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Phillip Bantz

Phillip Bantz

Phillip Bantz is a reporter for Corporate Counsel. Follow him on Twitter @PhillipBantz.

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March 01, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

Ex-Commerce Department Official to Serve as Cummins' Next General Counsel

Nicole Lamb-Hale has served as deputy general counsel of the Commerce Department and as assistant secretary for manufacturing and services in the agency's International Trade Administration.

By Phillip Bantz

2 minute read

February 26, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

Hard Rock Atlantic City Brings New General Counsel to the Table

Nanette Horner is a veteran gaming attorney who has served as the chief lawyer for a publicly traded casino company, an industry regulator, a private lawyer specializing in gaming laws and an adjunct professor of casino law.

By Phillip Bantz

3 minute read

February 26, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

Driving Change: Lifting the Hood on NASCAR's Remarkably Diverse Legal Department

NASCAR's legal team sets the bar on their diverse counsel and how they maintain strong leadership.

By Phillip Bantz

10 minute read

February 26, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

Corporate Counsel Women of Color: 'Sisterhood on a Grand Scale'

How corporate counsel women of color became a global powerhouse.

By Phillip Bantz

8 minute read

February 26, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

Ex-Robinhood Lawyer Takes Over as Rally's First General Counsel

"Rally was the next logical step from Robinhood," said Nili Moghaddam.

By Phillip Bantz

3 minute read

February 25, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

Can GC Succession Planning Drive Diversity?

"Men are judged on potential and women are judged on performance. The same standards apply to underrepresented racial and ethnic GCs," said Jean Lee, president and CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association.

By Phillip Bantz

4 minute read

February 25, 2021 | Lean Adviser

9. Law Firms Should Understand the 2021 Budgeting Challenges of their Clients

Consider the unique challenges clients are facing around managing budgets in a particularly difficult year. This lesson is intended to give you a peek behind the curtain at those challenges and suggest how outside counsel can help.

By Phillip Bantz

7 minute read

February 25, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

Federal Pension Agency Hires Former AIG Lawyer as General Counsel

Russell Dempsey arrives at the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. in Washington, D.C., by way of Houston-based American International Group Inc., where he served as associate GC for the finance and insurance company.

By Phillip Bantz

2 minute read

February 23, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

Why Is CDI Corp.'s Ex-General Counsel Joining Big Law?

"When you come into a law firm you've got to build your practice, but you're going to have that practice. So you're controlling your future in a lot of ways," Brian Short said.

By Phillip Bantz

4 minute read

February 22, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

Finance Guru, Lawyer Splits from Wells Fargo for Big Law

Stacy Hopkins vacated her position as a senior VP for Wells Fargo Commercial Capital's health care group to rejoin Paul Hastings.

By Phillip Bantz

3 minute read