Corporate Counsel Focus: David H. Lissy, Ames Department Stores Inc.

Ames general counsel David H. Lissy joined the company a few months after the department store filed for bankruptcy. Now that they've recovered, he can focus on all the other legal issues that come his way. Of course, that's a little of everything, from "vendor contract issues, or a copyright or trademark or patent dispute, or litigation involving a slip-and-fall in a store, or transactional business on an acquisition.

TITLE: Senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary

AGE: 56

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