Legal Innovation: Leveraging Business Practice for Success – Anusia Gillespie – S7E5

Growing up in a family with diverse professional backgrounds can have a profound impact on one’s career path. It’s no wonder that it can provide a unique perspective and broaden one’s horizons into what we may be interested in pursuing our career.

This week we’re super excited to be chatting with Anusia Gillespie, an excellent example. She is a lawyer and entrepreneur who has worked in various roles across the legal industry. Anusia started her legal career as a commercial real estate finance attorney and later transitioned to working in legal operations and consulting.

The exposure to such a range of professions from a young age led Anusia to develop an interest in business and law, where she found her passion and success.

𝐒𝐨, 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧?

You can catch Rob and Anusia Gillespie talking about:

• Her family’s diverse professional background has influenced her to focus on business and law.
• Anusia shared her first job as a commercial real state finance attorney after law school.
• She explained what is United Lex and how she got involved in it.
• She discusses smart collaboration in law firms and emphasizes the importance of hiring teams rather than stars
• Her inspiration to start consulting firm and how she helps attorneys be happier by creating a leadership platform.
• How she works closely with industry experts to develop programs with a global perspective and address market needs, which included creating a women’s leadership program.
• … And the advice that she wishes she would have known before starting her legal journey.