Veta T. Richardson

Legal Operations

Veta T. Richardson, Jean-Claude Beaujour | Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)

At an ACC-hosted forum in Paris, Jean-Claude Beaujour, a partner with Paris-based law firm Smith d’Oria, and Veta T. Richardson, ACC president and CEO, discuss how law departments can provide and showcase the value they bring to the business.

For today’s in-house lawyer,...

Career Development

Veta T. Richardson | Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)

Veta T. Richardson, president and CEO of the Association of Corporate Counsel, looks at the impact of technology, diversity and career development within the legal profession.

CCBJ: You’ve worked with thousands of in-house counsel. Looking ahead, what do you think will be the most positive...

Career Development

Veta T. Richardson | Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)

ACC CEO Veta Richardson talks about the organization's new agenda. Her remarks have been edited for length and style.

CCBJ: Let’s talk about the Association of Corporate Counsel’s Strategic Plan 2.0. Given the goals ACC has laid out in the plan how is the organizations looking...

Corporate Counsel

Veta T. Richardson, Caren Ulrich Stacy | Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)

Introduction: At the entry level, men and women join the legal profession at the same rates, yet by the time they reach leadership roles, less than 20 percent of partners are women. Corporate legal departments suffer the same disparity. This leaky pipeline is partially due to women’s choice...

Corporate Counsel

Veta T. Richardson | Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)

Richardson: Let’s start with a question for Dennis Lynch. Dennis, with a radical convergence model that continues to deliver results, Tyco and Shook Hardy have cut product liability cases in half, new case files by 65 percent and case cycle time by 40 percent since 2004. That’s a...