Trudy Knockless

Trudy Knockless is a reporter on ALM Media's Business of Law desk. She has a background serving legal and insurance publications. Contact her at [email protected] or on LinkedIn at Trudy Knockless.

Connect with this author

April 11, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

Giant Apartment Manager Brings In Outside Counsel as Legal Chief

Kasi Moeskau, who as a law firm attorney helped engineer deals for RPM Living for nearly 15 years, now will do so as the company's chief legal officer.

By Trudy Knockless

1 minute read

April 08, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

'Take a Deep Breath': How to Avoid the Stress of Unexpected Outside Legal Fees

"Get down to the nuts and bolts in the relationship building with your outside counsel," said Brenda Hansen, senior legal operations consultant at UpLevel Ops.

By Trudy Knockless

4 minute read

April 07, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

Collective Bargaining Veteran Promoted to GC of NBA Players Union

The promotion of Ron Klempner comes as the league and union gear up for negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement.

By Trudy Knockless

2 minute read

April 06, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

'Winning Hearts and Minds': How Aliya Haider Thrives at Firms Where She's the First GC

"I've learned that the value of legal is not always self-evident to nonlawyers—you have to bring folks along on the journey."

By Trudy Knockless

5 minute read

April 05, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

Employee Benefits Company Names Veteran Health Care Lawyer as Legal Chief

Kathleen Sweitzer's wide-ranging legal career has included a stint as associate general counsel of health solutions at insurance giant Aon.

By Trudy Knockless

2 minute read

April 04, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

Meta Legal Ops Chief Jumps to Crypto Star Coinbase

"Things move and shift and pivot so quickly at a place like Coinbase. That always brings an extra few layers of challenge into the operational side of things," said Akshay Verma, Coinbase's director of legal operations.

By Trudy Knockless

3 minute read

April 04, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

Former Salesforce Exec Joins Cloud Security Company as Legal Chief

Wei Chen has more than 20 years of legal experience, including in-house roles at Salesforce and Sun Microsystems.

By Trudy Knockless

3 minute read

April 01, 2022 | Corporate Counsel

'Do Not Apply for Every Open In-House Role': How a Veteran GC Leads, Mentors

"You want to be someone folks want to engage early in projects because of your intellect, creativity and approach, not because they were told to 'run it by legal' on the back end," said Lea Ann King, Toyota Material Handling's general counsel.

By Trudy Knockless

7 minute read