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The Leader's Mindset: From Code to Courtroom (Sort Of)

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Kenny’s career path didn’t follow a straight line from law to tech—it zig-zagged between them. In this video, he shares how a frustration with mediocre websites pushed him to teach himself code, build a digital agency, and grow it into a 15-person team over more than a decade. It was a successful run that made an impact for plenty of clients.

But eventually, the legal world came calling again. COVID was the pull that brought Kenny back—connecting his law background with his tech skills in a way that set the stage for Quilia. From code to (almost) courtroom, this story is about how two different worlds came together to solve problems that neither could fix alone.

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We ended up building the website. I ended up realizing that the websites we were building weren't great, and so I became a self taught developer at that point. So I started building all the websites. And then over the next twelve years, we built a team, had about fifteen people on on the team at the peak, did a lot of good stuff over the years for a lot of people. And so it was a good time. Yeah. That's that's how we get to But something pulled you back. Something pulled you back. Question. That's right. Something pulled you back into that's why I have the cards. That's right. That's right. Pulled you back into into the legal world. So, yes, the tie in is COVID like everybody. Right? So this is a COVID story.