Q&A Interviews

D&I Case Study: How Drew Eckl & Farnham increased diversity at senior levels

At U.S. law firms, the representation of lawyers from an underrepresented groups within the partnership ranks has stagnated for years, increasing less than 5% for…

Natalie Runyon December 16, 2020

Utah’s regulatory experiment: A conversation with members of Utah Work Group on Regulatory Reform

In August, the Utah State Supreme Court took a bold step. The Court unanimously voted to create a provisional regulatory body, the Office of Legal…

Rose D. Ors December 14, 2020

How one midsize law firm is innovating and driving change

Esther Bowers, director of Practice Management at Honigman, says that she’s focused much of her efforts during her legal career on advancing law firm interests…

Natalie Runyon December 10, 2020

ON LEADERSHIP: “We decided that the firm needed to embrace the new normal,” say Timothy Volpe & Gif Thornton of Adams and Reese

We continue our bi-monthly column, On Leadership, created by Rose Ors for Thomson Reuters. Each installment will feature conversations with law firm CEOs or Managing Partners…

Rose D. Ors December 03, 2020

For Mercado Libre’s GC, the goal of enabling business keeps his legal team focused & innovating

Not long ago, someone asked Jacobo Cohen Imach what had kept him doing the same work at the same company for the past 21 years.…

Gregg Wirth November 05, 2020

CURIOUS MINDS: Law firms need to adopt a 21st century mindset, says Salesforces’ Wei Chen

We continue our monthly column, “Curious Minds”, created by Rose Ors to tap into the minds of legal innovators, disrupters, and out-of-the-box thinkers to learn…

Rose D. Ors October 27, 2020

ON LEADERSHIP: “A strong culture of respect is foundational to our firm,” says KYL’s Esther Cho

We continue our bi-monthly column, On Leadership, created by Rose Ors for Thomson Reuters. Each installment will feature conversations with law firm CEOs or Managing Partners…

Rose D. Ors October 19, 2020

Out Front: An LGBTQ Leadership Spotlight interview with Jim Ford, Partner & Chair of A&Out at Allen & Overy (part 2)

In the first part of the Thomson Reuters Institute’s interview with Jim Ford, Chair of A&Out (Allen & Overy’s global LGBTQ network), we discussed how…

Nicholas Giannini October 05, 2020

Out Front: An LGBTQ Leadership Spotlight interview with Jim Ford, Partner & Chair of A&Out at Allen & Overy (part 1)

Overseeing a global LGBTQ employee network is no small feat, especially at a law firm like Allen & Overy, one of the world’s largest and…

Nicholas Giannini September 29, 2020

CURIOUS MINDS: People should have the right to solve their legal problems without a lawyer, says UpSolve’s Rohan Pavuluri

We continue our monthly column, “Curious Minds”, created by Rose Ors to tap into the minds of legal innovators, disrupters, and out-of-the-box thinkers to learn…

Rose D. Ors September 21, 2020

ON LEADERSHIP: “Have a plan and then execute that plan,” says Jonathan Skeeters, Managing Partner at Bradley

We continue our bi-monthly column, On Leadership, created by Rose Ors for Thomson Reuters. Each installment will feature conversations with law firm CEOs or Managing Partners…

Rose D. Ors September 16, 2020

In-House Counsel Q&A: “Partnerships are with lawyers, not law firms,” says Linda Lu, Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel at TransUnion

Thomson Reuters’ Practical Law The Journal: Litigation (PLJ) recently spoke to Linda Lu, Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel at TransUnion, one of the…

Thomson Reuters Institute September 15, 2020