Amy Sandgrund-Fisher, General Counsel, Clinton Foundation Legal Business I’ve been in-house at many different organizations, from a huge pharmaceutical company, to big public-facing non-profits, to a tech start-up.…
Brian Israel, General Counsel, Planetary Resources Legal Business For the eight years prior to joining Planetary Resources, I was in-house counsel with the US State Department, in the…
David Yawman, General Counsel, PepsiCo, Inc Legal Business I started out at a big Wall Street firm. I received excellent training, and worked on different matters for different…
Hazel-Ann F. Mayers, General Counsel, Simon & Schuster Legal Business When I was growing up, there was a TV show called The People’s Court, and I fell in love with…
Unpacking the Present Legal Business New entrants into the world of the in-house counsel have a unique vantage point: they are a blank slate, and…
Bradley Gayton, General counsel, Ford Motor Company Legal Business I have spent my entire career here at Ford, and it’s a special story that I’m really proud of. I…
Lori Schechter, General Counsel, McKesson Corporation Legal Business When I was in private practice, I represented McKesson in a number of significant litigation matters. About 2010, the general…
James Zappa, General Counsel, CHS Legal Business I spent the first 10-12 years of my career working as a labor and employment specialist. Then, I spent about…
Hannah Lim-Johnson, Chief Legal Officer, Kelly Services Legal Business When I started my career, I didn’t have any preconceptions of where things would lead. I clerked for a year…
Susannah Stroud Wright, Chief Legal Officer, Credit Karma Legal Business Becoming general counsel was actually not anything I ever planned. What led me here was a series of jumping on…
The GC of Tomorrow Legal Business The legal function might not traditionally be associated with the phrase ‘competitive edge’, but many of the general counsel we…
Hannah Gordon, General Counsel, San Francisco 49ers Legal Business My path here was intentional, although the irony is I really was not a huge sports fan growing up. I…
Ben Gross, Chief Strategy Officer, Genius Legal Business After I finished law school, I got very interested in cities and urban policy and I started working for the…
Aimie Killeen, General Counsel, Cardtronics Legal Business I worked for nine years with Ashurst (formerly Blake Dawson, and Blake Dawson Waldron before that when I joined in…
Michael Stein, General Counsel, Live Ventures Legal Business I graduated law school during the dotcom boom and quickly determined that I wanted to be part of that excitement.…
Tim Murphy, General Counsel, Mastercard Legal Business I joined Mastercard in 2000 and initially spent seven years in our law department. Then, I spent seven years or…
Jon Allison, General counsel, Root Insurance company Legal Business Root Insurance Company gave me my first general counsel position, apart from an opportunity I had for a year back…
Going places: Michelin’s Eight-Point Plan Legal Business The driving seat of a global legal organisation is a complex place to be – and many GCs could be…
In conversation: Alexander Steinbrecher, Head of Group Corporate, M&A and legal affairs, Bombardier Transportation Legal Business GC: Could you tell us a little bit about how you came to your position at Bombardier? Alexander Steinbrecher (AS): When…
Governo del Cambiamento Legal Business ‘If populism means that the ruling class is listening to the needs of the people, if anti-system means introducing a…
