Episode 40 - Jen Patton talks playing collegiate sports, working in investment banking, working in Big Law, transitioning to attorney talent management, and the importance of following your path while being open to other opportunities

The Path & The Practice · Mar 23, 2021 · 50m

This episode features a conversation with Jen Patton. Jen sits in Foley’s Houston office and is the firm’s Chief Legal Talent Officer. Jen reflects on growing up in Minnesota, outside of the Twin Cities, attending Rice University as a collegiate athlete, spending a few years in investment banking, and then attending The University of Texas School of Law. She discusses on the years she spent as at litigation associate at a large law firm and the move she later made to the Supreme Court of Texas, first working as a staff attorney and later as the court’s general counsel. Jen also shares how her…