Although working in-house was Julie Lennon’s original plan when she went to law school, it wasn’t until after almost 20 years in private practice that she finally made the move in-house.

In January 2010, Lennon became general counsel of the Gaedeke Group and Gaedeke Energy in Dallas. The Dallas-based companies are privately held. Gaedeke Group owns and manages more than three million square feet of commercial real estate in Arizona, Florida, Tennessee and Washington, D.C. Gaedeke Energy is an oil and gas company operating in Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and North Dakota.