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 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 [...]
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 [...]
Women Led a Third of Fortune 500 Legal Departments in 2019
Women led 33% of Fortune 500 legal departments in 2019, up from 28% a year earlier, according to legal [...]
Reframing Value: A New Paradigm for Law Firm Compensation
In my last year as a general counsel of a large public company, we were embroiled in a complicated [...]
BarkerGilmore Adds Longtime MasterCard General Counsel to Its Senior Adviser Slate
Noah Hanft, the former general counsel of MasterCard, has been made a senior adviser at BarkerGilmore and will give guidance to [...]
BarkerGilmore Adds Former MasterCard Worldwide Executive to Strategic Advisor and Coach Roster
Noah Hanft, who most recently served as General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Franchise Officer for MasterCard Worldwide, has [...]
BarkerGilmore’s GC Advantage to Help Foster Collaboration Between In-House Leaders
For the past three years, BarkerGilmore has had its advisers work with in-house counsel on how to better interact [...]