Eight years is not a long time to propel a lawyer from lateral recruit to firm chairwoman.
But Angela Styles did it. Loyal now to Crowell & Moring, the government-contracts attorney keeps almost a dozen rubber ducks — an informal firm mascot — on a shelf above her desk, next to a model fighter plane. The 47-year-old lateraled into Crowell in 2007, and her tenure as the firm’s leader began on March 6. “Being a lateral would only be a concern if I hadn’t fully adopted the culture,” she said.
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