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 />
2004 Revenue (Fortune 2005 Rank): $18.4<br />
billion (120th)<br />
2003 Revenue (Fortune 2004 Rank): $14.7<br />
billion (137th)<br />
<strong>Law</strong>yers in Department: 52<br />
<strong>Top</strong> Legal Officer: C. Thomas Harvie<br />
Title: SVP, GC, Sec’y<br />
Year Appointed <strong>Top</strong> Legal Officer: 1995<br />
Year Joined the Company/Title: 1995/VP, GC<br />
<strong>Law</strong> School: Yale <strong>Law</strong> School<br />
Year Graduated: 1968<br />
<strong>In</strong>-<strong>House</strong> Chief Counsel<br />
Corporate Governance: Michael Peterson<br />
Corporate Transactions: Bert Bell; Anthony<br />
Miller<br />
IP: Bruce Hendricks<br />
Labor & Employment: Wally Mueller<br />
Litigation: Deborah Okey<br />
European Union Matters: Dominique<br />
Golsong<br />
Go-To <strong>Law</strong> Firms<br />
Corporate Governance: Covington & Burling<br />
Corporate Transactions: Cleary Gottlieb<br />
Steen & Hamilton; Covington & Burling;<br />
Thompson Hine<br />
IP: Brouse McDowell; Wood, Herron & Evans<br />
Labor & Employment: Frantz Ward; Littler<br />
Mendelson<br />
Litigation: Ballard Spahr Andrews &<br />
<strong>In</strong>gersoll; Covington & Burling; Dickstein<br />
Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky (see pr<strong>of</strong>ile page<br />
138); Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease<br />
European Union Matters: Cleary Gottlieb<br />
Steen & Hamilton<br />
Graybar Electric Company,<br />
<strong>In</strong>c.<br />
34 N. Meramec Ave.<br />
St. Louis, MO 63105<br />
Tel: (314) 573-9200<br />
Web: www.graybar.com<br />
<strong>In</strong>dustry: Wholesalers: Electronics and Office<br />
Equipment<br />
Number <strong>of</strong> Employees: 7,700<br />
2004 Revenue (Fortune 2005 Rank): $4.1<br />
billion (462nd)<br />
48<br />
2003 Revenue (Fortune 2004 Rank): $3.8<br />
billion (448th)<br />
<strong>Law</strong>yers in Department: 3<br />
<strong>Top</strong> Legal Officer: Thomas F. Dowd<br />
Title: VP, GC, Dir., Sec’y<br />
Year Appointed <strong>Top</strong> Legal Officer: 1997<br />
Year Joined the Company/Title:<br />
1997/Corporate Counsel<br />
<strong>Law</strong> School: Case Western Reserve University<br />
<strong>Law</strong> School<br />
Year Graduated: 1974<br />
Group 1 Automotive, <strong>In</strong>c.<br />
950 Echo Lane<br />
Houston, TX 77024<br />
Tel: (713) 647-5700<br />
Web: www.group1auto.com<br />
<strong>In</strong>dustry: Automotive Retailing, Services<br />
Number <strong>of</strong> Employees: 8,800<br />
2004 Revenue (Fortune 2005 Rank): $5.4<br />
billion (361st)<br />
2003 Revenue (Fortune 2004 Rank): $4.5<br />
billion (390th)<br />
<strong>Law</strong>yers in Department: 1<br />
<strong>Top</strong> Legal Officer: Jeffrey M. Cameron<br />
Title: VP, Legal Counsel, Sec’y<br />
Year Appointed <strong>Top</strong> Legal Officer: 2004<br />
Year Joined the Company/Title: 2004/VP,<br />
Legal Counsel<br />
<strong>Law</strong> School: University <strong>of</strong> Texas School <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong><br />
Year Graduated: 1996<br />
<strong>In</strong>-<strong>House</strong> Chief Counsel<br />
Corporate Governance: Jeffrey M. Cameron<br />
Corporate Transactions: Jeffrey M.<br />
Cameron<br />
Go-To <strong>Law</strong> Firms<br />
Corporate Governance: Vinson & Elkins<br />
Corporate Transactions: Vinson & Elkins<br />
IP: Vinson & Elkins<br />
Labor & Employment: Fisher & Phillips<br />
Litigation: Fisher & Phillips; Vinson & Elkins;<br />
Winstead Sechrest & Minick<br />
2006<br />
The Guardian Life <strong>In</strong>surance<br />
Company <strong>of</strong> America<br />
7 Hanover Square<br />
New York, NY 10004<br />
Tel: (212) 598-8000<br />
Web: www.guardianlife.com<br />
<strong>In</strong>dustry: <strong>In</strong>surance: Life, Health (mutual)<br />
Number <strong>of</strong> Employees: 4,878<br />
2004 Revenue (Fortune 2005 Rank): $8.9<br />
billion (251st)<br />
2003 Revenue (Fortune 2004 Rank): $9<br />
billion (225th)<br />
<strong>Top</strong> Legal Officer: John Peluso<br />
Title: VP, GC<br />
Year Appointed <strong>Top</strong> Legal Officer: 1997<br />
Year Joined the Company/Title:<br />
1974/Manager, Advertising and Sales<br />
Promotion<br />
<strong>Law</strong> School: St. John’s University School <strong>of</strong> <strong>Law</strong><br />
Year Graduated: 1986<br />
Guidant Corporation<br />
111 Monument Circle<br />
<strong>In</strong>dianapolis, IN 46204<br />
Tel: (317) 971-2000<br />
Web: www.guidant.com<br />
<strong>In</strong>dustry: Medical Products and Equipment<br />
Number <strong>of</strong> Employees: 12,000<br />
2004 Revenue (Fortune 2005 Rank): $3.8<br />
billion (485th)<br />
2003 Revenue (Fortune 2004 Rank): $3.7<br />
billion (453rd)<br />
<strong>Top</strong> Legal Officer: Bernard Kury<br />
Title: VP, GC<br />
Year Appointed <strong>Top</strong> Legal Officer: 2004<br />
Year Joined the Company/Title: 2004/GC & VP<br />
<strong>Law</strong> School: University <strong>of</strong> Pennsylvania <strong>Law</strong> School<br />
Year Graduated: 1963<br />
H&R Block, <strong>In</strong>c.<br />
4400 Main St.<br />
Kansas City, MO 64111<br />
Tel: (816) 753-6900<br />
Web: www.hrblock.com<br />
<strong>In</strong>dustry: Miscellaneous
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