In-House Counsel

Has anyone struggled with keeping contract review judgment consistent across different attorneys on your team? Even with playbooks/designated fallback provisions? When exceptions or deviations are acc… more

What’s in house at CVS like?

Those in asset management — do you ever hire those who almost only worked at non-financial, strategic companies? Corporate counsel at a tech company with TC ~330K. 8YOE. VHCOL. The pay simply doesn’t… more

I have an offer to join a stable company with about 500k TC, but I would be pivoting mainly to IP (not my specialty and no technical background, but I have other niche skills that the company desires)… more

Virtual interviews - what are men wearing? Just a shirt and jacket? A suit and tie feels stuffy virtually to me.

What’s the likelihood of a Wall Street bank allowing a privacy in house counsel to go remote after 2 years of working there? We are currently at 4 days in person.

Has anyone had any luck on getting an offer after the company goes dark for like a month after multiple interviews? What’s the cutoff date after you have your final interview when you should just acce… more

Google in house lawyers - are you all expanding your energy, data center and infrastructure teams following the Intersect acquisition? Hiring? Would love to just hear more about the team and future pl… more

If you generally deserve to be promoted and have another (better in everyway, bigger company) offer to go elsewhere for that next level (Senior to AGC) how is it appropriate to bring that up?

How much do counsel at asset management firms typically make? This would be with 10 YOE.

I am currently making $220 TC at a F500 in a HCOL and am wondering what's reasonable.

Does anyone here have experience with recruiters from LHH? Are they legit? I was contacted by an LHH recruiter in a way that is raising red flags. However, I don't want to forego a potential oppor… more

If someone leaves an in house role in FAANG where are they typically going? High growth fin tech? Late stage startup? What's the trajectory like for someone in house in FAANG if they don't pla… more

Question for those with West Law access - anything you have ever downloaded (or recommend) looking at just for personal use? Like something L&E, equity compensation, or trust and estates related? … more

How do you track your completed CLE? I’m coming from a firm where it was tracked for me, so trying to determine if there is a tool of some sort, or if you just make a spreadsheet.

Anyone else over 50 trying to get a new in house job? Been in house pharma for 15 years and was let go. It’s been a year and i have applied to over 400 jobs, about half passed on my candidacy and the … more

My New Year’s resolution is getting a lawyer job (ideally tech focused) at Google. How hard is it and what will it take? I’m 7 year at a v50 with privacy exp.

My commercial team has an opening, so considering asking to pivot from my corpsec role. I’m ok with the pay cut if it means becoming more well rounded = more exit opportunities. Feeling like a paper p… more

is this also a problem you deal with? the Business I support has a tendency to invite me and other Counsels to calls for deals without an agenda? usually the sale rep on the other side is pushing for … more

Moved to a new company a few months ago. When I signed my offer letter I was told I would (1) be the 2nd employment lawyer, (2) only advice and not do litigation, and (3) report to X person who I like… more

Does anybody work or know anything about in house litigation roles at Macy’s? Looking for info about salary, bonuses, travel requirements etc.

I’ve recently left big law to go in houses, and I’m not used to being in a less responsive/lower communication environment. Like at the firm things were done quickly, people responded quickly, giving … more

I’m an employment lawyer for my company for several years. My whole job is advice and counsel. My new manager (not employment) is asking the team give a weekly update of our current projects. I don’t … more

Any tips for making experience more marketable? Currently a 2nd year patent associate at amlaw 50 firm, worked as an agent for the bulk of law school. Trying to see if it’d be worth pursuing in house … more

Does it make much sense to move from a F500 in-house role, mainly doing contracts- nothing specialized to a very small power generator owned by PE for the sake of acquiring industry(power) specific kn… more

Did you submit a cover letter with your application to land your current role in-house? Do you look for a cover letter when evaluating an application? I’m trying to determine if the cover letters are … more

Privacy and/or product counsel: what types of written assessments were you asked to complete during the interview process?

Gut check please. Received an offer to join a major company in another country. 13 YOE generalist, and I've been trying to break into big tech (mag 7) with no luck. What would TC be at my level at mag 7? Wondering if I shoul… more

any introverted lawyers? feels like everyone in Law is sociable

Considering going in house. I have practiced for 8 years (litigation first 5 and transactional last 3). From what I can gather, in house life varies wildly. I am considering a generalist role in what … more

Help me evaluate my first in-house offer from a public insurance company. $200k base, $25k sign-on bonus and an annual discretionary bonus of between 0-100% (with no target range). When I asked for da… more

How do I go about finding my “target” companies? I’m coming from biglaw and looking for a fully remote securities/corp gov role at a stable/mature company with a large/decent sized legal team that alr… more

Could seasoned lawyers help me with this? I am still learning and need some guidance from subject matter experts. For DPAs, I am not sure if my company is “data processor” and responsible for Tech Company’s… more

I've been told that my internal clients love me, but that I lack visibility within the legal leadership team. What are the best ways to become more visible? It's not in my nature to try to be … more

Evaluate my start up offer:
235k base
800k equity over 4 years
6+ years of experience

I’m currently an associate at an AMLaw 200 focused on insurance defense but with some commercial litigation and privacy advisory work. I want to work inhouse at an ai start up (OpenAI, Anthropic, Mist… more

How long have you stayed at each of your in-house roles, and how many YOE do you have?I’ll start: over 20+ YOE, was at my first in-house role for 1 year, and have now been at my second in-house role f… more