The Pure Storage in-house department adopted a process with engineers and outside counsel to optimize patent filings that saved almost 400 hours of engineering worth at least $80,000 in company time last year. That innovation landed Pure Storage a finalist spot for Most Innovative Public Company Legal Department of the Year as part of The Recorder’s California Leaders in Tech Law and Innovation Awards. Joe FitzGerald, the general counsel and corporate secretary of Pure Storage, recently discussed navigating two major acquisitions in the past year.

The Recorder: What are the distinguishing characteristics of Pure Storage’s in-house legal department and the lawyers and staff that make it up?

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