Resource Library

As members of the in-house legal community, we have seen lots of progress in terms of inclusion and diversity.

Some people enjoy reading novels or self-help books. Others devour historic drama, mysteries, poetry, or magazines.

Jill Hoffman, the co-founder, former general counsel, and CEO of Qorkz Wine, believes that more women should take the leap into local government.

The rewards of working at a fast-growth company are plentiful. At the same time, approaching these kind of in-house legal jobs comes with a specific list of daily challenges, including handling the daily tension between rapid business growth and legal risk management, knowing when to use outside counsel vs. expanding your in-house team, hiring specialists vs. generalists, onboarding new hires in a rapidly changing environment while preserving the company culture, and calibrating internal hiring, operational systems, and external resources to company growth.

Jobe Danganan is general counsel and chief compliance officer of Sindeo, a modern mortgage marketplace.

Like us, we’re sure that many in-house counsel are fully engrossed in the subject matter of data security, cybersecurity, and incidence response.

Most professionals go through a long and arduous process to achieve their first public board positions. But Caroline Tsay, independent director of Rosetta Stone, Inc. and Morningstar, Inc., and CEO of Compute Software, Inc., joined her first public board at just 34, after an exciting, whirlwind interview experience.

To say Rachel Barnett knows contracts would be an understatement. As general counsel of Travelzoo, a global internet media company that publishes travel deals, Barnett combines her practical business sense and legal knowledge to manage all aspects of the company’s domestic and international legal affairs.

Mentoring relationships are everywhere in Silicon Valley, but we have never seen one as dynamic and inspiring as the one between Veronica Abreu and Jennifer Lam.

Marie Oh Huber, SVP and general counsel at eBay Inc., loves stretch goals and finding the opportunity in change.