by Cate Flahardy | May 14, 2019 | General Counsel Q&A
Chaka Patterson spent much of his childhood surrounded by academics. He grew up in Evanston, Ill., with Northwestern University in his backyard. After his mom completed her PhD in History at the university, she was offered a position as a history professor. So the...
by Evers eNews Team | Feb 25, 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 the importance of saying “yes” to clients, landing the dream job as GC of Facebook, young law firm lawyers with sights...
by Mike Evers | Feb 22, 2019 | Culture Fit
Dan Clark, a reporter from American Lawyer Media, works the in-house counsel beat for Corporate Counsel and he reaches out to me and other specialists in this space from time to time. Dan recently posed an interesting question, essentially: “Do certain industries...
by Mike Evers | Feb 19, 2019 | Culture Fit, Uncategorized
Congratulations to Brandon Baseman, newly placed with SP+ (the leading provider of parking facilities and related services in the United States). Brandon was most recently the National Negotiator for the National Treasury Employees Union in Washington, DC. This move...
by Mike Evers | Feb 14, 2019 | Culture Fit, Uncategorized
Congratulations to Julia Pilliod, appointed to the position of Assistant General Counsel with Ubiquiti Networks (UBNT). Ubiquiti Networks is a publicly traded fast growing international company, offering a broad range of internet access and networking products...
by Mike Evers | Dec 5, 2018 | Culture Fit
Speculating on who will succeed Colin Stretch as the next general counsel at Facebook is our idea of fun water cooler talk. Corporate Counsel quoted several law department focused legal recruiters for a public version of just that. I am so enamored with...
by Mike Evers | Dec 3, 2018 | Culture Fit
Thank you for making 2018 the best year in the history of our firm. We were pleased to serve a variety of outstanding companies from multiple industries this year, including: Global chemical distribution leader – Univar For-profit education pioneer – Adtalem America’s...
by Cate Flahardy | Dec 3, 2018 | Your Career
For young lawyers looking to land a senior in-house counsel position at some point in their careers, there’s no better source for advice than today’s law department leaders. Each year, we interview experienced general counsel from a variety of industries, and we...
by Cate Flahardy | Dec 3, 2018 | General Counsel Q&A
In middle school, D. Cameron Findlay got one of the most interesting assignments of his young life. His sixth grade teacher tasked her class with writing an autobiography. But the students had to write it from the future—looking back on their long lives and fruitful...
by Evers eNews Team | Oct 5, 2018 | Your Career
Mike pens a monthly career advice column in Corporate Counsel magazine. Check out his most recent columns in Corporate Counsel (law.com) covering some law students heading down the road less taken, lawyers receiving and appreciating constructive criticism, and whether...