What Forty Years in Patent Law Taught Me About Career, Life, and What Matters

What Forty Years in Patent Law Taught Me About Career, Life, and What Matters

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Drawing on nearly four decades as a patent lawyer, corporate leader, advocate, and mentor, Sherry Knowles will share the real-life experiences and lessons that shaped her career. Through personal stories, she will examine the decisions, setbacks, relationships, risks, and unexpected turns that rarely appear in a professional biography but often determine the course of a life and career.

This presentation will offer candid reflections on professional ambition, leadership, resilience, family, changing expectations for women, and the challenge of determining what truly matters over the span of a long and demanding career. Rather than offering a formula for success, Sherry will share the wisdom gained from navigating patent law, corporate leadership, and life .