From Brakes to Traction Control: Gina Lakatos on the New Model of Operationally Led In-House Legal Leadership
Gina Lakatos has done the hardest version of the in-house job not once but three times: walking in as the first lawyer in the building and constructing a legal function from scratch. Today, she serves as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, of Lessen, LLC, a...
Powering the Swoosh: Jaime Lemons on Legal as a Business Partner
Over nearly two decades at Nike, Jaime Lemons built an incredibly unique legal career. She joined as an individual contributor trademark attorney and rose to Vice President - first leading the global teams responsible for protecting Nike's trademarks, designs, and...
From Greenfield to Gold Standard: Alisha Cieslak’s Playbook for Modern Legal Leadership
Introduction Alisha Cieslak was most recently Chief Legal & Risk Officer at Gordon Food Service, the largest privately-held foodservice distributor in North America. She has built legal departments from scratch more than once, and her work has been recognized...
Interview with C. Todd Navrat on Career Pivots, Business Fluency, and Finding Your Place
Introduction C. Todd Navrat, JD, CPA, CFA is Vice President and General Counsel at JE Dunn Construction Company, where he oversees legal aspects of the company's geographically diverse real estate development portfolio, investment management, and corporate operations....
In-House Legal: 2025 Year in Review
As we close the books on 2025, the in-house legal market revealed surprising patterns. What began as a year of hesitation and delayed decisions evolved into something more nuanced, with late-breaking signals suggesting 2026 may bring significant change. Through...
The Builder General Counsel: Transforming Legal into a Strategic Engine for Growth
Introduction Asim Raza, JD, MBA, MS is a business-first General Counsel known for building legal, government relations and people operations functions that enable organizational growth. He currently serves as Vice President & General Counsel at Arcadian Infracom,...
Jacob Zipfel on Startup Legal Leadership, Two-Way Doors, and Building for Scale
Introduction Jacob Zipfel is Head of Legal & Corporate Secretary at CareRev, a Series C healthcare technology startup transforming how healthcare facilities staff their teams. With 15+ years of experience building, scaling, and protecting high-growth companies,...
Bill Price on AI, Leadership, and the Future of In-House Legal
Introduction Bill Price is a 3x tech general counsel ("GC") with over 20 years of experience leading disruptive start-ups, private equity-backed turnarounds, and public companies. Bill recently helped lead the sale of Sungard, and is now exploring new GC...
High-Performing In-House Legal Teams | Metrics, Trust, and Building the Dream Team.
Thanks for taking the time to visit. Below, I interviewed Katherine Frierdich. A Rockstar leader, fantastic attorney, and dear friend to The Lion Group. Katherine is wicked smart and talented at building high-performing teams, and at the same time, being a leader...
How will Brexit affect Lawyers and Law Firms?
The Effect Brexit will have on Lawyers and Law Firms The June 23rd Brexit vote and affirmative decision for the UK to leave the EU after 43 years came as a shock to many around the globe. The question is “How does this impact law firms, their lawyers and clients?" I...
What Happened to Dickstein Shapiro?
You are reading 2XM – Our Semi-Monthly E-mail. Sign Up To Receive Them HEADLINES for JUNE 30, 2016 DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO IS NO MORE. What happened? Here a couple quick facts: At 2010 a prominent DC firm they were over 400 attorneys & four offices. By February...
Partner Lessons, Reading for Investors, Zuckerberg’s 10-Year Plan
You are reading 2XM – Our Semi-Monthly E-mail. Sign Up To Receive Them HEADLINES for June 16, 2016 LAW PARTNER LESSONS & THE COMBINATION OF BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN AND MORGAN LEWIS Why did Bingham McCutchen take a hard look at combining with another law firm?...
