Features Region: Northeast

On the silver screen, demolitions are generally a simple matter of pushing a big red button. The reality is far more complicated, as Nicole Jackson knows all too well—but it can still be a lot of fun. The general counsel for Events DC since October 2018—joining as a deputy general counsel in 2009—Jackson is part […]

It’s not really a case of “third time’s the charm” for Neil Stekloff. This is much more a passion project. Stekloff, the assistant general counsel for labor and employment at Edgewell Personal Care, has overseen the development and recent launch of the company’s reporting and investigation program for harassment, unsafe work practices, misconduct and unethical […]

Purchasing a new outfit for a night out or trying tapas at a hot new restaurant shouldn’t be thwarted by something as seemingly ordinary as stairs or a paper menu. However, many Americans experience these daily obstacles. The Americans with Disabilities Act, passed in July 1990, seeks to lessen these by legally requiring companies to […]

His most recent employer is on the mend. Same goes for General Counsel Neil Belloff, a cancer survivor with an intensified resolve to apply his legal and business skills to those in the life sciences. “Fifteen years ago, my form of cancer was inoperable, but thanks to the dedicated men and women in life sciences, […]

It’s not every day that companies face an inflection point. So reflects Nehal Siddiqui on the past two years where institutions such as her employer, Ernst & Young LLP (EY), have stepped up and undertook initiatives aimed at advancing social justice and equity. On the social justice front, EY’s efforts intensified in the wake of […]

Her previous roles were rewarding enough, Nina Fletcher having spent nearly a decade overseeing legal matters for macro hedge funds and managing other complex transactions in and around New York City. But something seemed lacking, mainly a direct role in a more dynamic and disruptive enterprise. A role in which she could be at the […]

It’s hard to remember a time before the COVID-19 pandemic. The days before social distancing and mask mandates often feeling like a lifetime ago. “I often joke that I don’t even know what I did before COVID,” says Nausheen Rokerya. “These days, roughly 75 percent of my meetings relate to work generated by the pandemic.” […]

So far, 2021 has had a lot of defining moments for the transgender community. Dr. Rachel Levine became the first openly transgender person confirmed to a federal post. Openly transgender athletes competed in the Olympics for the first time. But there have also been numerous attacks. Dozens of states have proposed, and some have approved, […]

When it comes to transforming startups into bona-fide successful businesses, Everspan’s Nicholas Scott knows that practice makes perfect. After transforming Spinnaker Insurance Company from a shell into a prosperous national insurance company after joining in 2016, Scott was able to help sell it four years later—and at a substantial profit. Now, he’s helping another insurance […]

Within days of starting her new job at Innovid in March 2020, Nabilah Irshad was tasked with building the legal department for the online advertising tech company. A year later, she’d begin taking the 14-year-old business public. Fortunately, she says market conditions were perfect for an IPO: a federal stimulus package had helped stabilize the […]