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Study Investigates Legal Leaders Aspiring to Become General Counsel
Fairport, NY (December 3, 2020) – BarkerGilmore, a boutique executive search firm recognized for helping companies build world-class legal and compliance departments nationwide, released their 2020 Aspiring General Counsel Report today. [...]
Succeeding as a Great Lawyer, Savvy Businessperson, and Indispensable Teammate —The In-House Counsel Imperative
Strategic Advisor and Coach A.B. Cruz, III is joined by Mary Talbott, CLO & Secretary, Gravity Diagnostics, and Shawnte Mitchell, EVP, GC & Corporate Secretary, Zogenix, Inc., to discuss their personal experience [...]
Finding Your Next Job (or Having It Find You)
Strategic Advisor and Coach Maureen Brundage is joined by Sunita Holzer, Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, Realogy Holdings Corp., and BarkerGilmore Co-Founder and Partner, John Gilmore, to provide helpful dos and [...]
4 Steps to Creating a GC Succession Plan
While most companies acknowledge that a succession plan is crucial for business and leadership continuity, preparing and maintaining a succession plan is a time-consuming process. [...]
Men More Likely to Be Promoted to GC, Women Get Recruited
Men are more likely to be promoted to general counsel, while women are more likely to be recruited externally for the role, according to a study of in-house lawyers [...]
Study Identifies Path Legal Leaders Take to Become a General Counsel
Fairport, NY (October 28, 2020) – BarkerGilmore, a boutique executive search firm recognized for helping companies build world-class legal and compliance departments nationwide, released their 2020 General Counsel Succession Report today. [...]
What’s the Most Common Path to the General Counsel Seat?
General counsel reach the top of the legal department ladder by following a variety of paths and strategies, though some are more common than others. Many chief lawyers got [...]
How to Describe Your Company Culture to Attract the Right Candidates
In this three-part series, we will share practical advice and useful tips that can help both the employer and the candidate during the hiring process [...]
BarkerGilmore Has Been Exclusively Retained by Verso Corporation to Find Its Next General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer
BarkerGilmore, a boutique firm recognized for its best-in-class legal and compliance executive search and leadership development, announced that it has been retained by Verso Corporation (“Verso”) to find its [...]
General Counsel Compensation: A Deep Dive
BarkerGilmore is pleased to, once again, have partnered with Equilar for publication of the 2021 edition of General Counsel Pay Trends. The purpose of the [...]
Focus on Personal Development: Tips to Prepare for Your Performance Evaluation During the Days of COVID-19
Strategic Advisors Ann Harlan, Marla Persky, and Helen Pudlin discuss how COVID-19 is changing the performance review process, the value of frequent check-ins and arranging them in a virtual work world, the [...]
The Value Series: A ClariLegal interview with Audrey Rubin, Strategic Advisor and Coach at BarkerGilmore and Adjunct Professor at the University of Illinois College of Law
Cash Butler and I recently had the distinct pleasure of speaking with Audrey Rubin, a Strategic Advisor and Coach in BarkerGilmore’s advisory and coaching division. Audrey is also an [...]
