[EDITOR'S NOTE: IN A RECENT COVER STORY HEADLINED "THE GREAT RECESSION," The National Law Journal (OUR SIBLING PUBLICATION) REACHED OUT TO A VARIETY OF PLAYERS IN THE LEGAL GAME TO FIND OUT HOW THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN HAS AFFECTED THEIR CORNER OF THE UNIVERSE. ASSOCIATE EDITOR LEIGH JONES WROTE THE FOLLOWING SNAPSHOT OF MICROSOFT GENERAL COUNSEL BRAD SMITH.]

With his legal department’s budget slashed by 15% and a head count cut by 5%, Brad Smith has needed to work smarter with fewer resources.