What are some of your proudest recent achievements? I'm very proud to have been selected by my partners to lead Herrick. I think they put their trust in me because I've been here for a long time, and I've worked really, really hard—and in the end, it paid off. I was good at my job and brought in business. I was a good counselor and a good partner. I was running the real estate department for a while; I've been on the executive committee. And I would hope that those are the reasons why I got the honor I did, and I am very proud to be in this part of my career.

Name a lawyer or mentor whose leadership inspired you. My path was not the same as many of my peers, so I did not have one person guiding me or showing me how to be professional or be a leader. So, instead, in terms of mentorship I looked to model the best qualities of the people I worked for and with and layer them onto my own personality and innate abilities. Whether it was being a good lawyer, dealmaker, business person or manager, I always sought to learn what I could from the professionals around me even if I knew that I would have to modify their attributes to accommodate who I was and how I wanted to be perceived. In the beginning, I was learning from senior partners in leadership, and now I learn from my fellow partners and clients and even other leaders whom I don't necessarily know well. I see how they run their businesses, their deals, and even how they relate to their communities and families. I've learned what "to do" and what "not to do," or, said differently, I've learned what does work for me, as an individual, and what doesn't.