GAIL NORRIS has gone to the head of the class in the University of Rochesters 15-member legal department. In January she became vice president and general counsel, replacing SUSAN STEWART, who retired.
Norris joined the university as senior legal counsel in 2005. As GC, she will have primary responsibility for all of the schools legal functions, including litigation, intellectual property, and employment law issues concerning the institutions approximately 20,000 workers. Norris anticipates that regulatory issues related to the universitys medical center will present the steepest learning curve for her in the new role. Luckily, I have a competent attorney taking the lead on those issues, she says, but Im ultimately responsible.
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