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And what does the Lordrequire of you?To act justly and to lovetenderlyand to walk humbly [a] with yourGod.Powers earned a B.A. in political science and physicaleducation from Oberlin College in 1977, and thena J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Lawin 1980. She immediately joined Jones Day upongraduating and over the past 30 years has played aleading role in some of the firm's most high-profilelitigation, including the successful defense of IBM inworkplace exposure cases in California and New York;the representation of First American Bank shares inthe fallout from the BCCI banking scandal, Mattel incongressional investigations related to toy safety, andNorthrop in government investigations and litigationsarising out of alleged bribery in Korea.Powers met her husband, Danny Sauls, also a lawyer,while in law school. She worked part time as anassociate while there two daughters, Laura and Carey,were young. She was promoted to partner in 1990 andFirm Administrative Partner in 1994, taking on globalresponsibilities for developing firm policies, includingspearheading efforts to make the firm's flexible workpolicies available to partners as well as associates.In 2003, she became Partner-in-Charge of theWashington, DC office, one of the firm's largestwith more than 220 lawyers. In that role, Powersoversaw a major expansion of physical facilities andthe development of new practice areas. In 2011, shebecame Partner-in-Charge of the firm's European andMiddle Eastern operations which include 12 offices andmore than 400 lawyers. The high-powered attorneyalso serves on the firm's Advisory and PartnershipCommittees, the two management committees ofJones Day."I am a litigator," Powers states matter-of-factly. "I handlea range of different types of disputes and governmentinvestigations. I am usually defending corporations andindividuals, but occasionally, I also represent a companypursuing claims as a plaintiff. I have representedcompanies in grand jury and regulatory investigationsinto allegations of foreign bribery, bank fraud andmoney laundering, and in parallel congressionalinvestigations relating to the same issues. I've alsorepresented companies in toxic tort suits, fraud suits,and in litigation arising out of the events of September11, 2001. Many of the matters on which I've workedhave an international dimension – either the clients areforeign, or the law suit or investigation involves mattersthat occurred outside the U.S.""Washington is a great place to live and work. It's abeautiful city with a diverse population from aroundthe globe, and it has an endless array of interestinglegal issues cropping up," describes Powers. "But, Ispend more time in court in New York and California. IfI weren't sitting at my desk looking out at the Capitol, Iwouldn't know I was in D.C. half the time!"She appreciates her Catholic faith and education."Our faith teaches that we are all God's children, andas such, are entitled to respect and human dignityregardless of race, class, nationality, etc. That sameuniversality also underlies the rule of law, which iscontinued on page 6“My faith reinforces the importanceof working as a lawyer to strengthenthe rule of law, particularly in thedeveloping world.”Notre Dame - Cathedral Latin Seasons Seasons Summer Summer 2011 2011 5