Legal

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A Heavy-Lifting Triple Threat at IronPlanet

Doug Feick, GC and SVP of Corporate Development,fulfills a triune role as an administrator, manager and chief legal officer at the international online marketplace

By Sunny Gonzalez-Cepero

A General Counsel & a Startup Specialist

SecureNet’s GC, Secretary,and Head of Compliance has a knack for creating in-house legal departments at burgeoning businesses

By Hilary Sutton

Disobey Your Attorney: Share Life With Your Employees

In part two, Todd Richardson shares real-life examples of how caring for your employees can lead to a stronger business

By Todd Richardson

Just the Ticket: Providing Strategic and Legal Leadership That Makes the Grade

Rob Loewer, General Counsel and Director of Finance at National Railway Equipment, draws on an impressive educational and professional background, lessons from his childhood, and an ability to turn joy into skill to effectively lead his teams.

By Sunny Gonzalez-Cepero

Taking the Road Less Traveled to Successful Legal Career

Utilizing her unorthodox, yet effective style, Burch Creative Capital General Counsel Laura McCabe Brandt has built professional relationships and fashioned opportunities out of her hard work.

By Shari Held

Promoting the Practice: Mastering the Art of Marketing a Law Firm

For a firm with an ever-expanding growing business development function CMO Jeff Berardi discusses implementing advertising and marketing experience at K&L Gates.

By Aine Cryts

The Arithmetic Way to Deliver a Great Digital Media Product

MediaMath GC Brian Miller on dividing labor, multiplying opportunities and always encouraging communication.

By Frederick Jerant

Directing a Legal Team to Take Center Stage

Like a great band manager, CMO Don Lee has turned Clark Hill’s lawyers into rock stars touring the nation.

By Aine Cryts

Being All Things to All People

By Amy Fisher

Why Flexibility is a Key Leadership Asset

By Stephanie Harris

A Chief Lawyer’s Guide to Launching a Legal Department

General Counsel Mark Stachiw is NxGen Partners' first in-house lawyer. Here, his recipe for startup success.

By Stephanie Harris

Why Controversy Can Be Good for Your Career

Early in his career, a contentious turf war taught Bauer Performance Sports' Michael Wall everything he needed to know about being an in-house counsel.

By Frederick Jerant

Should Your Lawyer Do More Than Law?

What makes Interstate Hotels & Resorts' Christopher Bennett a good corporate lawyer isn't just his work in the legal department; it's his contributions outside it.

By Nancy Flagg

Lab Tests for Your Legal Department

By Heather Weaver

The CFO of the Future: the General Counsel

One day soon, your company's general counsel will be as influential as its CFO, predicts Harsco Corp.'s Verona Dorch.

By Stephanie Harris