by Cate Flahardy | Dec 12, 2019 | Your Career
Many new lawyers aspire to one day go in-house—perhaps even work their way up to a leadership position. Every year, we interview some of the most respected senior in-house counsel in the country to discuss their lives and their impressive legal careers. And we wrap up...
by Mike Evers | Dec 10, 2019 | Culture Fit
Recruiters talk about change quite a bit. When encouraging someone to move from Company A to Company B, we talk about the benefits of change, and we help candidates work through any hesitations related to making a move. The ironic truth is that I struggle with change...
by Cate Flahardy | Dec 10, 2019 | General Counsel Q&A
Lauren Tashma, GC, Graphic Packaging International Today, Lauren Tashma heads up the legal department of Graphic Packaging International, a Fortune 500 company that manufactures paper-based packaging for a wide variety of consumer products. But when she was a child,...
by Mike Evers | Dec 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
Michael Anderson joins Ubiquiti (www.ui.com) as Assistant General Counsel for Intellectual Property. Ubiquiti is the best-in-class provider of wireless products and networking solutions. Michael comes to Ubiquiti from highly regarded intellectual property law firm...
by Mike Evers | Sep 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
Congratulations to Jumoke Onibokun, who started on September 3 as Senior Counsel with Univar Solutions in Downers Grove, Illinois. Jumoke is a 2007 graduate (cum laude) of Northwestern University School of Law who cut her teeth handling a wide variety of transactional...
by Evers eNews Team | Aug 21, 2019 | Your Career
Mike pens a monthly career advice column in Corporate Counsel magazine. Check out his most recent columns in Corporate Counsel (law.com) discussing how to best approach openings that are being handled without search firm use, tips on hiring nonlocal lawyers and...
by Mike Evers | Aug 21, 2019 | Culture Fit
I am very excited about this issue of eNews because it features a person who I admire a great deal … a man who conducts himself at a very high level of consistent excellence. Brandon Smith became the General Counsel of Fortune 500 tier-one auto supplier Tenneco at the...
by Cate Flahardy | Aug 21, 2019 | General Counsel Q&A
Brandon Smith originally envisioned himself following in his father’s footsteps – and initially planned a career in business, having spent many of his early years watching his Dad grow companies and build high-performance teams. He excelled academically, and chose to...
by Evers eNews Team | May 30, 2019 | Your Career
Mike pens a monthly career advice column in Corporate Counsel magazine. Check out his most recent columns in Corporate Counsel (law.com) discussing how to play offense with your legal career and finding the best talent for your legal department during “hiring season.”...
by Mike Evers | May 30, 2019 | Culture Fit
Wish me luck. I spent much of last weekend in RFP hell, but it paid off. I have been invited to pitch Evers Legal in-person for a general counsel search engagement with a financial institution on the East Coast. If we win, you will read the client name when we...