Tag: legal leadership
On #BakersDozen: Roger O’Sullivan, General Counsel of Cogstate In Interview with High Performance Counsel
Mr. O’Sullivan has extensive experience as legal counsel for the healthcare and life sciences industries, bringing broad, frontline experience establishing strategic alliances and structuring and negotiating complex commercial/corporate transactions.
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Sonya Olds Som, Partner at Major, Lindsey & Africa, Honored as Executive of the Year by the National Bar Association General Counsel Invitational
Sonya Olds Som, a partner with legal search firm Major, Lindsey & Africa (MLA), has been honored as “Executive of the Year” by the National Bar Association General Counsel Invitational (NBA GCI) at its third annual conference in New York City.
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On #BakersDozen: Doug Ellenoff of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP In Interview with High Performance Counsel
Doug Ellenoff is a partner in the NYC-based 80 lawyer firm of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP (EGS), which recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. He is also Chairman of iDisclose, which is a legal technology company. On #BakersDozen, he speaks truth to the changing face of law, the opportunities and challenges that technology represents for modern practitoners and the possibilities for meaningful innovation.
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On #BakersDozen: Laura Maechtlen, Partner at Seyfarth Shaw LLP In Interview For The #BakersDozen
My first career was in music — violin performance. During my junior year of college, I began researching next steps in my educational journey and realized that auditions for a masters or PhD in music would be ridiculously competitive, and that my career path in music would remain that way.
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ON #FEARLESSLAW: PEARSON GC & CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER BJARNE TELLMANN
Bjarne P. Tellmann is Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel of Pearson and a member of its Executive team. A FTSE 40 company with 36,000 employees in over 70 countries, Pearson provides a range of education products and services to institutions, governments and individual learners. Here he talks to High Performance Counsel as part of our exclusive #FearlessLaw series.
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On #BakersDozen: Steph Corey, Co-Founder Of UpLevel Ops
For anyone following the growth of the Legal Operations (#LegalOps) discipline in modern law (and if not, why not) Steph Corey is one of its brightest shining lights. Fresh thinking, great energy – she speaks to where the industry is heading. Here, she takes on the infamous #BakersDozen.
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On #BakersDozen: Ken Grady In Interview with High Performance Counsel
Ken Grady is one of the finest minds in the modern legal industry and we love sharing his #BakersDozen interview.
We particularly enjoy the practicality of his perspective and his mindset: “acknowledge success, but focus on reality.” We find this to be acutely relevant and timely as the legal industry seeks to define its future self. Those in the sector – or contemplating it professionally – could do no better than to read what Ken has to say.
On #BakersDozen: Jennifer Silverman In Interview with High Performance Counsel
I head the Intellectual Property practice at Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, a mid-sized general practice firm in NYC.
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ON #BAKERSDOZEN: JENNIFER JOHNSON OF RICOH IN INTERVIEW WITH HIGH PERFORMANCE COUNSEL
On #BakersDozen, we interview one of the legal industry’s gifted leaders, Jennifer Johnson. The legal industry is in good hands knowing that inspiring professionals like Jennifer are at the helm. To identify the uniquely powerful role of people and the criticality of great leadership in a rush-around, tech-fueled world takes genius. To make it happen every day takes excellence.
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High Performance Counsel Presents Its Inaugural #Bakers18 In Association With ACEDS
2018 will be a landmark year in the legal industry so we assembled a crack team, the best of the best, the creme de la creme – the #Bakers18 – to share their thoughts on how this year plays out. It’s a bit like Ocean’s Eleven. Only much, much better. Happy new year from all of us at High Performance Counsel.
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FastCase CEO Ed Walters Discusses Modern #LegalLeadership
It’s important to have vision and to have a conviction about how to change the course of events for the better in a big way.
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MPlace: Don’t Under-Estimate #Millennials. 5 Timely Tips to Win Over the Next Generation #Legal Workforce
The millennial generation represents a significant opportunity – or difficulty – for those organizations in and servicing the law and legal services sector. The key to success is understanding the drivers influencing this generation and having a clear strategy for engaging it successfully. Caleb King, a co-Founder of Mplace, unpacks the issues and speaks truth to the role of technology in harnessing this talented generation.
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Exploring Non-Traditional Attorney Positions. How Bob Boland Became the Athletic Integrity Officer at Penn State University
Many attorneys express a desire for non-traditional positions utilizing their legal training and experience, without practicing law on a day to day basis.
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Filipe Revez Neves, Head of Legal & Compliance at McDonald´s Portugal Speaks With HIGH PERFORMANCE COUNSEL
Filipe is the Head of Legal & Compliance at McDonald´s Portugal, and is responsible for all legal affairs.
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BEST OF THE BEST ON #FEARLESSLAW: SUCCESSFUL CLOC CO-FOUNDER & GENERAL PARTNER OF UPLEVEL OPS, STEPH COREY
Steph Corey is the kind of bright, smart, energetic individual who makes stuff happen – and she’s definitely “one to watch” in the Legal Ops space. She is the General Partner and Co-Founder of UpLevel Ops, LLC, a multi-service Legal Operations consulting firm, and co-founder of CLOC, Corporate Legal Operations Consortium. We’re delighted to share her thoughts and insights here on #FearlessLaw.
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Farming And Law – Worthy Professions Responding To The Unforgiving Voice Of Innovation.
“A moment – poised atop the vast field in the dark. Barely in our seats as the vast array pulls us steeply downward. Our powerful spaceship hovered, engine hungry – then plunged deep into the dark – only pierced by the sharp arc lights – and that was plenty. This is not the farming of my childhood. It is better, far better. And the same will be true of law.”
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Bold Leadership In A New Word of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
AI is here – and it’s here to stay. This has far-reaching implications for the legal industry. But a renewed focus on leadership – and leadership development – will help us all get along with the robots just fine.
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8of9 CEO MARY KOPCZYNSKI TAKES ON THE #FEARLESSLAW LEGAL LEADERSHIP INTERVIEW
Mary Kopczynski, J.D./Ph.D. is CEO and Founder of 8of9 – a RegTech company focused on simplifying the complex world of financial regulation. Mary is recognized as one of the country’s leading financial regulatory consultants, having advised some of the world’s largest financial institutions navigating through the technical requirements of complex global regulations such as Dodd Frank, FATCA, Basel, EMIR, AIFMD, Margin Rules and more. Here she tackles questions on cybersecurity, legal innovation and much more for #FearlessLaw.
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TOP HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY CEO RUSS RUDISH TALKS LEADERSHIP – AND WHAT IT TAKES TO SUCCEED
To speak with Russ Rudish is to tap into one of the richest and most experienced sources of knowledge, intellect and experience in the modern healthcare industry – and to engage one of its sharpest business minds. And to observe the level of technical and digital growth in healthcare, we can’t help wonder if law is any different in its potential for vast change. We managed to get some time with Russ to share his views on leadership – and what it takes to succeed in a highly-competitive industry – here.
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WHO MISSES “FUN” BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE NIGHTS THEN? NO, REALLY.
I walked by the still-shuttered Blockbuster storefront space the other day – the one we...
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GAZE INTO MY CRYSTAL BALL. BEHOLD THE FUTURE… HOW’S YOURS LOOKING?
We may not have a crystal ball we can gaze into to tell the future – but all of us can learn from some of the brightest minds in legal innovation who are thinking about it a lot. To contemplate a lifelong career with a blindfold on makes no sense. It never made sense but it makes less sense today than ever before in the legal sector. To know what’s coming allows you to plan for it and embrace the change – not get left behind by it. Starting this week – an exclusive series of articles in conjunction with our friends and colleagues at Law Made. You won’t want to miss this.
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GREAT TEAMS INSPIRE GREAT OUTCOMES – RALPH SCHONENBACH’S #FEARLESSLAW INTERVIEW FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE COUNSEL
Successful CEO and now B2B startup Founder of Envoy, Ralph Schonenbach tackles #FearlessLaw. On his most satisfying feeling as a leader in both consulting and now in tech? “When everyone in the organization is excited about the vision of the firm – this is extremely rewarding. Taking big risks to follow a dream and getting positive feedback from the market is exhilarating.” You can read his further thoughts here.
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TOPGUN WOMEN IN LEGAL LEADERSHIP ADVISER CAROL FROHLINGER TACKLES #FEARLESSLAW ON HIGH PERFORMANCE COUNSEL
Top leadership adviser Carol Frohlinger takes our #FearlessLaw slate of questions head on. You can read her insights here.
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LEADING STARTUP COUNSEL OLGA MACK TALKS #LEGALOPS WITH HIGH PERFORMANCE COUNSEL
I see the proliferation of legal operations as a sign that legal departments are more integrated parts of business, as opposed to the oddballs they used to be. I also see it as a way for lawyers to become true business professionals who just happen to understand law well — we will no longer be limited to “just” legal work! Consequently, it’s also a way for attorneys to have more rewarding legal careers, where they can spend more time on what matters and provide strategic, impactful advice.
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Change Happens. Have You Started Talking About It Yet?
From the outset, we identified High Performance Counsel to be a platform about the positive and the possible – the potential for great and even greater – the goals we can stretch for an accomplish. We think it’s timely.
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On #BakersDozen: Startup Lawyer Olga Mack Speaks With High Performance Counsel
Usually what we think of as “impossible” is merely “improbable,” and achieving it is just a question of strategy.
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#BakersDozen: Author and Counsel, Sterling Miller
I have been a lawyer for almost 30 years. Sounds very weird to me when I say that.
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- On #BakersDozen: Tom Trujillo – EVP, Deputy GC & COO, Wells Fargo Law Department – In Interview with High Performance Counsel
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