Have you wondered what it takes to be on the partnership track at a law firm? What
kind of preparation and leadership it takes to achieve top success in private practice?
Denise talks to Carrie Leahy, attorney and chair of Bodman PLC. Carrie provides
tangible and useful advice about working your way up in a large firm and career
development. She talks about balancing interests, being creative with solutions, and
learning to listen and actually hear colleagues and clients. This episode will be very
helpful to those aspiring to the legal field as well as those interested in general business career advice.

Carrie Leahy is chair of the executive management committee of Bodman PLC, a
business law firm headquartered in Detroit. She concentrates her practice in corporate
and business law. She counsels both established and emerging businesses on general
corporate transactions, mergers and acquisitions, compliance with securities
regulations, and issues involving venture capital funding. Carrie was recently named
one of Crain’s Detroit Business 100 Most Influential Women and DBusiness “Detroit
500” Most Powerful Business Leaders.

Denise Ilitch, an owner of Ilitch Family Companies and President of Ilitch Enterprises,
has been a part of Detroit’s business and philanthropic community for over 40 years.
As a mother, lawyer, entrepreneur, devoted community servant and tireless advocate
for women and children, she learned early, from her father, that everyone is worthy of
contributing to the world. Her passion for affordable, accessible, quality education
stems from her own experience as a first-generation student, earning a bachelor’s
degree from the University of Michigan, where she currently serves on the Board of
Regents, and a law degree from the University of Detroit Law School. FOLLOW
DENISE @thedeniseilitchshow