Kristen Bateman Leis was quoted in a North Carolina Lawyers Weekly article about attorneys seeking MBAs to better understand their clients' businesses. 

Parker Poe created a "Mini-MBA" program to give its attorneys a yearlong crash course in business training. Chief Marketing and Business Development Officer Kristen Leis told N.C. Lawyers Weekly the idea grew out of conversations with clients, who told her "the lawyers they value most are the lawyers who understand their business and know how they make money.” 

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