by Cate Flahardy | Feb 15, 2023 | General Counsel Q&A
Jennifer Baumann spent her childhood surrounded by academics in Mid-Michigan. She grew up the youngest of four in Okemos — a community home to many of Michigan State University’s professors and other employees. Her dad, a lawyer, and her mom, an IRS agent, instilled...
by Cate Flahardy | Dec 26, 2022 | General Counsel Q&A, Your Career
For many lawyers, working in a legal department is a career aspiration. Being a part of the business, helping a company achieve its goals and focusing on a single client are recurring themes general counsel express when discussing their love for their work. The path...
by Cate Flahardy | Dec 7, 2022 | General Counsel Q&A
Matt Broad did not grow up with big aspirations about being a lawyer. A Southern California kid through and through, Broad — a great student in grade school and high school — imagined a comfortable life in the state he grew up in and loved, probably working as a...
by Cate Flahardy | Sep 27, 2022 | General Counsel Q&A
Deborah Pond grew up on Long Island, New York. Academically, she excelled — doing well though all her formative years in school. She chose to attend Duke University and studied psychology and political science. But as graduation became closer, and many of her peers...
by Cate Flahardy | Jun 1, 2022 | General Counsel Q&A
Sherri Morissette, General Counsel at National Dentex Sherri Morissette considers herself very lucky in some regards. As a child, she remembers a moment when her parents and some friends were sitting around a large table. They were actively debating. She doesn’t...