In-House Outliers

In this episode, Alex chats with Mark Eldridge, Director of Legal Operations at Guardant Health. Mark started his career in forensics but different opportunities led him into a legal operations career. Today, he has led two successful legal operations functions.

Mark discusses what it took to build his skill sets in legal operations, how to create relationships with your legal leadership team and the most impactful projects he’s worked on in his career.

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In this episode, Alex chats with Mike Haven, Senior Director, Associate General Counsel and Head of Legal Operations at Intel. Mike started his career as a lawyer, but then when an opportunity into legal operations presented itself, he took a leap of faith and never looked back. In this episode, Mike shares how he navigated the change into legal operations, his battle against perfection, and the key elements to building a successful legal ops program.

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In this episode, Alex sits down with Tom Stephenson, Director of Legal Operations at Credit Karma. Tom discusses his path from paralegal to legal ops leader, how he structures his team and the principles behind it and his best pieces of advice to advance your career in legal operations.

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In this minisode, Alex talks to Ben Hayden, Vice President of Legal Operations at Cengage Group. Ben discusses why he joined Cengage Group, the most important things he looks for in a vendor and how to choose the right legal matter management software.

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In this episode, Alex interviews An Trotter, Senior Director of Operations, Office of the General Counsel at Hearst. An shares with us how she landed in legal ops, the different areas of focus in her legal ops career, and her best advice for those who want to get started in the industry. 

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In this episode, Alex talks to LaTrece Johnson, Head of Legal Operations at Palo Alto Networks. LaTrece shares how she got started in legal operations, her most impactful projects at Adobe, and her thoughts on the future of the legal ops community.

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In this episode, Alex talks to Anna Richards, Senior Legal Operations Manager at Zendesk. Anna, like most legal ops leaders, did not have a linear career path. She started her career in ediscovery, but then when an opportunity in legal operations presented itself, she took a chance and never looked back. 

Anna discusses why she transitioned into legal operations, how she has built a legal ops roadmap at Zendesk, and the most impactful projects she has worked on in her legal operations career.

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In today’s episode, Alex talks to Heather Torres, Senior Legal Operation Manager at Sonnedix. Heather started her career as an attorney, but then when an opportunity into legal operations presented itself, she was intrigued and said yes. In this episode, you’ll learn about Heather’s current day to day in legal ops, how she develops a legal ops strategy, and her advice for anyone wanting to get started on this career path.

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