Conan's mother, Ruth, was an attorney who was the second woman to become a partner at Ropes & Gray, a law firm in Boston. A funeral for both Ruth and Thomas will be held on Boston on Wednesday ...

“Science has said there’s no such thing as perpetual motion, but my father was proof that that was wrong,” Conan, 61, told the Boston Globe in an interview published on Thursday. “My ...

Conan’s mom, Ruth, meanwhile, was an attorney who became the second woman to make partner at Boston law firm Ropes & Gray, per an obituary. Conan’s younger brother, Justin, remembered his ...

Rich Fury/Getty Images And looking back at his mom's career, Conan understood how much work she put in to make partner at Ropes & Gray after seven years. "I remember my mother coming home and ...