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Legal's Role in the C-Suite: Driving Innovation Through Change Management


Level: Advanced
Runtime: 64 minutes
Recorded Date: October 07, 2021
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Agenda

  • Risk Management and COVID
  • State of The GC Role and Legal Department
  • Inclusion and Diversity
Runtime: 1 hour, 4 minutes
Recorded: October 7, 2021

For NY - Difficulty: Experienced Attorneys Only (Non-Transitional)
For NY - Difficulty Level: Experienced attorneys only (non-transitional)

Description

The key to impactful change is affecting decision making from the top down. Legal’s role in senior leadership is critical to overall business function and organizational success. This session will tackle some of the common roadblocks in becoming a strategic partner to your C Suite, overcoming misconceptions of the legal department, and mastering the art of strategic leadership.

This program was recorded as part of Corporate Counsel's Women, Influence, and Power in Law Conference held on October 7th, 2021.

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Women, Influence & Power in Law Conference
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Panelists

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Jessica Monson

VP & General Counsel
Caribou Coffee

Jessica Monson is the Vice President & General Counsel at Caribou Coffee.

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Susannah Wright

Chief Legal Officer
Credit Karma

As Credit Karma’s Chief Legal Officer, Susannah manages all legal matters at the company, including corporate, regulatory, consumer protection, compliance and government affairs. Susannah joined in June 2017 as Credit Karma’s first chief legal officer as the company continues to expand rapidly, increasing both its member base and service offerings.

A former prosecutor, Susannah was previously Associate General Counsel at Tesla, where she built and led Tesla’s compliance department, following Tesla’s acquisition of SolarCity. Prior to that, Susannah spent over three years as Deputy General Counsel and Head of Compliance at SolarCity, where she created the company’s compliance department and advised on regulatory and compliance matters, including consumer protection, data privacy and security, safety, licensing, product, trade, and internal investigations. Prior to joining SolarCity, Susannah was an attorney at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP where she focused on government investigations, crisis management and data privacy. She previously served as a senior assistant district attorney in Atlanta, Georgia.

Susannah is an alumna of the University of Virginia School of Law and Princeton University, where she graduated magna cum laude.

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Wendy King

Senior Managing Director, Technology
FTI Consulting

Wendy King is a Senior Managing Director in the Discovery practice within the Technology segment at FTI Consulting. She is based in Atlanta. Ms. King brings more than 15 years of experience in e-discovery practice support.

She focuses on helping law firms understand the costs and resources involved with e-discovery software and how to implement tools in ways that enable best practices and cost savings. She is adept at finding the most efficient use of litigation technology and leverages her expertise across the spectrum of e-discovery and knowledge management solutions to ensure proper training and implementation programs. Having advised corporations and law firms through investigations, complex multi-jurisdictional litigation and regulatory inquiries, Ms. King understands the importance of delivering exemplary client service.

Previously, Ms. King was Director of Products for Kroll Ontrack, where she led the global offering of Relativity, including the development of two Relativity Innovation Award-recognized solutions and an industry-recognized Relativity certification training program.
In addition, she was Director of Practice Services for Am Law 100 firms, including Alston & Bird and Seyfarth Shaw, guiding the firms’ application of technology to the practice of law.

She also spent two years at kCura. Ms. King holds a B.A. in Business Management from DePaul University.


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