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General counsel are prudently cautious by nature, and they generally like to stay on safe ground. The most important thing is to keep their employers out of potential problems.

A self-defined “book nerd” with a master’s degree in law and government who once spent time studying abroad at Oxford, Lauren Allen surprises no one by having an Instagram page called TheDopeLibrarian.

After more than three decades in the job, Jacqueline Pollvogt makes it clear that she truly enjoys her position as general counsel at Drury Development.

When asked how he likes his job, John Godar has no trouble coming up with an answer.

Some might consider banking a sedate area of law. John Pauls isn’t one of those people.

As chief legal and administrative officer for Compass Minerals, Mary Frontczak knows her title is a mouthful. That doesn’t matter to her.

As president of the Mid-America Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel, Jennifer McAdam makes it her mission to draw more in-house attorneys to pro bono work.

Whether it is due to a sale of the company, a changing of the guard between generations or a major corporation looking toward its next CEO, leadership succession can present a challenge to even the most stable of businesses. General ...

To err is human — and to be insured is a smart business decision. Whether it is a street-corner retail outlet or a white-shoe law firm, insurance is one headache that every business shares. From general liability policies to errors-and-omissions ...

When Mira Mdivani gives training sessions, she is used to seeing a degree of surprise emerge on the faces of the clients she counsels. “Their first reaction is shock with how much [they] don’t know,” said Mdivani, a Kansas City-area ...