Google, Square Officials Point to Hot Market for Legal Operations Experts
Legal ops leaders in Silicon Valley said professionals who can combine operational and tech savvy are in high demand.
December 13, 2018 at 12:08 PM
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The original version of this story was published on The Recorder
Legal professionals who can marshal new technologies, products and processes to improve business are in the catbird seat in today's market, legal operations leaders at Google and Square, Inc. said at a panel discussion this week.
The panel, “Where Legal Technology is Headed (for better or worse),” hosted by Mountain View-based legal operations startup SimpleLegal, featured Mary O'Carroll, head of legal operations at Google, Stephanie Lamoureaux, legal operations lead at Square, and Nathan Wenzel, CEO of SimpleLegal. James Maguire, a senior managing editor at Datamation, moderated the discussion.
O'Carroll told the group there had been an “explosion of growth” in the legal operations field. “Now you look around, every company, whether it's big or small, is scrambling to find someone in this role.”
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