Career Footprints

Addison DiSesa shares his journey from litigation associate in the Los Angeles office of Reed Smith to his current role combining politics, policy, law, and business as counsel and legislative policy advisor at DoorDash, pausing to reflect on the importance of mentoring, staying calm, being curious, and taking time to figure out what you really want from your career.

Yoni Fix shares insights garnered from a career spanning roles at PWC (M&A Taxation), Reed Smith (State Tax) and now as a partner at Armanino (State and Local Tax), including committing early to mastery, the value of being a work in progress, and recognizing that preparation leads to success.    

Founder of non-profit The Legal Mentor Network, Chrystal Mauro talks mentoring, bankruptcy law and the ongoing importance of stepping outside your comfort zone as she describes a career spanning over 20 years, taking in clerking, life as a Reed Smith associate and more recently work as an in-house counsel.

As the sole UK counsel of Stockholm based Acast, the world's largest independent podcast marketplace, Sam Hill faces novel legal and business issues with confidence in his ability to deliver practical outcomes and solutions. In this episode of Career Footprints, he shares his lifelong passion for media which began growing up and carried through to his career as paralegal, associate, in-house secondment, and now in-house counsel. In every role, he has focused on developing close working relationships with senior lawyers, embracing work projects that broadened and deepened his expertise, and not shied away from offering a fresh take in strategic discussions.

As the CEO and co-founder of Kuberno, an innovative corporate governance technology solutions company, Zoe Bucknell has thought deeply about leadership and trust-building with stakeholders, customers, and her team. In this episode, she shares insights from her career path, from law firm associate to general counsel and corporate secretary, and now as the CEO of a rapidly growing company where she has applied all her learnings. As a British lawyer and entrepreneur who has worked extensively “across the pond” with Americans, she also shares observations on UK and U.S. legal and business cultural nuances.