Serendipity Leads Attorney From Corporate Consulting to Executive Suite

Kelly C. Abernathy is senior vice president, GC and chief compliance officer at Capital Institutional Services Inc. Unlike many GCs, Abernathy did not move in-house from a firm, nor did she come from a career in securities law. Rather, she came from the corporate consulting world, where she had developed an expertise in compliance from a business angle. On first impression, she says, some people may underestimate her legal abilities, so her strategy is to "disarm them and then knock their socks off."

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