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If you have had a good experience with our search firm and believe your law department might benefit from using us in the future, I have a request. Regardless if your company is currently hiring, please introduce me to your key internal contact in human resources. It...

Jeff Carr’s new gig

Congratulations to my friend, and former client, Jeff Carr.  Jeff is launching a new service offering, and I’ll talk about that in a moment.  Jeff practiced the elusive art of prevention for 21 years as the General Counsel of FMC Technologies.  He might balk at...

Congrats to R3-100 recipients

Inside Counsel recently came out with it’s third annual list of DGC/AGC level attorneys who are ready to assume General Counsel positions.  R3-100 stands for, essentially, the 100 top women in-house counsel who are Ready for GC roles within the next three years...

Cybersecurity is the new insecurity

The general counsel role continues to expand, and in-house lawyers are integral players in business development activity. But the most important piece of any GC’s job description remains as simple as this: Protect the Company. Accordingly, I often ask our clients:...

55% of Law Departments added Headcount in 2014

If survey summary info and pie charts are to be believed… according to Corporate Counsel’s 2014 law department benchmarking survey, 55% of law departments increased headcount last year.  That looks and feels about right to us, and it’s an...