Joe Macchione successfully moved from being an attorney at Morgan Lewis & Bockius to his role as GC at GMH Communities Trust, But the battle between his legal mind and business acumen was truly put to the test when in 2008 GMH Communities was sold and GMH Associates was created in its place -- and Macchione became the new chief operating officer. Transitioning from legal work into a purely business role requires an even broader mind and is a tougher leap to make than going from lawyer to GC, Macchione says.
October 16, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Joe Macchione has always been a deal guy. From his time at Morgan Lewis & Bockius to his role as general counsel at public company GMH Communities Trust, he had a mind for business and an entrepreneurial spirit to match.
But he was still a lawyer, after all.
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