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What does it take to balance legal risk, leadership, and life inside a fast-moving company?

In this episode of Good Nuggets, Fred sits down with Rain City’s General Counsel, Katherine Christofilis, to talk about the unseen side of entrepreneurship, where every decision carries risk.

From navigating the 2008 recession to building the legal backbone of Rain City, Katherine shares hard-won lessons on trust, resilience, and keeping your side of the street clean.

Katherine opens up about:

• Graduating law school in the recession and finding her way through compliance and bankruptcy work
• How in-house counsel actually thinks about risk (and when to just “pay it and move on”)
• Why being the calm in the storm matters more than being the loudest in the room
• Building systems that let founders stay entrepreneurial and stay out of trouble
• Why the best stories in law are the ones you don’t have to tell (and how to avoid becoming one)

Don’t miss this one, it’s a reminder that the real work of law is helping people steer through risk, not just avoid it.

Guest: Katherine Christofilis — Attorney. Operator. Swiftie. Voice of reason in a business that moves fast.

Host: Fred Rea - Founder of Rain City Capital and host of Good Nuggets. Fred brings unfiltered conversations to the mic, pulling lessons from the trenches of entrepreneurship, lending, and leadership.

ANNOUNCEMENT: We’re taking a short mid-season break to bring you even more great stories. Good Nuggets will be back with a brand-new episode on Monday, 10/27. 

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