Editor’s note: This is part of a series of Q&As with leading women in the legal profession, in honor of National Women’s History Month. They were conducted and written by the legal recruiting firm Major, Lindsey & Africa.

“Path? What path? I didn’t know there was a path to begin with,” says Stasia Kelly, DLA Piper’s co-managing partner for the Americas. “There were just decisions and opportunities that came up along the way.”