'Legal Angel'

Decades ago, Carlton Fields attorney Sylvia Walbolt would get to the Tampa office at 5:30 a.m., to get her work done early so she could spend the evenings with her children.

She grew to love working in the quiet time, without the distractions around the office — so much so she kept it up.

Today, the 75-year-old shareholder and co-chair of the firm's National Appellate Practice and Trial Support group continues to show up at work before sunrise. The difference is today people know to show up early if they want to catch her.