Patricia Hatry started her legal career 70 years ago making $35 a week back in 1952. While the pay may have changed since then, her drive hasn’t. Hatry has no plans of retiring anytime soon.

The definition of a law firm lifer, Hatry still works for Davis & Gilbert in New York, the firm that hired her straight out of Boston University and Columbia University law schools. Today, she mainly focuses on pro bono legal work for the Humane Society of New York and Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts after a career as a partner in Davis & Gilbert’s advertising, intellectual property and litigation practices.