Features General Counsels

Jonathan Reich – Grid Market Research

Est. reading time: 5 mins

Ever loquacious and entertaining, Jonathan Reich can make for good company at cocktail parties. Yet, he jokes—perhaps half-seriously—that other attorneys edge away in fear for their safety after learning about his practice. If so, they’re probably overreacting but there’s no denying that Reich’s experiences are not shared widely—if at all—among his legal brethren in high […]

Carla Gazes – University of Chicago Medical Center

Est. reading time: 5 mins

When Carla Gazes became a licensed foster parent in 2012, she knew that meant she could be entrusted with a child from anywhere in the state of Illinois. What she didn’t expect was to receive a child from her own workplace. Gazes is a senior associate general counsel at the University of Chicago Medical Center. […]

Thomas Knapp – Paramount

Est. reading time: 5 mins

Thomas Knapp has spent his career immersed in games that deepen people’s engagement with sports. Over the past 20-plus years, he’s watched fantasy sports evolve from just a platform for people to organize their leagues, to season-long games in which operators took an entry fee and paid out prizes, to the current era of FanDuel, […]

Millie Lukose – Tabacalera USA

Est. reading time: 5 mins

Though the art of hand-rolling premium cigars has changed very little over time, Millie Lukose says managing legal affairs as Tabacalera USA sells them online or in more than 15 cigar lounges in the U.S. presents her with evolving challenges. For instance, she can go from managing the trademarks for Altadis brands, reviewing a lease […]

Greg Narver – Seattle Public Schools

Est. reading time: 5 mins

According to HealthyChildren.org, 62 percent of teenagers and 18 percent of kids ages 8-12 use social media every day. Data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2022 revealed that 37 percent of high school students reported poor mental health since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. While many studies have sought […]

Doug Balyeat – Pratt Industries Inc.

Est. reading time: 4 mins

They’ve got the construction process at peak efficiency. Pratt Industries having assembled paper mills and box factories in other Southern and Midwestern locales, it broke grounds for its most recent such operations in December 2021 in Henderson, Kentucky. Everything’s on target for September’s ribbon cutting. “The nice part is we’re working with many of the […]

Ashley Kuruvilla – Woodland Direct

Est. reading time: 4 mins

Growing up, Ashley Kuruvilla only knew of one type of lawyer: the typical litigators portrayed on television. She watched those TV attorneys working the courtroom, withstanding fast-moving counterarguments from opposing counsel and pointed questions from the judge. But Kuruvilla couldn’t see herself in that adversarial role. However, she realized toward the end of her college […]

Susan Baker – Community Health Care

Est. reading time: 5 mins

Susan Baker has watched Community Health Care grow from a two-person office in Canal Fulton, Ohio, to an independent medical practice with 18 office locations, 30 physicians, 24 nurse practitioners, nearly two dozen additional licensed professionals and more than 80,000 patients. A registered nurse before she was an attorney, Baker shared with CHC’s founder, Dr. […]

Bernice Chen – Synaptics

Est. reading time: 4 mins

It was a project at a nuclear power plant in California that drove Bernice Chen from engineering to law. She had been working in industrial automation as an applications engineer, traveling 50 to 80 percent of the year, constantly called away from home to repair problems or start up control systems like the one at […]

Keith Dolliver – Microsoft

Est. reading time: 5 mins

Many of Microsoft’s products, such as computers and software, are used for business, but the company’s gaming consoles are purely for entertainment. While Keith Dolliver isn’t playing Xbox at work, he finds his own fun in the legal department. He’s been with the global technology company, founded in 1975, for 27 years, with much of […]

Testimonials

The piece highlighting my company, Bob Baker Enterprises, Inc., came out fabulous. Our company is in the new and used car sales and service industry. Everyone was great to work with and extremely professional. They produced a high-quality product and have provided expert assistance and guidance post-production of the article.
– Wade Poulson, General Counsel, Bob Baker Enterprises Inc.
It was a great honor to be featured in Vanguard Law. Working with every member of the team, from the initial interview with Erin Clark, through production with Victor Martins, writing the article with Taryn Plumb and creating the final content with Dave Gushee, was a true pleasure. Everyone was very professional, enthusiastic and supportive, and their creative approach and positive attitude clearly came through in the final product.
– Kevin C. Rakowski, Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Compliance with Radian Group Inc.
I was honored to be the subject of an article. I enjoy reading Vanguard articles and seeing how other attorneys got to their positions and see their jobs. It's also interesting to see how different law firms partner with the subjects of the articles.
– Henry Marquard, in-house counsel, Stanley Consultants Inc.
As promised in advance, my feature in Vanguard has increased my visibility within the profession and prompted more than a few people I have not communicated with recently to reconnect. One of the Italian law firms I have used in the past is now in the process of interviewing me for an article on their website and tweeting out the feature story. Activity and the number of people connecting with me on LinkedIn has soared, which is great. The Vanguard writers and editorial staff were great to work with—highly professional and made the effort to make the experience both fun and rewarding (they were also respectful of the time pressures and demands all lawyers face). I was very pleased with the experience and the final outcome. Needless to say, I have been very pleased. All in all working with Vanguard has been a very positive experience which generated good publicity for both Shawcor and myself. My sincere thanks.
– Tim Hutzul, General Counsel, ShawCor Ltd.

LATEST EDITION

Spring III 2023

READ NOW

GET VANGUARD IN YOUR INBOX.

  • * We’ll never share your email or info with anyone.
  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.