Welcome to the second part of our In-House Litigation Leaders conversation with Nikki Stitt Sokol, director and associate general counsel of Meta Platforms Inc. In yesterday’s installment, we discussed the skills that Sokol picked up while practicing as a litigation associate at Mayer Brown in Chicago, Dwyer & Collora in Boston, and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Silicon Valley. In the second part of our conversation, we cover what it’s like to manage litigation at such a highly scrutinized company, and what she looks for in outside counsel.

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