Leftfoot - Legal Business Development

Today’s episode features Perkins Coie intellectual property practice leader, Judy Jennison, in addition to her time in private practice, she spent 8 years as an in-house lawyer with Microsoft in intellectual property, product development, and antitrust compliance roles.  https://www.perkinscoie.com/en/professionals/judy-jennison.html (Judy Jennison Bio) As a former in-house lawyer within a big organization, Judy understands the path to success requires an understanding of the client’s culture and the goals of their legal department for the next several years.  With this understanding, she focuses her efforts on projects that align with both the long-term strategy of her firm and the strategic plans of her clients.  Key to this plan is creating a happy, productive environment – a joyous experience – on both sides of the table, enhancing client and outside lawyer communication expanding the opportunity to present ideas and resolve issues. A focus of our episode was Judy’s success story where she h