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Emily Kay Ergang Pappas – Alter Domus

Est. reading time: 5 mins

The need for efficiency is at a premium at Alter Domus in Chicago. The legal staff of the company’s North American wing have been integrating three fairly recent acquisitions with a fourth, Solvas, just added to the fold. Alter Domus, headquartered in Luxembourg, is a specialist fund administrator to the alternative investment industry. With all […]

Eric Peterson – VensureHR

Est. reading time: 5 mins

Prudency may be the reason same-day e-commerce behemoths outsource the actual moving of packages. So says Eric Peterson, and he seems to have much insight. “It’s awfully hard to stay compliant with the rules of so many jurisdictions,” he says. “Especially in California, and other places are becoming just as complex. Seattle has its own […]

Emily Schlesinger – Microsoft Health & Life Sciences

Est. reading time: 5 mins

Unlike many of her peers, Emily Schlesinger hasn’t always wanted to be a lawyer. In fact, after spending years as a commercial litigator, she realized that defending big companies in court wasn’t her cup of tea.  But then Schlesinger began working with tech clients, delving into litigation around early internet regulation—including cases focused on Google’s […]

Erika Robinson – Trinity University

Est. reading time: 4 mins

Most strategy retreats end with specific goals and actions planned. But a retreat for leaders at Trinity University in June finished with an opposite approach. Rather than ending with specific steps to make Trinity a top liberal arts university, it culminated with ideas that were adaptable. The executive leadership team wanted to leave room for […]

Emily Brown Cotney – Buffalo Rock

Est. reading time: 4 mins

The 2,400-strong workforce now is better connected through an updated purpose at Buffalo Rock. Career-development programs at area schools, especially the University of Alabama at Birmingham, have company talent honing professional skills and achieving personal growth. In June the company celebrated the first anniversary of its self-driven Inclusion Committee which has spawned a women’s employee […]

Edward F. Vermeer – Intel Corp.

Est. reading time: 5 mins

His colleagues at Intel Corp. having given the go-ahead, Edward F. Vermeer finalized negotiations of the investment terms late last year with MinIO Inc., a high-growth Silicon Valley company that provides cloud storage solutions for corporate clientele. Such a platform complements Intel’s status as the world’s largest semiconductor chip manufacturer by revenue. Thus, Intel’s decision […]

Ed Sebold – Kyndryl

Est. reading time: 4 mins

When IBM separated its managed infrastructure services business to create Kyndryl, over 80,000 employees transferred to the new company. Among them was Ed Sebold, Kyndryl’s general counsel and corporate secretary. “It’s been a career goal of mine to be a general counsel, especially for a public company,” he says. “Working with Kyndryl represents a great […]

Edward S. Harrison – Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.

Est. reading time: 4 mins

For Edward S. Harrison, everything was going according to plan. In 2001, the same year he graduated from Howard University School of Law, he joined the Chicago-based law firm Baker & McKenzie as part of its corporate and securities practice. In 2010, he was elected partner and in 2014 he completed 13 years at a […]

Eric Kert – Live Nation Entertainment

Est. reading time: 6 mins

With one of the grittiest and best-known rock riffs, many people know the song “Satisfaction,” as well as the story of the song’s creation. But hearing that story from its writer at a private party in Amsterdam? That’s a rarer distinction. Eric Kert was a new in-house attorney for a live events company in Canada […]

Esther Grossman – Homeowners of America Insurance Company

Est. reading time: 5 mins

Not every law school student would think to hop up on a roof in the wake of a major storm. Then again, heights have not deterred Esther Grossman—especially if she’s hot on the scent of potential fraud. During her tenure as a senior claims representative with State Farm,  and while attending the University of Tulsa […]

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