Directory of In-House Law Departments Top 500 Companies ...
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<strong>In</strong>-<strong>House</strong> <strong>Law</strong> <strong>Departments</strong><br />
<strong>Top</strong> Legal Officer: Jeffrey S. Sherman<br />
Title: VP, GC<br />
Year Appointed <strong>Top</strong> Legal Officer: 2004<br />
Year Joined the Company/Title: 2004/VP, GC<br />
<strong>Law</strong> School: Brooklyn <strong>Law</strong> School<br />
<strong>In</strong>-<strong>House</strong> Chief Counsel<br />
Corporate Governance: Dean J. Paranicas<br />
Corporate Transactions: Richard A.<br />
Carbone<br />
IP: David W. Highet<br />
Labor & Employment: Patti E. Russell<br />
Litigation: Bruce J. Hector<br />
European Union Matters: Stephen<br />
Thompson<br />
Go-To <strong>Law</strong> Firms<br />
Corporate Governance: Davis Polk &<br />
Wardwell<br />
Corporate Transactions: Davis Polk &<br />
Wardwell; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett;<br />
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; White & Case<br />
IP: Jones Day; Patton Boggs; Roylance,<br />
Abrams, Berdo & Goodman; Wilmer Cutler<br />
Pickering Hale and Dorr (see pr<strong>of</strong>ile page<br />
184)<br />
Labor & Employment: Bingham McCutchen;<br />
Connell Foley; Littler Mendelson; Paul,<br />
Hastings, Jan<strong>of</strong>sky & Walker<br />
Litigation: Foley Hoag; McCarter & English;<br />
O’Connor, Cohn; Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton<br />
& Garrison; Sills Cummis Epstein & Gross<br />
European Union Matters: Bredin Prat &<br />
Associes; Fidal; Gärde Wesslau Advokatbyra;<br />
Jausas; Lamy & Associés; Landwell & Associés;<br />
Linklaters; Marks & Clerk; Mayer, Brown,<br />
Rowe & Maw; Milbank, Tweed, Hadley &<br />
McCloy; Simmons & Simmons; von Kreisler<br />
Selting Werner (Company provided more than seven firms)<br />
Bed Bath & Beyond, <strong>In</strong>c.<br />
650 Liberty Ave.<br />
Union, NJ 07083<br />
Tel: (908) 688-0888<br />
Web: www.bedbathandbeyond.com<br />
<strong>In</strong>dustry: Specialty Retailers<br />
Number <strong>of</strong> Employees: 22,000<br />
2004 Revenue (Fortune 2005 Rank): $4.5<br />
billion (434th)<br />
2003 Revenue (Fortune 2004 Rank): $3.7<br />
billion (459th)<br />
20<br />
<strong>Law</strong>yers in Department: 6<br />
<strong>Top</strong> Legal Officer: Allan N. Rauch<br />
Title: VP, GC<br />
Year Appointed <strong>Top</strong> Legal Officer: 1997<br />
Year Joined the Company/Title: 1994/Real<br />
Estate Counsel<br />
<strong>Law</strong> School: University <strong>of</strong> Pennsylvania <strong>Law</strong><br />
School<br />
Year Graduated: 1983<br />
BellSouth Corporation<br />
1155 Peachtree St. N.E.<br />
Atlanta, GA 30309<br />
Tel: (404) 249-2000<br />
Web: www.bellsouth.com<br />
<strong>In</strong>dustry: Telecommunications<br />
Number <strong>of</strong> Employees: 62,564<br />
2004 Revenue (Fortune 2005 Rank): $22.7<br />
billion (87th)<br />
2003 Revenue (Fortune 2004 Rank): $22.6<br />
billion (80th)<br />
<strong>Law</strong>yers in Department: 95<br />
<strong>Top</strong> Legal Officer: Marc Gary<br />
Title: EVP, GC<br />
Year Appointed <strong>Top</strong> Legal Officer: 2004<br />
Year Joined the Company/Title: 2000/VP,<br />
Associate GC<br />
<strong>Law</strong> School: Georgetown University <strong>Law</strong> Center<br />
Year Graduated: 1977<br />
<strong>In</strong>-<strong>House</strong> Chief Counsel<br />
Corporate Governance: Marcy Bass<br />
Corporate Transactions: David Frolio<br />
IP: Michael Bishop<br />
Labor & Employment: Paul Stagliano<br />
Litigation: J. Henry Walker<br />
Go-To <strong>Law</strong> Firms<br />
Corporate Governance: Fried, Frank,<br />
Harris, Shriver & Jacobson; Gibson, Dunn &<br />
Crutcher; Hunton & Williams; Kilpatrick<br />
Stockton; Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough<br />
Corporate Transactions: Fried, Frank,<br />
Harris, Shriver & Jacobson; Kilpatrick<br />
Stockton; Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw<br />
IP: Cantor Colburn; Jones Day; Kilpatrick<br />
Stockton; Merchant & Gould; Myers Bigel<br />
Sibley & Sajovec; Thomas, Kayden,<br />
2006<br />
Horstemeyer & Risley<br />
Labor & Employment: Gordon Hargrove &<br />
James; Kilpatrick Stockton; Lehr Middlebrooks<br />
Price & Vreeland; Maynard, Cooper & Gale;<br />
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius<br />
Litigation: Alston & Bird; Gordon Hargrove &<br />
James; Holland & Knight (see pr<strong>of</strong>ile page<br />
152); Kilpatrick Stockton; Mayer, Brown,<br />
Rowe & Maw; Robbins, Russell, Englert,<br />
Orseck & Untereiner<br />
Berkshire Hathaway <strong>In</strong>c.<br />
1440 Kiewit Plaza<br />
Omaha, NE 68131<br />
Tel: (402) 346-1400<br />
Web: www.berkshirehathaway.com<br />
<strong>In</strong>dustry: <strong>In</strong>surance: P&C (stock)<br />
Number <strong>of</strong> Employees: 180,176<br />
2004 Revenue (Fortune 2005 Rank): $74.4<br />
billion (12th)<br />
2003 Revenue (Fortune 2004 Rank): $63.9<br />
billion (14th)<br />
(No in-house legal department.)<br />
Best Buy Co., <strong>In</strong>c.<br />
7601 Penn Ave. S.<br />
Richfield, MN 55423<br />
Tel: (612) 291-1000<br />
Web: www.bestbuy.com<br />
<strong>In</strong>dustry: Specialty Retailers<br />
Number <strong>of</strong> Employees: 100,000<br />
2004 Revenue (Fortune 2005 Rank): $24.9<br />
billion (77th)<br />
2003 Revenue (Fortune 2004 Rank): $22.7<br />
billion (78th)<br />
<strong>Law</strong>yers in Department: 30<br />
<strong>Top</strong> Legal Officer: Joseph M. Joyce<br />
Title: SVP, GC, Ass’t Sec’y<br />
Year Appointed <strong>Top</strong> Legal Officer: 1991<br />
Year Joined the Company/Title: 1991/VP,<br />
Human Resources & GC<br />
<strong>Law</strong> School: William Mitchell College <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong><br />
<strong>In</strong>-<strong>House</strong> Chief Counsel<br />
Litigation: Thomas Harris<br />
Big Lots, <strong>In</strong>c.<br />
300 Phillipi Rd.<br />
Columbus, OH 43228<br />
Tel: (614) 278-6800<br />
Web: www.biglots.com<br />
<strong>In</strong>dustry: Specialty Retailers<br />
Number <strong>of</strong> Employees: 32,920
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