Suzanne Folsom Counsels Female Attorneys on how to Achieve Success

Drive and Ambition.  You must really want to succeed and strive to get there. So advises longtime General Counsel Suzanne Folsom. You’ll often find her dispensing wisdom to audiences of up-and-coming women who seek to follow in the trailblazer’s footsteps. And two attributes – drive and ambition- rightly channeled, asserts Folsom, can help transport an individual to the top of her profession.

Folsom recently came across a letter she wrote as a very young girl. In it she expressed a desire to one day become:  1) a princess, 2) a general, or 3) president of the United States. Suzanne Rich Folsom told the audience, while she did not become either of the three, she did work for a royal family in a palace, work with a number of US military generals in more than one role, and did work directly for more than one U.S. President and White House Administration.  Underneath those early dreams, Folsom already had a sense that one’s drive and ambition should fuel a life that serves others and stands for what is right.

Reflecting on her journey she observes, “Overseas service, political and government experience, granular-level business exposure – and a healthy dose of crisis – combine to give today’s General Counsel the breadth of experience she needs to be a business partner and leader – whose subject matter expertise happens to be the law.”


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