BarkerGilmore is a boutique firm specializing in in-house legal and compliance executive search, leadership development, and consulting. With a network of advisors and recruiters spanning the United States, BarkerGilmore consistently places exceptional talent at leading consumer, energy, financial, healthcare, industrial, and technology companies. In addition, as a prominent thought leader within the legal industry, BarkerGilmore has released various reports to inform the conversations on in-house counsel compensation, succession planning, and the role of the General Counsel as both a legal advisor and business partner.
GCs Forced to Juggle as Legal Teams Face COVID-19 Cuts
As general counsel lay off lawyers and other staff to help companies shoulder the economic fallout of the COVID-19 [...]
CEOs Want More From Their General Counsel, Says Chief Executive Group and BarkerGilmore Report
A new report by Chief Executive Group and BarkerGilmore found that the majority of CEOs (84%) have their General Counsel on [...]
CEOs Want General Counsel ‘More Strategically Involved’ in Leadership Roles
Many chief executives at U.S. companies want their general counsel to be “more strategically involved” in the business decisions [...]
The Role and Value of Today’s Modern GC: The CEO Perspective
Download your complimentary copy of this report from the teams at BarkerGilmore and Chief Executive Group Most CEOs want [...]
The Requirement of Resilience: How to Lead (and Live) in Times of Crisis
So far, 2020 is shaping up to be the most challenging year in at least a decade for global [...]
BarkerGilmore Adds Former CLO, General Counsel and U.S. Navy Admiral to Strategic Advisor and Coach Roster
A.B. Cruz III, who has distinguished himself in many of today’s leading industries, having served as CLO, General Counsel, [...]
BarkerGilmore Adds Technology President and General Counsel to Strategic Advisor and Coach Roster
Jamey Seely, one of today’s singular corporate executives who simultaneously holds business and legal roles, currently serving as President [...]
Educating Executives and Board Members as to the Necessity and Importance of the GC’s Involvement at a Strategic Level
Strategic Advisor and Coach Bill Solomon shares his views on how to inform and even persuade your management and board to involve [...]
What CEOs Want in a GC
BarkerGilmore Strategic Advisor and Coach Ann Harlan (Former Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, The J.M. Smucker Company) talks with two [...]
How to Land a Board Seat
Many lawyers think that being an attorney makes it harder to get on a corporate board – truth or myth? [...]
Do I Want to Become a Public Company GC?
Strategic Advisor and Coach Michelle Banks, Managing Partner John Gilmore, and Carolyn Herzog discussed differences between public and private company GC roles [...]
1 Industry Pays Certain Women In-House Counsel More Than Men
While the gender pay gap for in-house counsel stubbornly persists, something different—and, perhaps, encouraging—appears to be happening within the [...]
