Kelly McNamara Corley always knew she wanted to be a lawyer, but in what capacity was a question that haunted her throughout her undergraduate studies. A political science major, McNamara Corley jumped at an opportunity to work in Sears Roebuck & Co.’s Government Affairs Office in Washington, D.C., upon graduating from the University of Southern California in 1982.
“My plan was to go and learn more about Washington, get some experience and come back to California two years later,” she explains. But the best laid plans of mice and (wo)men often go awry.
