Women in Law Webinar Series: Redefining your Domain

“What the pandemic did was give us time to think about what we really value, and the place of work in our lives. Which is to say, there’s something deeper at the heart of this great awakening: a collective redefinition of success.”
- Arianna Huffington, Founder & CEO of Thrive Global

Join our group of women and allies in the practice of law as we embrace this “once-in-a-generation opportunity” to redefine the way we work, focusing on the parts that make us thrive and leaving behind the parts that don’t.

We’ll meet in a series of webinar sessions on a quarterly basis throughout 2023. Drop into any one session that speaks to you or choose to join them all.

Session 1: “Redefining The Career Path”
Session 2: “Redefining Your Domain”
Session 3: “Redefining Your Personal Brand”
Session 4: “Redefining Your Thrive”

In Session 1: “Redefining the Career Path," three women attorneys will share their not-so-linear legal career experiences in a roundtable format. We’ll talk about taking steps off the traditional path, creating your own opportunities, and forging individual definitions of success in your career. Then, we’ll facilitate smaller breakout room discussions where attendees can connect, share insights and take inspiration from fellow women attorneys who may be redefining success themselves.

The goal of this session is to spark meaningful conversation and build a strong network of allies and accountability partners who can help each other clearly define and build a fulfilling practice for 2023 and beyond.

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Heather is a results-oriented attorney with proven in-house experience. She is adept at advising companies offering innovative financial products on how to comply with lending, real estate, and consumer protection statutes--particularly companies developing products that provide consumers with alternatives to debt and unique home financing solutions. She helps clients achieve growth goals in supporting brand, sales and partnership teams on commercial and marketing initiatives. She also has experience in risk management, including defending litigation and responding to government inquiries and audits from both state and federal agencies.

Heather joined Scale in October 2019, and has been instrumental in the firm's growth including recruiting, attorney onboarding, client onboarding, and operations. She now develops and executes on Scale's strategic initiatives, such as the annual CLE Day, setting of hourly rates and alternative fee structures, and attorney business development initiatives. Scale's remote first model enables Heather to live in rural Washington state, where she enjoys hiking, fishing, and sauna in the great Pacific Northwest.

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Kristen has more than twenty-five years of experience as a corporate specialist, trusted business leader, and an AmLaw 20 practitioner. For the last decade, she has served as outside general counsel to dozens of growing companies as a founder of Prism Law Group in Seattle, WA, where she focused on strategic transactions, M&A, procurement, operations, and product counseling. Kristen leads Scale’s Pro Bono initiative and also serves as Executive Director of Their Story Is Our Story, an international nonprofit organization that collects and shares first-hand refugee stories to educate, advocate and foster integration of forcibly displaced people around the world. Kristen has four children and loves travel, reading, and the theater.

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Jessica brings almost twenty years of legal talent management and community building at an AmLaw 50 firm to her role as VP of Talent at Scale LLP. Her wheelhouse includes strategic recruiting and attorney integration, creating and sustaining a culture of connectivity, building organizational brand and fostering engagement, professional satisfaction and collaboration among colleagues. Jessica focuses on bringing exceptional attorneys into the Scale community and supporting their success at every career stage. She also serves as a Director on the board of the National Association for Law Placement (NALP). Outside of Scale LLP, Jessica can be found playing Hot Wheels or Paw Patrol with her two young children.

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Marissa is a real estate and land use attorney focused on providing creative and practical legal advice to clients, particularly those seeking to navigate Lake Tahoe’s unique regulatory environment. She also has significant experience in corporate and nonprofit work and serves as outside general counsel to growing companies, including benefit corporations and charities. Marissa is the founder of Oceans Forward, a non-profit dedicated to creating a network of scalable marine conservation initiatives that was featured in BBC’s Blue Planet series. She is deeply involved in the South Lake Tahoe community, being an appointed member of the City’s oversight commission and serving on nonprofit boards and local government committees.