On this episode of Counsel Brew, we sit down with Eunice Nakamura, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Texas Rangers, for a conversation that proves the path to a dream role rarely follows the plan you laid out for yourself.

Eunice didn’t set out to work in professional sports. Like many lawyers, she started with a clear plan—be a litigator, build the career, hit the milestones. But along the way, a secondment with the Rangers, a move in-house, leadership roles across industries, and the relationships she built over the years quietly set the stage for an opportunity that would eventually bring her back to baseball in a much bigger way leading to her own personal homerun.

While serving as General Counsel at Susan G. Komen, Eunice was diagnosed with breast cancer herself, an experience that completely reframed how she thinks about ambition, priorities, and what defines success. Today, she leads the legal function for one of Major League Baseball’s most recognizable teams while also navigating life as a baseball mom to a travel player who had very strong opinions about whether she should take the Rangers job.

And because no Counsel Brew conversation stays entirely on script, we also cover:

why Eunice still does multiplication in Korean
her quest to recreate the perfect Japanese coffee machine experience at home
the unmatched luxury of Toto toilets, and
why the best career advice might come from the valleys, not the peaks.

Eunice brings thoughtfulness, perspective, and a sense of humor to this conversation emphasizing that the careers we’re most proud of are often built through relationships, resilience, and a willingness to embrace the unexpected.

Grab your favorite brew (almond milk latte, if you’re taking Eunice’s recommendation) and join us for Episode 49.

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