by Cate Flahardy | Sep 11, 2014 | General Counsel Q&A
Rich Veys knew one thing when he was entering college: He was going to be an engineer. As a high school student, he excelled in math and science, so his obvious course of action was to follow in the footsteps of his dad and older brother, both of whom were engineers....
by Cate Flahardy | Jul 29, 2014 | General Counsel Q&A
Wendy Hufford likes the idea of giving back what she’s received—and many young lawyers can thank her for that. As the Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary of global manufacturing company ITT Corp., Hufford owns a lot of...
by Cate Flahardy | Jun 26, 2014 | General Counsel Q&A
Growing up in Richmond, Ind., to hard-working parents, Joe Perkins may initially come off as your average … well … Joe. But Perkins’ life took shape in a way most Midwesterners—or anyone, for that matter—would only dream of. With parents who always encouraged him to...
by Cate Flahardy | May 29, 2014 | General Counsel Q&A
Native North Carolinian Anne Fitzgerald didn’t grow up wanting to be a lawyer. She envisioned herself, rather, donning a pair of sea legs and living the adventurous life of a scuba diver. After she finished her undergraduate studies at Duke University, Fitzgerald took...
by Cate Flahardy | Apr 22, 2014 | General Counsel Q&A
Even as a child, Curt Kramer knew he would go to law school, but never really bought into the idea of actually practicing law. His father—a successful lawyer with his own, small private practice in Boston—impressed upon his son that the profession was a noble one and...
by Cate Flahardy | Mar 18, 2014 | General Counsel Q&A
During his junior year of high school in 1982, Bill Weber had a bright academic future ahead of him. The Decatur, Ga., native planned to apply to three prestigious colleges, the University of Virginia, the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University, but he had...