching en ambos idiomas. Para aquellos clientes que lo deseen, también se siente cómoda incorporando la fe y los valores personales como parte del proceso de coaching.
Rebekah “Bekah” K. Salas Mercer
Bekah is a litigator in New York City whose practice focuses on complex civil litigation. She graduated from Baylor University with a perfect GPA and from Stanford Law School, where she received Pro Bono Distinction. Following law school, she completed both federal and state appellate clerkships before entering private practice.
Although Rebekah achieved academic and professional success, her journey was not without challenges. As a Latina from San Antonio, Texas, who had never lived outside her home state, Stanford Law School was the first time she found herself navigating many of the elite academic and professional spaces that were already familiar to some of her peers. While many classmates came from Ivy League institutions and established professional networks, Rebekah was learning to navigate these environments for the first time. The experience often led to feelings of imposter syndrome despite her accomplishments and abilities. At the same time, much of her law school experience took place during the COVID-19 pandemic, creating additional challenges to connection, accountability, and support.
It was not until the final weeks of law school that Rebekah was diagnosed with ADHD: Predominantly Inattentive Presentation. The diagnosis helped explain many of the struggles she had experienced in highly unstructured environments. While she had thrived in settings with clear expectations and accountability, she found the transition to law school, judicial clerkships, and eventually legal practice increasingly challenging as external structure diminished.
After transitioning from clerkships into private practice, Rebekah began working with Rosemary Hollinger through Partner Up Coaching. Through coaching, she developed practical systems and strategies that helped her successfully navigate the demands of legal practice and better understand how to work with her ADHD rather than against it. The experience was transformative and ultimately inspired her to become a coach herself.
Today, Rebekah is passionate about helping high-achieving students and professionals navigate ADHD while pursuing ambitious academic and career goals. She is especially passionate about supporting law students, bar exam takers, judicial clerks, early-career attorneys, and women with late ADHD diagnoses. She is committed to helping clients build confidence, develop effective systems, and thrive in demanding environments.
Rebekah is bilingual in English and Spanish and welcomes clients who prefer coaching in either language. For clients who desire it, she is also comfortable integrating faith and values into the coaching process.
Bekah en espanol
Rebekah es una abogada litigante en la ciudad de Nueva York cuya práctica se enfoca en litigios civiles complejos. Se graduó de Baylor University con honores máximos (summa cum laude) y obtuvo su título de abogada en Stanford Law School, donde recibió la distinción Pro Bono Distinction por su compromiso con el servicio comunitario. Después de graduarse, se desempeñó como asistente judicial en tribunales federales y estatales de apelación antes de comenzar su carrera en la práctica privada.
Aunque Rebekah ha alcanzado importantes logros académicos y profesionales, su camino no ha estado libre de desafíos. Como latina originaria de San Antonio, Texas, que nunca había vivido fuera de su estado natal, asistir a Stanford Law School representó la primera vez que tuvo que desenvolverse en muchos espacios académicos y profesionales de élite que ya resultaban familiares para algunos de sus compañeros. Mientras muchos de ellos provenían de universidades de la Ivy League y contaban con redes profesionales establecidas, Rebekah estaba aprendiendo a navegar esos entornos por primera vez. Esta experiencia a menudo le generó sentimientos de síndrome del impostor, a pesar de sus capacidades y logros. Además, gran parte de su experiencia en la escuela de derecho transcurrió durante la pandemia de COVID-19, lo que añadió retos adicionales relacionados con la conexión humana, la estructura y el apoyo.
No fue sino hasta las últimas semanas de la escuela de derecho que Rebekah recibió un diagnóstico de TDAH de tipo predominantemente inatento. Este diagnóstico le ayudó a comprender muchas de las dificultades que había experimentado en entornos con poca estructura. Aunque siempre había sobresalido en ambientes con expectativas claras y sistemas de apoyo definidos, descubrió que la transición a la escuela de derecho, los cargos como asistente judicial y, posteriormente, la práctica legal se volvía cada vez más difícil a medida que disminuía la estructura externa.
Después de pasar de sus cargos como asistente judicial a la práctica privada, Rebekah comenzó a trabajar con Rosemary Hollinger a través de Partner Up Coaching. Gracias al proceso de coaching, desarrolló sistemas y estrategias prácticas que le permitieron desenvolverse con éxito en las exigencias de la profesión legal y aprender a trabajar con su TDAH, en lugar de luchar contra él. Esta experiencia fue transformadora y, eventualmente, la inspiró a convertirse ella misma en coach.
Hoy, Rebekah siente una profunda pasión por ayudar a estudiantes y profesionales de alto rendimiento a manejar el TDAH mientras persiguen metas académicas y profesionales ambiciosas. Le apasiona especialmente apoyar a estudiantes de derecho, personas que se preparan para el examen de la barra, asistentes judiciales, abogados en las primeras etapas de su carrera y mujeres que reciben un diagnóstico de TDAH en la edad adulta. Su misión es ayudar a sus clientes a desarrollar confianza en sí mismos, crear sistemas efectivos y prosperar en entornos altamente exigentes.
Rebekah es bilingüe en inglés y español, y ofrece coaching en ambos idiomas. Para aquellos clientes que lo deseen, también se siente cómoda incorporando la fe y los valores personales como parte del proceso de coaching.
Partner Up LLC
847-525-2117
rosemary@partnerupcoaching.com
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