by Zac Ferren | Aug 21, 2026 | Blog, In-House Counsel, Legal Recruiting
Dan Peters has been a healthcare lawyer for essentially his entire thirty-plus-year career, and he has spent nearly all of it in Kansas. He studied economics and finance at Washburn University before earning his JD at the University of Denver’s Sturm College of... 
by Zac Ferren | Jul 21, 2026 | Blog, In-House Counsel, Legal Professional, Legal Recruiting
Introduction When Silicon Valley Bank failed in March 2023, it became one of the largest banking collapses in U.S. history, and it served as an inflection point for an entire generation of in-house legal careers. Many lawyers left. Our guest today, Ajay Kattel, stayed... 
by Zac Ferren | May 20, 2026 | Blog, In-House Counsel, Legal Recruiting
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... 
by Zac Ferren | May 5, 2026 | Blog, In-House Counsel, Legal Recruiting
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,... 
by Zac Ferren | Mar 16, 2026 | Blog, In-House Counsel
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... 
by Zac Ferren | Feb 19, 2026 | Blog, In-House Counsel
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...
