Notes To My (Legal) Self

Notes To My (Legal) Self

Hosted by: Olga V. Mack

Hello! Welcome to Notes To My (Legal) Self. Together with our incredible guests, we explore topics of interest to in-house lawyers -- career, practice tips, leadership, the future of law, mental health, legal tech,...

Episodes

Season 5, Episode 12: The Power of Trust with Karna Nisewaner

Karna Nisewaner is the General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Cadence Design Systems, Inc. She is responsible for Cadence worldwide legal operations, covering matters such as corporate governance, corporate social...
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Season 5, Episode 11: Give Away Your Legos: The Case For A Team of Generalists with Logan Maley

Logan Maley is someone who really likes what she does. She believes she found her niche. She loves being in-house in tech because she gets to do all of the things she enjoys doing and that she think she's good at;...
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Season 5, Episode 10: How To Stop People-Pleasing & Start Setting Boundaries with Olivia Vizachero

Olivia Vizachero, a former BigLaw commercial litigator and criminal defense attorney, runs The Less Stressed Lawyer, a boutique life coaching practice for lawyers. As a Certified Life Coach, she works with lawyers who...
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Season 5, Episode 9: The No BS Approach to ESG with James Bellerjeau

James Bellerjeau was General Counsel of an S&P 500 company for 20 years, and then Head of its Global Sustainability Program. He served as President of the Association of Corporate Counsel Europe and writes the...
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Season 5, Episode 8: The Art of Networking with Megan Lutes: How Her Art Helped Her Become General Counsel

Megan Lutes is the General Counsel and CHRO at Glowforge, Inc., a Seattle-based technology start-up that designs and produces 3D laser printers.  Megan also oversees the HR team, customer support organization,...
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Season 5, Episode 7: How the SALI Alliance is Standardizing Legal Data — Both for Substantive Law and for the Business of Law with Damien Riehl & Jim Hannigan

Since 2020, SALI has had great success in bringing together stakeholders — lawyers, vendors, and clients — to come together toward standardizing legal data. This discussion will explore how vendors like Thomson...
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Season 5, Episode 6: Regulatory Taxonomies and Machine-Readable Regulation with Alex Khachaturian

Alex Khachaturian serves as a Director in FINRA’s Office of Financial Innovation (OFI) in Washington, DC.  Alex supports OFI’s mission in the identification and analysis of emerging technologies, laws and regulations,...
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Season 5, Episode 5: Law Firms & Legal Ops - Collaborative Partnership or Frenemies? with Tom Stephenson

Tom Stephenson currently serves as Director of Legal Operations at Credit Karma. In his role, he focuses on strategic financial management, technology and innovation, operations, and knowledge management for Credit...
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Season 5, Episode 4: Game Changer - Machines vs Attorneys with Jordan Chapnik Kadec

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Jordan Chapnik-Kadec brings 15 years of Operations background, 7 of them specializing in Legal Operations for In-House legal department. Jordan holds MBA degree and graduated MIT Sloan School of Management  program...
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Season 5, Episode 3: Breaking Down Stovepipes and Silos with Robin Taylor

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Robin Taylor leads the global nonprofit, Lawyers Without Borders, harnessing the power of pro bono service to promote the rule of law and increase access to justice. Under her leadership, Lawyers Without Borders...
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Season 5, Episode 2: Coaching In-House Legal Leaders with Aparna Williams

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Aparna Dasai Williams joined Coalfire Systems, Inc. in 2022 as General Counsel. She is an accomplished in-house legal leader with over 20 years of experience scaling and managing global legal teams for high growth...
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Season 5, Episode 1: Evolving Issues in Data Privacy with Alex A. Rosales

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Since 2003,  Alex has been advising tech's leading companies on complex commercial arrangements and the handling of personal data. Alex focuses on new products and services and on commercial arrangements involving...
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