Directory of In-House Law Departments Top 500 Companies ...
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2006<br />
2003 Revenue (Fortune 2004 Rank): $6.3<br />
billion (294th)<br />
<strong>Law</strong>yers in Department: 40<br />
<strong>Top</strong> Legal Officer: John M. Liftin<br />
Title: Vice Chairman, GC and Sec’y<br />
Year Appointed <strong>Top</strong> Legal Officer: 2005<br />
<strong>Law</strong> School: Columbia University School <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong><br />
Barnes & Noble, <strong>In</strong>c.<br />
122 Fifth Ave.<br />
New York, NY 10011<br />
Tel: (212) 633-3300<br />
Web: www.barnesandnobleinc.com<br />
<strong>In</strong>dustry: Specialty Retailers<br />
Number <strong>of</strong> Employees: 40,000<br />
2004 Revenue (Fortune 2005 Rank): $6<br />
billion (335th)<br />
2003 Revenue (Fortune 2004 Rank): $5.6<br />
billion (325th)<br />
<strong>Top</strong> Legal Officer: Brad Feuer<br />
Baxter <strong>In</strong>ternational <strong>In</strong>c.<br />
1 Baxter Pkwy.<br />
Deerfield, IL 60015<br />
Tel: (847) 948-2000<br />
Web: www.baxter.com<br />
<strong>In</strong>dustry: Medical Products and Equipment<br />
Number <strong>of</strong> Employees: 48,311<br />
2004 Revenue (Fortune 2005 Rank): $9.5<br />
billion (237th)<br />
2003 Revenue (Fortune 2004 Rank): $9.1<br />
billion (220th)<br />
<strong>Law</strong>yers in Department: 82<br />
<strong>Top</strong> Legal Officer: Susan R. Lichtenstein<br />
Title: VP, GC, Sec’y<br />
Year Appointed <strong>Top</strong> Legal Officer: 2005<br />
Year Joined the Company/Title:<br />
2005/Corporate VP, GC, Corporate Secretary<br />
<strong>Law</strong> School: Northwestern University School <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Law</strong><br />
Year Graduated: 1981<br />
<strong>In</strong>-<strong>House</strong> Chief Counsel<br />
Litigation: Thomas Aldrich<br />
BB&T Corporation<br />
200 W. Second St.<br />
Winston-Salem, NC 27101<br />
Tel: (336) 733-2000<br />
Web: www.bbandt.com<br />
<strong>In</strong>dustry: Commercial Banks<br />
Number <strong>of</strong> Employees: 26,100<br />
2004 Revenue (Fortune 2005 Rank): $6.7<br />
billion (312th)<br />
2003 Revenue (Fortune 2004 Rank): $6.2<br />
billion (298th)<br />
<strong>Law</strong>yers in Department: 13<br />
<strong>Top</strong> Legal Officer: Patricia Oliver<br />
Title: GC, Sec’y<br />
Year Appointed <strong>Top</strong> Legal Officer: 2004<br />
Year Joined the Company/Title: 2004/GC,<br />
Corporate Sec’y<br />
<strong>Law</strong> School: Case Western Reserve University<br />
<strong>Law</strong> School<br />
The Bear Stearns<br />
<strong>Companies</strong> <strong>In</strong>c.<br />
383 Madison Ave.<br />
New York, NY 10179<br />
Tel: (212) 272-2000<br />
Web: www.bearstearns.com<br />
<strong>In</strong>dustry: Securities<br />
Number <strong>of</strong> Employees: 10,961<br />
2004 Revenue (Fortune 2005 Rank): $8.4<br />
billion (258th)<br />
2003 Revenue (Fortune 2004 Rank): $7.4<br />
billion (266th)<br />
<strong>Law</strong>yers in Department: 100<br />
<strong>Top</strong> Legal Officer: Michael S. Solender<br />
Title: GC, Sr Managing Director<br />
Year Appointed <strong>Top</strong> Legal Officer: 2004<br />
<strong>In</strong>-<strong>House</strong> <strong>Law</strong> <strong>Departments</strong><br />
Year Joined the Company/Title: 2002/Senior<br />
Managing Director, Legal Department<br />
<strong>Law</strong> School: Yale <strong>Law</strong> School<br />
Year Graduated: 1989<br />
Go-To <strong>Law</strong> Firms<br />
Corporate Governance: Cadwalader,<br />
Wickersham & Taft<br />
Corporate Transactions: Cadwalader,<br />
Wickersham & Taft; Kirkland & Ellis; Latham &<br />
Watkins; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom<br />
Labor & Employment: Kramer Levin Naftalis<br />
& Frankel (see pr<strong>of</strong>ile page 158); O’Melveny<br />
& Myers<br />
Litigation: Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft;<br />
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Gibson,<br />
Dunn & Crutcher<br />
Beazer Homes USA, <strong>In</strong>c.<br />
1000 Abernathy Rd.<br />
Atlanta, GA 30328<br />
Tel: (770) 829-3700<br />
Web: www.beazer.com<br />
<strong>In</strong>dustry: Homebuilders<br />
Number <strong>of</strong> Employees: 3,428<br />
2004 Revenue (Fortune 2005 Rank): $3.9<br />
billion (473rd)<br />
<strong>Top</strong> Legal Officer: Kenneth J. Gary<br />
Title: EVP, GC<br />
Year Appointed <strong>Top</strong> Legal Officer: 2005<br />
Year Joined the Company/Title: 2005/EVP,<br />
GC<br />
<strong>Law</strong> School: University <strong>of</strong> Pennsylvania <strong>Law</strong><br />
School<br />
Year Graduated: 1983<br />
Becton, Dickinson and<br />
Company<br />
1 Becton Dr.<br />
Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417<br />
Tel: (201) 847-6800<br />
Web: www.bd.com<br />
<strong>In</strong>dustry: Medical Products and Equipment<br />
Number <strong>of</strong> Employees: 25,005<br />
2004 Revenue (Fortune 2005 Rank): $5<br />
billion (388th)<br />
2003 Revenue (Fortune 2004 Rank): $4.5<br />
billion (388th)<br />
<strong>Law</strong>yers in Department: 30<br />
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