I have since achieved my professional goal of
serving as a general counsel and have also been blessed with the opportunity to be a wife and a mother to two amazing daughters.
The presence of women
as general counsel in particular may have been a response to institutional barriers within law firms.
Often, the firm
acts as general counsel for clients who do not have a general counsel actively participating in the project.
The addition of more in - house counsel talent has increased scrutiny on litigation
firms as general counsel conduct more thorough evaluation of their outside firms.
Examples given are a lawyer
retained as general counsel or retained for all matters in a specific practice area or retained for a discrete matter.
We offer the full complement of services expected of a national firm, including
serving as general counsel to many of our clients.
Within five months he was promoted to assistant general counsel and director of legal and eventually took over
as general counsel in 2012.
Alongside his role at Pacific Exploration & Production, Volk also serves
as the general counsel of Caribbean Resources Corporation, until recently known as Pacific Coal, a business operation in Colombia.
He has worked as a partner in private practice (for Cameron McKenna, Theodore / Addleshaw Goddard and subsequently Mayer Brown) as
well as General Counsel for two high net worth family trusts with substantial UK assets.
During his career, Stephen Juge has held several
positions as general counsel of leading international businesses involved in different sectors of activity, in which he was in charge of corporate and governance matters as well as transactions and dispute resolution on a world - wide basis.
Carayiannis founded Conduit after many years in -
house as general counsel in several positions and seven years as a corporate - commercial lawyer at Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP.
Jack Jennings, author of the new Harvard Education Press title Presidents, Congress, and the Public Schools: The Politics of Education Reform, was witness to the evolution of federal policy, working closely with Congress, first as a subcommittee staff director and
then as general counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor.
Tyrell has 30 years of corporate / commercial legal
experience as general counsel of The Forzani Group, legal counsel of Foremost Industries, and a private - practice lawyer at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP and Milner Fenerty (now Dentons Canada LLP).
Prior to working in the Governor's Office of Public Safety, she was
appointed as General Counsel at DCJS, the Division of Criminal Justice Services and for eight years she ran the Poughkeepsie Regional Office for the New York State Attorney General.
Frank represents high - growth startups and venture capital firms and acts
as general counsel on legal matters ranging from commercial contracts to venture financings.
After serving in the George W. Bush administration's HHS,
first as general counsel and then as a deputy HHS Secretary from 2005 to 2007, Azar moved on to several high - level posts at Eli Lilly — including as the president of Lilly USA, the drug maker's main U.S. arm.
In the 5 years at Accolade Wines before her
appointment as General Counsel in 2016, she led or supported multiple local and international acquisitions for Accolade Wines, and has been responsible for the company's global brand protection.
We have continued to build our capabilities in London, too, including with the appointment of corporate lawyer Tom
Sibert as General Counsel and Investment Officer in November.
In 1987, after five years of private legal practice in Toronto, Mr. Engelhart joined the Canadian Business Telecommunications
Alliance as General Counsel and Director of Regulatory Affairs.
In the firm's
capacity as general counsel to the Georgia School Boards Association, he works closely with GSBA, the Georgia School Superintendents Association and the Georgia Association of Educational Leaders to respond to and shape legislative and policy issues that affect public education in the state.
Generali Global Assistance («the Company»), a leader in the assistance industry since its founding in 1963 and part of the global Generali Group, today announced the hiring of Tarik
Ajami as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, supporting all Generali business lines in North America.
After meeting him a couple of years ago at the American Bar Association's roll - out of his most recent book (The Inside Counsel Revolution: Resolving the Partner - Guardian Tension)-- I sent him a letter thanks — since I'd long ago figured that my first - day experience at GE Rail Services had been the result of his
leadership as general counsel.
Represented the
Trustee as general counsel in the Southeastern Paper Products, Inc. bankruptcy case involving the liquidation of extensive real estate holdings, equipment and foreign account receivables.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Hong Kong corporate partner Leiming Chen is leaving to join longstanding client Alibaba Holdings's affiliate company Ant Financial Services
Group as general counsel.
«2007 Wisconsin Solo Attorney & Small Law Firm Conference (November 29 and 30) Main Paul Hempel: Moving Beyond
Life as a General Counsel»
After seven years working in - house, Alan Belaiche has left his role
as general counsel with St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto to open his own law practice focused on health care.
Hincer, who joined Oslers after a career that included
stints as general counsel for the firm that operates Ontario's Casino Rama and for Trilliant Canada Gaming, says there are many reasons why the OLG plan has progressed only slowly, and it is too early to say if the ambitious forecasts for jobs, profits, and investment will be realized.
ELIGIBILITY: Senior member of the In - House Bar, or one who recently retired (in calendar 2017/18) with a distinguished
history as a General Counsel.
From the perspective of his broad background as a partner in private practice to his current executive
responsibilities as General Counsel of Deloitte, Ken Fredeen will moderate this discussion.
Lago, a Brooklyn native, previously worked for Weisbrod
as his general counsel when he presided over the city's Economic Development Corporation under Mayor David Dinkins.
Their goal — as part of Project 5/165 — is to have 165 (30 %)
women as General Counsel in Fortune 500 companies in the next five years.