Having Alice with me the entire weekend has been like a dream, a movie about someone else’s happy life. I feel like I’m an entirely different person when I can fall asleep beside her, then wake up wanting her just as badly. She has no background in law, but listened to me when I talked about our strategy for wooing the Cavs to sign with us.

Bringing on a big client from Cleveland will mean travel and long hours, but our firm feels ready for growth. Alice is part of that. I ...