Trudy Knockless

January 04, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Former legal chief Louie Pastor also returned to Xerox's C-suite as chief transformation and administrative officer, as the company looks to cut its workforce by 15%.

By Trudy Knockless

3 minute read

December 28, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

Jon Mothner has led the law department at the financial services company for more than a decade.

By Trudy Knockless

9 minute read

December 27, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

With top in-house lawyers increasingly being part of the C-suite, they bring more to the table than just their legal expertise. Efficient knowledge sharing is essential in that process.

By Trudy Knockless

8 minute read

December 26, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

"You need to make sure there's good alignment between what the firm thinks it's being asked to do and what the in-house counsel is asking them to do," said Elliot Mark, the former general counsel at crisis-management software firm Everbridge.

By Trudy Knockless

10 minute read

December 20, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

"Most of us went through a period of retrenching when it comes to our outside counsel budgets last year. And so we're thinking very judiciously about how we're going to allocate resources in 2024," said Andrew Woods, general counsel of PubMatic.

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4 minute read

December 19, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

Shara Chang, who has hopscotched from startup to startup in recent years, says she will continue Chime's commitment to "doing right by our members."

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2 minute read

December 13, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

Lora Blum is taking the legal reins of Grafana Labs, whose open-source software allows teams to visualize and analyze data from one dashboard.

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2 minute read

December 12, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

The company now has had four attorneys running the legal department since Susan Helfrick retired in June after nine years as GC.

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2 minute read

December 04, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

Diane Lopez has helped guide the university through a broad range of matters, from its ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to its ultimately unsuccessful fight to preserve affirmative action in college admissions.

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3 minute read

December 01, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

Patricia Walsh had said in September that she was giving up the CLO post at a star startup to take the legal reins of the insurance giant. She and AIG did not explain her about-face. "The sudden change of plans by Walsh or AIG here is a real head-scratcher," said legal department consultant Jason Winmill.

By Trudy Knockless

4 minute read