In-house Roundhouse

Keith Atkinson is the Managing Director and Associate General Counsel for Nuveen, the asset management unit of TIAA, and he's been called the "ultimate glue guy" by the Charlotte Business Journal because of his ability to bring a team together. On this episode, Atkinson shares with us what it takes keep an in-house legal team effective and smiling.

There’s more to your state bar than you might realize. Mark talks with North Carolina State Bar President John Silverstein about the resources state bars provide attorneys, how GCs benefit from participating in state bars, and the role of state bars in shaping the future of the legal profession, among other items.

Chris Greene shares his insights and tips on managing the relationship between the legal department and the rest of the corporate structure. Greene is the Senior Vice President, Chief Claims Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Canal Insurance Company.

Mark hosts a roundtable discussion of compliance, ethics, and governance in the healthcare industry. He's joined by:

Karen Litsinger, SVP, Operations & General Counsel, Mirixa Corporation

Lawrence Vernaglia, Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP

Chris Mollet, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Edward-Elmhurst Health Care, and Jill Girardeau, Partner, Womble Bond Dickinson

Ryan Brown, Corporate Counsel for Global Operations at Rosetta Stone, shares his thoughts on managing employment law for a global company with Mark and Robert Phillips, a partner in our Newcastle office.

Julie Wood, Chief Executive Officer, Guidepost Solutions LLC, and Paige Mason, Associate Director of Compliance, Guidepost Solutions LLC, join Mark and Claire Rauscher, a partner in our Charlotte office, to discuss how businesses other than banks can be used for money laundering and how they can avoid it.

George Jurch (General Counsel – the Americas, Continental Automotive, Inc.) shares his philosophy on developing and managing talent in a corporate legal department.

John Grupp, Associate General Counsel with Husqvarna Americas, sits with Mark to discuss managing litigation. Grupp talks about why he looks for outside counsel with ideas.

Womble's Global Business Group Leader, Jeff Hay, sits down to talk with us about the firm’s combination with UK firm Bond Dickinson. Jeff shares his thoughts on the global merger trend among law firms and what clients should be looking out for.

Cyber attorney Allen O’Rourke returns and is joined by Risk Consultant and former FBI agent Evan Taylor to talk with Mark about cyber insurance, the growing menace of ransomware and what it all means for businesses.