Kasia Moore, VP & Deputy General Counsel, ADT Inc.
Kasia is currently responsible for the direction and management of ADT Commercial’s legal function. She also advises on strategy and business development opportunities. Kasia has spent more than 15 years advising large public companies in manufacturing, commercial buildings and industrial services, which drives her passion for the advancement of women leaders in historically majority-male sectors. Equally passionate about the development and growth of others, Kasia speaks to groups frequently about effective contract negotiation and has developed a unique framework to help non-lawyers tap into their inherent negotiation skills. Kasia is an executive co-chair of ADT’s Women BERG leading outreach efforts to empower women and girls in ADT’s communities and a mentor and mentee to many. She’s also a wife of the world’s greatest stay-at-home dad, and a mom of two, 9 years and 5 years old.
What is your proudest achievement?
Developing bespoke curriculum for a 4-day Women In Leadership program to encourage and energize company’s amazing women. (Tied with being a mom of my sweet kids.)
What is the most influential piece of advice (professional or personal) you have received?
Your life is with your family. It’s a paraphrase of a few key passages in Tony Morrison’s New Yorker essay “The Work You Do, The Person You Are” and exemplified by leaders whom I admire.
Where do you see the legal profession in 10+ years?
The law firm paradigm is what it is and I don’t see it changing much. In-house, I’ve already seen over the last 10 years a shift and desire on the part of executives and GCs to stack their legal teams with true business partners. So I expect that demand to intensify, particularly toward lawyers who have business degrees or some other non-legal experience to draw from.
What is/are your favorite extracurricular activity/activities?
Running (slowly), being a fully-immersed mom, and consuming investigative journalism.
What is one thing people should know about you but don't?
I’m pretty good about telling people what they need to know, when they need to know it.
Name your hometown/where you were born/where you grew up and where you live now.
Born, raised, and educated in Seattle, WA. Moved east for my career and am currently in South Florida
If you were not a legal professional, what other line of work would you pursue?
Stay-at-home mom, hands down
Anything else you would like to share?
My deep hope for women in challenging careers is that we embrace all the different ways we can get where we need to go professionally. Comparison and benchmarking seems efficient, but it can steal from us our rightful journey. Advancing a career is so hard as a woman, but if we own the journey, we can truly appreciate all of the growth — professional and otherwise — that comes with it.
Published September 20, 2023.
