Osofsky said that she was the firm's only female partner "for a while," during which time she was juggling the demands of both her career and caring for small children, noting that she found out about her partner election in 1996, when her second child was born. While she joked that being the only woman meant there was never a line for the bathroom at partner meetings, she has made a pointed effort to elevate and support women in her firm by serving as the executive sponsor of the Women at Mazars program.

Osofsky said that, in particular, the culture at her firm has evolved to allow for more flexibility, which has enabled women to better customize their career paths to fit their individual needs. She noted, for example, that there are even more options for women going on, and coming back from, maternity leave than she had in her day, saying that some opt to come back full time and others part time and others still transitioning from one to another. She added that this flexibility has also been applied for other activities, such as taking care of an elderly parent or for traveling. Technology, particularly the kind that lets people get work done anywhere, has been a big factor in promoting this flexibility. This paradigm falls under what she calls "standardized customized," which she admitted sounds like a contradiction but informs a lot of what she does. 

"We all have to work, we all have skills, we all need to communicate, but how do you customize that?" she said. "I think it's a combination of the passion you bring ... and the relationships you build. I think of this profession as a people business first, and a number business second, and it's the personal brand you make for yourself that shows [how] you customize it to make your path whatever you need it to be."