Josh Sherbin, general counsel and chief compliance officer at TriMas Corp., wants his outside counsel to see issues not just as legal problems, but as business problems that need legal solutions. In other words, Sherbin wants business partners for his legal department.
Sherbin is one of dozens of general counsel across the country who are taking part in a project with GC-led organization AdvanceLaw. The GC Thought Leaders Experiment involves collecting and examining data to help in-house lawyers make more informed decisions about outside counsel, based on client service and satisfaction as well as cost.
