The Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC) announced the appointment of three new members of the Board of Directors who will join the organization immediately.
The new members who will be joining the board are Jason Barnwell, Assistant General Counsel-Legal Business, Operations, and Strategy, Microsoft; Mike Haven, Senior Director, Assistant General Counsel, and Head of Legal Operations, Gap, Inc; and Jamal Stockton, VP, Head of Legal Innovation and Technology, Fidelity Investments.
The three new board members join Aine Lyons, Deputy General Counsel and VP WW Legal Operations at VMWare, who was also added to the board earlier this year. Existing board members Christine Coats, Brian Hupp, Lisa Konie, and Mary O’Carroll are excited to welcome all the new members.
Steve Harmon, VP and Deputy General Counsel at Cisco, and founding board member, will step down from the Board at this time. Harmon’s service and relentless commitment to taking the organization to the next level have been critical to the organization’s growth. He will continue to be actively involved with CLOC in helping to drive change in the ecosystem. In addition, CLOC is in the early design stage of developing an advisory council to the board. Harmon will continue to participate in the assessment and development of that advisory council in anticipation of focusing his efforts there going forward.
“We are delighted to welcome Jason Barnwell, Mike Haven and Jamal Stockton as new Directors. Given the diverse backgrounds and impressive track-records of each of our new board members, I’m confident that their leadership will add a valuable perspective to our Board of Directors and to CLOC’s future growth,” said Mary O’Carroll, CLOC President. “We appreciate their willingness to serve as directors and look forward to benefiting from their judgment and counsel.”
“Our next three board members were selected to compliment the strategic vision of the board. The CLOC board of directors wanted to add diversity of knowledge, experience and varied backgrounds”, explains Christine Coats, CLOC CFO. “We have added three very qualified individuals in their specific areas of expertise to fill in gaps and round out the board to lead CLOC to the next tier in growth.”
Jason Barnwell is Assistant General Counsel-Legal Business, Operations, and Strategy at Microsoft Corporation. Based in Redmond, WA, he leads Microsoft’s Legal Business, Operations, and Strategy team. His work is focused on delivering operational excellence and insights to Legal Affairs that help Microsoft’s legal professionals offer counsel with exceptional business impact. His team partners with internal and external partners to provide Legal Affairs with strategic planning, law firm engagement, financial management, vendor management, analytics, technology support, alternative legal services, and innovation consulting services.
Barnwell's previous roles at Microsoft include leading the Open Source Software practice group and counseling the Cloud and AI Platform Business. Prior to joining Microsoft, he was an associate in the Emerging Companies practice group at Cooley LLP.
Mike Haven is Senior Director, AGC, and Head of Legal Operations at Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS), a Fortune 200 fashion powerhouse with six of the most recognizable brands in the world. He is on the cutting-edge of legal department management, creating, implementing and developing some of the industry’s most innovative policies, procedures, and tools for better and more efficient client service. Haven is Gap Inc.’s first ever legal operations director, responsible for building organizational and functional maturity in the department from the ground up. He is a tireless advocate for industry progress, frequently serving as a speaker and contributor at CLOC Institutes and other industry events around the world.
Haven joined Gap from NetApp Inc., where he managed legal operations and litigation across the global enterprise. Prior to NetApp, he spent more than a dozen years as outside counsel, most recently as a partner at Global 100 law firm K&L Gates LLP.
Jamal Stockton is the Head of Legal Innovation and Digital Enablement in the Legal Department at Fidelity Investments. Based in Boston, MA, he is responsible for continuous improvement in the department’s service delivery, and as such sets direction across and collaborates with an international team of IT development teams, operations and eDiscovery staff, legal service providers, contract attorneys and paralegal staff. With an extensive background in engineering and technology, Stockton is charged with identifying and implementing scalable platforms and designing new process and organizational models to improve the speed, accuracy, cost-efficiency, and effectiveness of the Legal Department.
Stockton has over 20 years of experience in process engineering, platform design and implementation, and innovation “evangelism” in the legal, financial services, and manufacturing fields. He has previously worked as an engineer and consultant, including getting his start at GE in the Six Sigma program. He donates his time and expertise to many non-profits, and is particularly passionate about legal service innovation that will advance the cause of equal access to justice.