In-house Roundhouse

Steve Cavezza, Legal Counsel with Mars Inc., and Womble Bond Dickinson CMO Ashley Horne chat with Mark about how the legal department can take a proactive approach to public relations.

Ron Peppe, General Counsel and VP of Human Resources with Canam Steel joins Mark and Womble UK Partner Tracy Walsh to discuss how the legal department can help eliminate unconscious bias from the hiring and promotion process.

Jason Stevens, SVP & Deputy GC of WellStar Health System, talks with Mark and fellow Womble Partner Kevin Hall about managing medical malpractice litigation.

Tanu Chatterji, Assistant Director of the Office of Tech Transfer and Innovation at the University of Houston sits down with Mark and fellow Womble Bond Dickinson Partner Karthika Perumal to talk about why more university researchers should be patenting and commercializing their work.

Time management. It seems like a simple concept but by 5 p.m. most of us are wondering where the day went. Kaye Cyrus has a few tips for in-house attorneys on how to get organized and make the most of the workday. Kaye is the Director of Legal & Compliance with The Burgess Group.

More than half of law school students are women but women only make up 36 percent of practicing attorneys in the US and the stats are even lower for women in leadership roles. Kelly Armstrong, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary at Safe Auto Insurance Group, Inc., Jordan Dinos Corporate Counsel and Compliance Manager at Canal Insurance Company, and Womble Partner Kristen Walker-Probst talk about how far women have come in the legal profession and where things should be heading.

Mark is joined by his Womble UK colleague Tracy Walsh and John Grupp, Associate General Counsel with Husqvarna, to talk about why you should make time for pro bono work.

Nathan Harwell talks about what he learned building a legal department from the ground up.

*At the time of this recording, Nathan was the General Counsel & Corporate Secretary of Rinnai America. He has since joined U.S. Xpress, Inc., where he serves as Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary.

David Mitrou, General Counsel and VP of Client and Commercial Affairs at Keolis Commuter Services, LLC, joins Womble Bond Dickinson attorneys Caitlin MacDowell and Simon Watts to talk about translating legalese for better communication between attorneys and their colleagues and outside counsel.

Carl Peterson of Titan America and Stephanie Bortnyk of Dassault Falcon discuss why it's important for attorneys to be aware of their digital footprint and embrace social media.

You can read the ACC article we discuss in this episode at https://www.acc.com/sites/default/files/resources/vl/public/ACCDocketArticle/1435201_1.pdf