Medtronic lawyers prioritize pro bono
Company's lawyers partner with non-profits and law firms on various projects
August 22, 2012 at 08:00 PM
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Many of the lawyers in Medtronic Inc.'s legal department had placed a priority on pro bono work. But when Cam Findlay joined the Minneapolis-based medical technology company as general counsel in 2009, that focus became official. “He introduced himself to the legal department and announced front and center the importance of pro bono work,” says John Getsinger, Medtronic's principal legal counsel. “That was a breath of fresh air.”
Almost immediately, Findlay put Getsinger in charge of coordinating a formal pro bono function for the department, a task he was happy to take on. “He sought me out because he knew it was a passion of mine,” Getsinger explains. “I got to work and launched it right away.”
As the program's coordinator, Getsinger works as a liaison between Medtronic's legal department and potential law firm and non-profit partners to identify pro bono opportunities for the in-house lawyers and paralegals. Among the first opportunities Getsinger found was handling some pro bono work for the Children's Law Center of Minnesota (CLC), with Baker & McKenzie working as Medtronic's law firm partner.
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