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Brian Potts - Partner, Perkins Coie & Founder, Legal Mentor Network

Brian Potts - Partner, Perkins Coie & Founder, Legal Mentor Network

FromThe HLEP Podcast


Brian Potts - Partner, Perkins Coie & Founder, Legal Mentor Network

FromThe HLEP Podcast

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Length:
60 minutes
Released:
Nov 17, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

On episode 11, we speak to Brian Potts, a partner at Perkins Coie. Brian posted a picture of a rejection letter he received from Perkins Coie when he was a Summer Associate applying to jobs. Today, he’s a partner at the same firm. Brian is also widely known as the Legal Mentor on Linkedin. He is also an inventor, a founder of several companies, and a published author. We talk about his journey from the first Linkedin post he made to the movement that’s grown into the Legal Mentor Network, Brian’s networking tips, his experience founding companies while working as a lawyer, and why lawyers should lean into creative expression.
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Released:
Nov 17, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (35)

Season 1 explores lawyering throughout a company's life cycle, from startup formation, its middle growth stages, and the exit stages via mergers & acquisitions & initial public offerings. We interview lawyers from some of the elite Emerging Companies & Venture Capital law firms, learn what practicing is like at each stage of the corporate life cycle, and discuss common legal issues that founders face. The HLEP Podcast is a production of the Harvard Law Entrepreneurship Project, an officially recognized student organization at Harvard Law School