Breaking Mindsets Brooks Kushman

Fred Owens, Vice President and Head of Intellectual Property at Harman Intellectual, is a visionary leader in the IP community. His experience and strong desire to help and work with others has made him an influential mentor to many.
In this episode, Fred discusses with Brooks Kushman CEO Sangeeta Shah his style of mentoring and how it is shaped by his own approach to staying true to one’s self, even if it means taking the road less traveled, and both embracing and not embracing structure.

Fred Owens, Vice President and Head of Intellectual Property at Harman International, is a visionary leader in the IP community. Fred relies on the breadth of his professional and personal experiences to seamlessly lead his company and IP team during a time of great transition in the automotive sector. In this episode, Fred shares his story about how being different and being comfortable with his own interests allowed him to find success not only professionally but in many aspects of his life. His story shows us how embracing our differences and adapting within our environment is a fantastic way to stay true to ourselves while finding success.  

Judy Yee, Assistant General Counsel of Patents at Microsoft, is a tenacious yet humble leader in both her current role at Microsoft and within the legal industry. In this episode, Sangeeta Shah talks with Judy about balancing her personal and professional life, and how she was able to adapt to find success through many changing aspects of her life by setting expectations or sometimes the lack thereof.

Judy Yee, Assistant General Counsel of Patents at Microsoft, is a tenacious yet kind and humble leader in both her current role at Microsoft and within the legal industry. In this episode, Judy shares her story with Brooks Kushman CEO Sangeeta Shah as she opens up about the professional obstacles she’s faced and how she overcame them, the importance of fine-tuning one’s self-assessment, and the incredible story that ignited her passion for pro bono work and how that’s made her a more effective leader.

Clinton Hallman, former General Counsel for LBP Manufacturing, LLC and former Chief Counsel, Global Patents at Kraft Foods now serving as Of Counsel at Brooks Kushman, is a dynamic legal professional with a vast range of legal and leadership experience across many industries. In this episode, Sangeeta Shah talks to Clinton about some of the techniques he recommends for navigating diverse, changing, and political workplaces.

Clinton Hallman, former General Counsel for LBP Manufacturing, LLC and former Chief Counsel, Global Patents at Kraft Foods now serving as Of Counsel at Brooks Kushman, is a dynamic legal professional with a vast range of legal and leadership experience across many industries. In this episode, Sangeeta Shah talks with Clinton about his career trajectory and how by taking every opportunity presented to him has enabled him to not only find unexpected success but also has enabled him to pay it forward through mentoring others.