Your Mother always told you to “put your best foot forward.” This experienced panel echoed that advice and told you how to do it. Topics covered include establishing good relationships with your internal clients, outside counsel, and top executives. They also provided pointers on how you can cope with reduced staffing, make sure that you continue to develop and grow in your career, and provided advice that is practical, useful, and actually followed by the business people. Come away with great ideas and checklists that facilitate your work in an in-house environment and give you a better understanding of what it means not only to be counsel, but an executive as well.