S1 E24: Where Trust Breaks When the Law Gets Involved with Deanna Reitman

The Future of Trust with Mat Yarger · Jun 30, 2026 · 1h 16m

In this episode, we sit down with Deanna Reitman, Partner at Foley & Lardner LLP, where she works at the intersection of energy, commodities, and compliance. Her career has been built on a simple premise: trust has to survive scrutiny, not just sound good in a pitch deck.

Deanna shares how an early grounding in rules and consequences shaped a career spent in the rooms where deals unwind, ownership gets disputed, and standards collide with the law that actually applies. As more markets lean on real-time data and digital platforms, she's blunt about where people get it wrong: "Data doesn't…