Lawyers are followers, seldom leaders and probably not cut out for entrepreneurship. So insinuated Carleton S. “Carly” Fiorina in a New York Times interview prior to her celebrated ouster as C.E.O. of Hewlett-Packard in 2005.
The idea of “continually adhering to precedent,” Fiorina told The Times, prompted her to leave the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law after a single semester. (Her late father, Judge Joseph Tyree Sneed III, was a member of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at the time, and a former Cornell Law School professor). Instead, she prepared for life as a corporate innovator and Republican party activist.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]
