by Cate Flahardy | Feb 15, 2023 | General Counsel Q&A
Jennifer Baumann spent her childhood surrounded by academics in Mid-Michigan. She grew up the youngest of four in Okemos — a community home to many of Michigan State University’s professors and other employees. Her dad, a lawyer, and her mom, an IRS agent,...
by Cate Flahardy | Dec 26, 2022 | General Counsel Q&A, Your Career
For many lawyers, working in a legal department is a career aspiration. Being a part of the business, helping a company achieve its goals and focusing on a single client are recurring themes general counsel express when discussing their love for their work. The path...
by Evers eNews Team | Dec 7, 2022 | 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 the availability of legal department talent, the importance of increasingly elusive in-person events and how taking jobs...
by Mike Evers | Dec 7, 2022 | Culture Fit
Once upon a time in Chicago, I met every attorney who went on a job interview via Evers Legal Search. Either at my office, or mostly over lunches and at coffee shops, I sat down in-person with hundreds of you. When our practice went national about 20 years ago, I also...
by Cate Flahardy | Dec 7, 2022 | General Counsel Q&A
Matt Broad did not grow up with big aspirations about being a lawyer. A Southern California kid through and through, Broad — a great student in grade school and high school — imagined a comfortable life in the state he grew up in and loved, probably working as a...
by Mike Evers | Oct 24, 2022 | Culture Fit, Uncategorized
Susanne Vasic has joined Chicago based CC Industries, a privately held company responsible for managing the large portfolio of companies owned and operated by the Crown Family. Susanne is a veteran in-house counsel who most recently served as Senior Corporate Counsel...
by Evers eNews Team | Sep 27, 2022 | 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 the new norms of working from home, stepping outside your professional comfort zone, the whiplash economy and many other...
by Mike Evers | Sep 27, 2022 | Culture Fit
I start this column by tipping my hat to the talent acquisition team at Danaher, a Fortune 500 science and technology company based in Washington, D.C. A very specific internal recruiter (you know who you are, thank you!) chose to give Evers Legal an opportunity last...
by Cate Flahardy | Sep 27, 2022 | General Counsel Q&A
Deborah Pond grew up on Long Island, New York. Academically, she excelled — doing well though all her formative years in school. She chose to attend Duke University and studied psychology and political science. But as graduation became closer, and many of her peers...
by Mike Evers | Sep 26, 2022 | Your Career
Claire Weinstein has joined the legal department of Oak Brook, IL based Ace Hardware. The Helpful Place! Claire is Senior Counsel with an emphasis on employment law. She moves over from a similar role with Motivate LLC. Her credentials include 13 years in private...