Megan Bussey: Achieving Success by Mastering Tradeoffs

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This episode introduces a new co-host, Megan Bussey. Megan will be joining April and Kate to host the third season of the Sidebars podcast.

Megan is a Partner in Kilpatrick Townsend’s New York office. Her practice focuses on intellectual property law with particular emphasis on patent prosecution, patent litigation, and opinion work. Megan’s experience spans a wide range of technologies, including medical devices, mechanical devices, textiles, merchandizing displays, and telecommunications runs. Megan regularly prepares and prosecutes patent applications in the United States and internationally. She has also been involved in various aspects of patent litigation, including invalidity and infringement investigations, drafting written discovery motions, claim construction briefs, and appellate briefs. Megan was recognized in 2022 and the nine years immediately preceding as a New York rising star in the area of intellectual property by Super Lawyers magazine.

Megan is a 2008 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law. While in law school, Megan interned for Federal Magistrate Judge David Kessler in the Western District of North Carolina. Prior to law school, Megan earned a B.A. in physics from Dartmouth College.

In this episode, Megan shares how she has created the career and the life she wants, balancing a highly demanding practice with being present for her family. She discusses the level-headed approach she’s taken from the earliest days of her career, the representation and mentorship that have helped her achieve success on her own terms, and the value of understanding and leveraging the tradeoffs constantly cropping up along each of our journeys.
Highlights include:

• Introducing the new co-host of Sidebars
• An unexpected bout of solitude leads to a change of plans
• Finding a way to be a well-rounded patent practitione
• Refining one’s definition of success
• Reevaluating the rat race when life happens
• Understanding and accepting tradeoffs
• Learning from others who took a winding path to partnership
• Deciding to outsource the tasks that don’t bring you joy
• Understanding that having a hard stretch doesn’t mean it’s the wrong job
• Not mistaking your job for your identity
• Being selfish in a positive way
• How do we #EmbraceEquity?
• Getting over fears with practice

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