From left, Meghan Rolla of Mortgage Connect, Nia Jenkins of Surescripts, Susan Tvrdy of Wayfair, Carmen Hernandez of Clayco, and Michele Kloeppel of Thompson Coburn spoke on a Women, Influence & Power in Law panel titled "The Secret Sauce: Mastering the Recipe for In-House and Outside Counsel Collaboration." Photo: Chris Williams/ALM Tales From the Trenches: What Outside Counsel Do That GCs Find Inexcusable
"I had this one outside counsel where every time I'd ask him to weigh in, he'd be like, 'That's a business issue,'" said Michele Kloeppel, a partner at Thompson Coburn who formerly was corporate counsel at Panera.
October 04, 2024 at 02:16 PM
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When Mortgage Connect Chief Legal Officer Meghan Rolla needed work done on a small merger and acquisition deal, she told her outside counsel that she didn't expect a big bill. "Their answer to that was, 'I'll still use two partners, but I'll ask Meghan to do all of this associate-level work,'" she recalled.
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