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| | | | | | | | 11-2009
Safeguarding the Homefront
GC Sheri Fanaroff Manages Homeowners Association's Legal Affairs
Almost daily, Sheri Fanaroff juggles a never-ending flow of legal issues. "I'm never quite sure what will confront me when I come to work in the morning," she says. "I'm not limited to repeatedly doing the same type of work, and I enjoy that."
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| | | | | | | | 9-2009
A Lone In-House Attorney, and Loving It
Jim Allison Relishes His Involvement in All Aspects of Business, Legal and Beyond
Ask Jim Allison of Murray Devine, a valuation advisory firm in Philadelphia, about the firm's legal department, and he responds with obvious pleasure: "I'm it!"
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| | | | | | | | 6-2009
Amtrak GC Gets Legal Department On Track
The career of Eleanor "Eldie" Acheson, who was named vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of the National Passenger Rail Corporation (AMTRAK) in 2007, has featured several firsts.
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| | | | | | | | 3-2009
Steel Workers Union Selects Insider as Next GC
Richard J. Brean is a creature of habit. Other than the years he spent earning his undergraduate, master's and law degrees, and his two-year stint as assistant dean of students at Princeton University, Brean has lived in Pittsburgh. He has also been associated with the legal department of the United Steel Workers, or USW, for 30 years, the only place he has worked since earning his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1978.
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| | | | | | | | 11-2008
The 'Advanta'ge of Going In-House
Dubow Sees New Sides of Longtime Client as Its GC
Although Jay A. Dubow's move from Wolf Block to Pepper Hamilton after more than 17 years at the former might have been a surprise, his departure from the new firm for longtime client Advanta Corp. probably isn't.
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| | | | | | | | 11-2008
Work Hard, Play Hard
As an outside GC, Phil Fraga goes the distance to understand his clients' businesses and deliver the best results.
At least once or twice a week, you can usually find Phil Fraga skating furiously up and down the ice swooping in on a loose puck, trying to score a goal, or even knocking the living daylights out of an opposing defenseman. This may only be an adult recreational league, but Fraga will do everything possible to help his team to win. Just like in his day job.
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| | | | | | | | 9-2008
A Work of Art
Philadelphia Museum of Art GC Larry Berger Artfully Combines Firm Experience With Nonprofit Work
Larry Berger likes to yield to temptation now and then. "Sometimes, on my way to or from a meeting, I take a detour." His favorite detour brings him into the Annenberg Galleries of the Philadelphia Museum of Art — where he holds the position of general counsel — and ends right in front of one of his favorite paintings, "Wheat Field in Rain" by Vincent van Gogh.
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| | | | | | | | 6-2008
Second Time's the Charm
Why Respironics' GC Steve Fulton Turned Down His Dream Job the First Time
When Steve Fulton was first offered the position of general counsel of Respironics Inc. in 1995, he turned it down. He was content in his current position as equity partner with Reed Smith, where he handled a full range of employment-related matters from counseling and negotiating to litigation. He enjoyed his 11-year practice at the Pittsburgh-based law firm and had no intention of leaving.
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| | | | | | | | 3-2008
The Passionate Pursuit of Professional Development
Solo GC Alex Erlam on Deals, Departments and Dedication
For N. Alexander Erlam, solo general counsel of Vertical Screen Inc., balancing his professional responsibilities may be a smart career move and a practical necessity — but it's also a passion and a point of pride. Erlam not only acts as the emerging company's law department of one, overseeing all of the substantive legal work for the entire Vertical Screen family of companies, but he also plays key roles in the leadership of the Delaware Valley Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel (DELVACCA.)
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| | | | | | | | 11-2007
Healthy Management
MED3000 GC Bob Gallo
As a partner at Reed Smith, Bob Gallo managed multiple deals, each worth tens of millions of dollars, while at the same time juggling numerous clients, conference calls and deal closings, as well as directing the many associates under his management.
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| | | | | | | | 9-2007
Pittsburgh Pirates GC Larry Silverman
More than four out of five workers in the United States are working at jobs they don't love, according to a survey released earlier this year by CareerBuilder.com. But while many of us trudge through our day, waiting for 5 p.m. to roll around, Larry Silverman is enjoying his dream job.
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| | | | | | | | 7-2007
Team Spirit
Carnegie Mellon GC Mary Jo Dively Helps Launch Start-Ups in The Steel City
If Mary Jo Dively could offer one piece of advice to other university general counsel, it would be: "Get to know the faculty."
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| | | | | | | | 5-2007
The Upside of Downsizing
Glatfelter Inc. GC Jeffrey Norton Trades in Large Law Department Resources for Small Department Challenges — and the Chance to Help His Company's Busi
Leaving the security of a large legal department at a multi-billion dollar company to become the general counsel of a company with a much smaller department, almost non-existent legal support and few places to turn for assistance, would be a risky — almost unthinkable — career move for most corporate attorneys.
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| | | | | | | | 3-2007
Small But Nimble
Karen Silver, GC of Corporate Office Properties Trust, on the
Benefits and Challenges of a Leanly Staffed Law Department
To many in-house attorneys, the very mention of their organization's general counsel conjures up images of the Great and Powerful Oz – a person running the show from behind a thick, impenetrable curtain through which no mere mortal (or everyday corporate lawyer) may enter.
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| | | | | | | | 3-2007
Student Government
Jeffrey Cooper, Chief Counsel for the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education
Imagine that you have to tell the parents of a student that they are not entitled to see their daughter's grades, information about her campus activities or even the notes of her visits to the school medical center. The parents are irate — after all, they are paying their daughter's tuition. But not only is it the school policy, it's the law — and it's Jeffrey Cooper's job to keep the student's school records private. No, Cooper is not a teacher or guidance counselor. He's chief counsel for the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PSSHE), the state's largest education provider.
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| | | | | | | | 11-2006
Slow and Steady Wins the Race
Henry Hopkins, GC of T. Rowe Price, on the Power of Persistence
Attorneys are always on the move these days, going in-house, trading in corporate life for the corner office and private firm practice, changing companies, switching industries or dedicating themselves to public service. Not Henry H. Hopkins, chief legal counsel of T. Rowe Price, a global investment management firm headquartered in Baltimore.
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| | | | | | | | 11-2006
H.J. Heinz Company GC Ted Bobby Looks to the Future
Even from his outlook on the 60th floor of the U.S. Steel Building — the tallest structure in Pittsburgh — where the sounds of the grind and hustle of the city below cannot be heard, Theodore "Ted" Bobby, senior vice president and general counsel of the H.J. Heinz Company, cannot escape the cacophony of the recent proxy fight for control of the company.
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| | | | | | | | 11-2006
Compensation: $0
Pro Bono GC Geoffrey W. Peters Gives Back to Nonprofits
In today's corporate climate, it is the rare general counsel whose compensation package has not been reported, analyzed and ranked by some local, regional or national publication – and scrutinized by other GCs.
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| | | | | | | | 9-2006
Spin Control
LANXESS General Counsel Marcy Tenaglia Smooths Transition During Spin-Off
Imagine for a moment that the company you've dedicated your life to for the past 20 years forms a new venture comprised of their underperforming businesses units. Then you're told you are among the employees who will be transferred to this new entity, which doesn't even have a name yet. Management is temporarily calling it Newco, an abbreviation for "new company."
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| | | | | | | | 9-2006
The Other Side of the Mountain
Retiring GC Sharon Owlett Guides PEC Solutions Inc. to the Top of Merger Mountain and Finds a New Job on the Other Side
After shepherding Fairfax, Va.-based PEC Solutions Inc. through an initial public offering, the technology stock market bust and a subsequent securities class action lawsuit (ultimately dismissed), as well as several acquisitions, general counsel Sharon Owlett thought she had enough notches on her legal belt.
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| | | | | | | | 9-2006
The Aquino Factor
Frank Aquino, solo-GC for EA Environmental, Science and Technology, and President of Baltimore ACCA, on firm lawyers, formulas for success and Friday
Some people arrive at their positions in life with lots of fanfare. Others get there the hard way: Working diligently, suffering inauspicious — perhaps even humiliating — starts, taking their lumps, and finding ways to maximize their opportunities.
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