Lyric Menges: I Am Barnes & Thornburg

I AM...

• An avid chess player and have been playing for 20 years
• Passionate about women’s rights and gender equality
• A cat mom to two adorable rescue cats, Salem and Whiskey
• Usually found with my nose in a book – last year, I read 177 books for fun
• A collector of old postcards – I have a collection displayed in my office
• Scottish, and spent three weeks in Scotland this summer learning about my family’s history (where my photo was taken)
• Very competitive when I play games and was previously ranked No. 1 in an online Scrabble game
• A huge neuroscience nerd with personalized stationery featuring a sketch of an anatomically correct human brain
• Known amongst my friends and family for constantly making puns, usually about intellectual property law
• A puzzle person. I love any kind of puzzle or word game and typically start every day with a Sudoku or crossword puzzle. 

This profile appeared in the January 2025 edition of I Am Barnes & Thornburg.

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