David Hecker, Brenda Morris, Drew Fossum | Navigating Your Legal Career Path

Hiring Insights

On this episode of Hiring Insights, Mosah Fernandez Goodman sits down with three attorneys: Brenda Morris, Drew Fossum, and David Hecker. Brenda is the Vice President, Assistant General Counsel, Litigation, Employment and Compliance at Sealed Air, Drew is the Vice President and General Counsel at Tenaska, Inc., and David is the Group General Counsel for Kiewit. Part 1 of this 2-part episode focuses on their paths to an executive level legal career, career strategies, and the importance of networking.

• Career journeys: they’re never linear. What did you expect to happen along the way, and what are some things that happened that you weren’t quite expecting?

• You can’t always control the options that you’ll have at various points in your career, but they’re critical junctures. The more you have thought through some type of strategy, the better prepared you’ll be.

• Taking on new opportunities, constantly absorbing knowledge, finding value in mentors and consistently networking, all play major parts in leading you down the most opportune path.

• Building and cultivating a professional network.

• Going in house as an executive is a dual functioning role, what should you be aware of to bring value across cross-functional teams?

• Three words to encourage you to get out of comfort zone when it comes to networking.