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.

Lisa Mayhew, managing partner at Berwin Leighton Paisner, is an employment lawyer by background and was a partner in two other law firms (Hogan Lovells and Jones Day) prior to joining Berwin Leighton Paisner. She was elected by the BLP partnership to join the firm’s board in 2012. At that time, she also headed up BLP’s employment pensions and incentives practice group. She sat on the board for three years as an independent partner member.