About the author

Ann M Galvani

<p>ANN M. GALVANI is a reformed Minnesotan and retired complex litigation attorney whose Wall Street career began at Cravath, Swaine &amp; Moore (where she was one of the few women attorneys in the early 1970&#8217;s) and concluded at Boies, Schiller &amp; Flexner (where she was one of the first women equity partners). During her legal career, she defended multinational corporations on high profile litigations and was named one of the country&#8217;s top women lawyers in<em> The Vault&#8217;s</em> &#8220;View from the Top: Advice from Legal Woman Leaders.&#8221;</p>&#13; &#13; <p>Between those two career frontiers, Ann took a different tack more compatible with raising her two children, taking on <em>pro bono</em> and political commitments that led to new experience in law, finance, and public policy. Alongside the joy of family life during this interlude, she cultivated a passion for jewelry &#8211; a passion that survived a major theft, two medical tsunamis, and financial setbacks. Weathering those storms enabled her to rebuild four separate jewelry collections from scratch &#8211; truly the silver lining in those clouds.</p>&#13; &#13; <p>But as it turns out, bad weather makes great stories. Learn the backstories, mysteries, and fantasies about Ann&#8217;s quest to restore her lost treasures (and stories she has learned along the way) and read as theft, exploitation, and a con-artist heist unfold with poignancy, drama, and humor.<em> The Jewels of My Life &#8230; and Other Mysteries</em> is sure to captivate your fantasy, challenge your deductive skills, or shock your sensibilities. Indeed, join the conversation, if you please, on twitter or email, because doesn&#8217;t every jewelry-lover have a yarn to add?</p>&#13; &#13; <p>Ann&#8217;s larger journey through life is recounted in the <em>Uncharted Waters</em> series that describes how this secondborn, inspired in childhood to reach higher, regularly encountered and then pursued the &#8220;seemingly impossible.&#8221; Along with perseverance and good humor, that mindset empowered her from the Midwest, to Wall Street, to&#160;Motherhood and Politics, and back, through Glass Ceilings, to Medical Miracle, and produced&#160;a Life Master, an Author, and more.</p>&#13; &#13; <p><em>@jewelsmystery</em></p>&#13; &#13; <p><em>anninthemoment@gmail.com</em></p>