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70: Integrity, Partnership… and Coffee with Marriott’s Michael Martinez
Be Smart About Business Development Michael Martinez on LinkedIn Marriott has a budget for litigation and looks at the cost-benefit of settling versus litigating. They often select cases to litigate...
View Article71: Have a Power Niche with Managing Partner, Bruce Stachenfeld
Strive to be Different … Not Better Bruce Stachenfeld is the Managing Partner of his firm, Duval & Stachenfeld.He’s known for being one of the most ‘connected’ real estate lawyers throughout the...
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72: Solving Real Law Department Problems with Dan Yi of the DOJ
Using Design Thinking with Dan Yi Daniel Yi is Senior Counsel for Innovation, at the Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division. His work helps attorneys explore new approaches to persistent...
View Article73: AFAs and Law Firm ‘Sales People’? Checking In with Geoff Frost of Bundurant
Both Offer Advantages for Litigators Geoff Frost is the Director of Client Development at Bondurant Mixson & Elmore. He’s responsible for directing his firms business and professional development...
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74: Mind-Boggling Data Mining Opportunities with Mike Haven of Gap, Inc.
Driving In-House Legal Strategic Decision Making The Head of Legal operations at The Gap, Mike Haven is on the cutting edge of legal department management, creating, implementing and developing some of...
View Article75: The Business of Law with Goodwin’s COO Mike Caplan
And the Practice of Law COO of Goodwin, Michael Caplan manages his firm’s business, financial and administrative operations – focusing on growth strategy and execution. He’s worked with over 30...
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76: Creativity and the Legal Ecosystem with CLOC Leaders Connie Brenton...
Putting An End to the Mundane Today’s guests are not only leaders in the field of legal operations – but are on the forefront of transforming the legal ecosystem – through their leadership within CLOC...
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77: Drop the Resentment with Harvard Law School’s Scott Westfahl
Bridging the Law Firm Generation Gap Professor, Scott Westfahl, is the Director of Harvard Law School Executive Education. He leads his organization in their mission to support and develop lawyers...
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78: Going, Going, Gone with MetLife’s General Counsel, Ricardo Anzaldua
Lawyer to Lawyer Selection and Fee Negotiation is History Ricardo Anzaldua served as EVP and General Counsel to MetLife until June 30th of this year. He is currently serving as special counsel to...
View Article79: Judgment is Critical – a conversation with JLL, Chief Corporate Counsel,...
The Need for Blended Legal and Business Advice. Mackenzie Phillips is an Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Counsel at JLL. Prior to assuming this role formally, she was in the same role as...
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80: Lawyering and Globality with Citibank’s Anjli Garg
A Full-Service Approach Anjli Garg, is the Director, Associate General Counsel, Citibank, NA. She works with her organizations largest global institutional clients providing counsel on global B2B cash...
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81: Understanding Client Ethos with David Yawman of PepsiCo
While Leaving the Hubris at Home David Yawman is the SVP & Deputy General Counsel of PepsiCo, and General Counsel North American Beverages and Quaker Foods NA. He has 18 years of in-house public...
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82: Forget the Ball Game and Golf … Drive Meaningful Sustainable Value to Our...
A conversation with Mark Smolik of DHL Mark Smolik, Vice President General Counsel & Secretary, Chief Compliance Officer, DHL Supply Chain Americas, leads his company’s legal, commercial contracts...
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83: Legal Services are Purchased Not Sold with Seyfarth Shaw’s, Andrew Sherman
Andrew Sherman is a Partner and Chair of the Washington, D.C. Corporate Department of Seyfarth Shaw LLP. He focuses his practice on issues affecting business growth for companies at all stages,...
View Article84: Hard-work; Homework and Huddles
We talk with the Zenefits, GC, Joshua Stein Joshua Stein, is the General Counsel and VP of External Affairs at Zenefits. He leads his company’s legal, compliance, regulatory affairs and government...
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85: Listening, Hearing and Hunter Thompson with Steven Zager, Akin Gump
Steven Zager is a partner in the NY office of Akin Gump. He’s been recognized by Chambers; Best Lawyers in America – and as a Law 360 Trial Ace for his significant record of trial victories for clients...
View Article86: A Plan Executed with Sheppard Mullin’s David Douglass
David Douglass is the Managing Partner of the Washington, D.C. office of Sheppard Mullin and a partner in the Government Contracts, Investigations & International Trade Practice Group. He’s...
View Article87: Add Value and Be Patient a conversation with Andy Spielman, of Wilmer Hale
Andrew Spielman is the Chair of Wilmer Hale’s Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Practice, and the ‘partner-in-charge’ of the Denver office. Prior to working at two top firms, he served in...
View Article88: Persistence and Value Tagline: With Steptoe’s Lucinda Low
Steptoe & Johnson, Partner, Lucinda Low is a widely recognized authority in the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Her practice focuses on the US and international anti-corruption laws. She is a...
View Article89: Matter Fee Negotiation and Your High School Prom
A Conversation with Olga Mack of Clearslide Olga Mack started her career as an IP litigator before going in-house and working for several start-ups. Today she is active in the startup world, is on the...
View Article90: Upgrade Your Pitch – with Dorsey’s Brendan McInerney
Data-Driven Outcomes Today’s guest is Brendan McInerney, Manager of Legal Project Management at Dorsey chats with LeftFoot about applying diligent matter planning practices understanding the...
View Article93: Resiliency and Business Development, a Conversation with Paula Davis-Laack
Skills You Can Learn to Grow Your Practice Paula Davis-Laack, is the Founder and CEO of Davis-Laack Stress and Resilience Institute. A former practicing lawyer, Paula is a stress and resilience expert...
View Article95: Breaking the Mold with Abdi Shayesteh
Strategies and Tactics for Today The CEO and Founder of AltaClaro, Abdi Shayesteh is a corporate, bank regulatory, and finance attorney. He worked for a global law firm – a boutique firm – a...
View Article96: Reframe Your Thinking with Aliza Herzberg
Legal Services Cost Money and that’s OK! We had the pleasure of interviewing Aliza Herzberg on LeftFoot. Aliza started her own employment law firm in 2017 after a successful 24-year career working for...
View Article97: It’s About the Client with Miller Canfield, CEO, Michael McGee
Service is Personal Our discussion with Michael McGee, starts off with a point we can’t emphasize enough; it’s about the client. A client’s needs come first. Go beyond the legal deliverable and ease...
View Article98: 4 Realities of In-House Legal
With David Pashman of Meetup For LeftFoot episode 98 we interviewed David Pashman, a former big law transaction lawyer turned startup general counsel and educator. David is currently the Head of...
View Article99: You Can’t Win if You Don’t Play with John de Forte
Legal Tender Strategy Our guest on podcast episode 99, John de Forte has been advising law firms and other professional services organizations around proposals for over 30 years. He authored ‘Winning...
View Article100: Operationalizing Legal Advice with Katie DeBord of Bryan Cave
Think Dynamically About Your Clients In the 100th episode of LeftFoot our guest Katie DeBord, Chief Innovation Officer at Bryan Cave highlights the substantive changes taking place in today’s legal...
View Article101: Becoming Sought-After with Kirkland’s Dale Cendali
Expertise and Reputation A lawyer labeled as ‘commercial’ is a good thing. Commercial lawyers are interested in quickly and cheaply resolving the client’s business problems as emphasized in a recent...
View Article102: Technology Isn’t Making Legal Decisions with Lucy Bassli
Law Firms Are Poised to Offer Broad Solutions Lucy Bassli’s new adventure allows her to have a broad impact on the legal industry. Through her work at LawGeex and the organization she founded,...
View Article103: Outside Counsel That Cares with Lisa Howlett of Hunter Roberts
Let’s Not ‘Do’ Lunch In episode 103 we featured Lisa Howlett, General Counsel, SVP and Secretary of Hunter Roberts Construction Group. Lisa ensures her organization has effective advice and...
View Article104: Listening and Efficiency with Travers Smith’s, David Patient
Innovation By Press Release On episode 104 we talk with Travers Smith, Managing Partner, David Patient. David is clear on the approach he’s personally employed while growing Travers Smith in Europe....
View Article105: The Power of Alternative Law Firms
Delivering Solutions to Clients with Javier Fernandez-Samaniego The following highlights points from our discussion with Javier Fernandez-Samaniego, the Managing Director of Samaniego Law; an...
View Article106: Leading with Vision we talk with James Libson of Mishcon de Reya
The Essence of Vision In this week’s episode, we talk with James Libson, Executive Partner at Mishcon de Reya, about his practice and setting up the Mishcon Academy to help lawyers develop the skills...
View Article107: Doing Legal Differently with Adobe’s Lisa Konie
I’m a peer, not a ‘snowflake’ In this week’s episode, we talk with Lisa Konie, Senior Director of Legal Operations at Adobe Systems, and a CLOC board member. Legal Operations and Efficiency When...
View Article108: Joy On Both Sides of the Table with Judy Jennison of Perkins Coie
Today’s episode features Perkins Coie intellectual property practice leader, Judy Jennison, in addition to her time in private practice, she spent 8 years as an in-house lawyer with Microsoft in...
View Article109: Listening to Understand with Sarah Cave of Hughes Hubbard & Reed
Building client Trust and Confidence A partner since 2007, Sarah Cave kicks off our conversation talking about digging in on tough problems, being highly organized, and listening to understand a...
View Article110: Human-Centered Design and Business Development with Cat Moon
A Mindset of Curiosity and Empathy Today’s guest is Cat Moon a practicing lawyer, educator and business leader with more than 20 years of experience in human-centered design, agile project management,...
View Article111: The Value of Efficiency and Effectiveness with Goodwin Procter’s Brooks...
In Today’s Legal Market On Episode 111 Brooks Brown of Goodwin Procter talks about the initiative and energy required for consistent business development success; that building relationships that lead...
View Article112: The Duty of Technology Competence with Ivy Grey
And the Tools we Use Each Day In Episode 112 we talk with Ivy Grey, lawyer, Legal Tech Designer and Legal Tech author. For Ivy, the transition from lawyer to legal tech designer wasn’t difficult;...
View Article113: Story Telling Lawyers on Video with Mitch Jackson
Newsjacking With Style Out of the gate, our conversation with Mitch Jackson focused on the use of social media to enhance human-to-human behavior. Connecting with 100s if not 1000s of people to...
View Article114: In-house Legal in a Digital Age with General Counsel, Bill Deckelman of DXC
Technology Investment Pressure Will Continue EVP, General Counsel and Secretary of DXC Technology, Bill Deckelman is one of the most innovative General Counsels in the market today, we’re excited to...
View Article115: Authenticity with Cara Hale Alter of Speechskills
Adjectives that Describe You, Like You Describe You Today’s guest a deep understanding of nonverbal communication and the perception of leadership presence. She’s worked extensively with lawyers and...
View Article116: The Iceberg Effect with Cameron Findlay of Archer Daniels Midland
Creating an In-house Legal Department of Value Cameron Findlay is the SVP General Counsel and Secretary at Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), the largest food processor in the world. The legal department...
View Article117: Replacing the Abstract with Data
We chat with Matt Galvin of Anheuser-Busch Over the last three years, Matt Galvin has executed change and embraced the use of data in decision making as the Global Vice President for Ethics and...
View Article118: Necessity is Bringing Change to In-house Legal, with Walmart’s Alan Bryan
Move Beyond Being Risk-Averse As part of our Executing Change series, focusing on in-house legal award winners and the changes they’ve implemented within their departments, we welcome back Alan Bryan,...
View Article119: Creating Conditions for Change with Mo Zain Ajaz of National Grid
Enabling Collaboration Through Tools On episode 119 we talk with Mo Zain Ajaz, the 2018 Legal 500 Individual of the Year for Legal Operations. Mo is accountable for operational excellence across...
View Article120: Diversity Lab’s OnRamp Fellowship and Mansfield Rule 2.0
Diversity Embraced It’s 2019 and the Diversity Lab remains front and center in the conversation on Law Firm and In-house Legal department diversity. Late last summer we sat down with On-Ramp...
View Article121: Beyond the Big Bang with Jeff Pfeifer of LexisNexis
Capitalizing on Incremental Improvements On Episode 121 we talk with LexisNexis, VP and Chief Product Officer, Jeff Pfeifer. Jeff is responsible for product strategy having established his...
View Article122: Innovator Behaviors with Michele DeStefano
This month the LeftFoot Podcast features Michele DeStefano; her recent book Legal Upheaval provides the backdrop for a conversation focused on innovation in today’s legal environment. Through her work...
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