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 & Executive 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 & Executive 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 & Executive 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 [...]
General Counsel Comp Continues to Rise, Study Finds
A report by Equilar and search firm BarkerGilmore states that over the past five years there has been a [...]
Change at the Start: How Law Firm Origination Credit Still Hurts In-House Counsel Diversity Focus
Who receives origination credit at a law firm still impedes in-house counsel’s efforts to promote diversity and inclusion within [...]









