Law
Indrani Franchini builds an innovative team as chief compliance counsel for global pharmaceuticals company, Pfizer Inc.
Since his start with eBay, Inc., Torpoco has tackled several roles, including a stint in Spain, and is currently the senior commercial and product counsel for the company that earned more than $9.2 billion in sales in 2010.
Only 28, Gray Mateo-Harris has already defended employers in litigation matters at the state court and federal court level. With her drive, zest for taking on new challenges, and unique perspective, it’s clear the fourth-year associate at Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP (NGE) is just getting started.
As executive vice president of sales and marketing at Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Hanna has had an impressive—yet unpredictable—career track, requiring he constantly take on new operational responsibilities.
After graduating law school in 2001, he wound up specializing in airline restructurings, a serendipitous move that took his career to unforeseen heights aboard GE Capital Aviation Services.
Colombia-born Freddy Jimenez shares how his career path took an unexpected turn as he went from a life-sciences undergraduate to assistant general counsel at Johnson & Johnson.
Already named one of Florida’s “Legal Elite,” Dale Morgado’s knack for winning has made him excel as managing shareholder for Feldman, Fox & Morgado, PA.
Dominican-born Rosa Estrella makes navigating cultural expectations a priority in her international role as senior legal director of Eisai Inc.
Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Luis Felipe Vilarin leverages his Chilean roots into a competitive advantage when doing business abroad. “Growing up in the United States to immigrant parents has inspired me to work hard, to never take anything for granted, and to seize every opportunity,” he says.
Their detour into business law and government relations, via their namesake firm, allows them to serve Hispanic-owned midsize businesses with their own personal touch.
Leading the legal team and outside counsel at Bancomer Transfer Services and BBVA Bancomer USA, Ernesto Garcia Jr. finds running and law have two things in common: they both give him a sharp focus and the stamina to never give up.
As the 39-year-old corporate counsel for Caterpillar Inc., the number-one maker of earthmoving machinery and agriculture equipment in the world, Guillermo Levy has come a long way.
As a kid growing up in Southern California, Nestor Barrero wasn’t familiar with the law, except to know that he shouldn’t break it. These days, as vice president of employment law for NBCUniversal, Barrero plays the role of strategic adviser in the dynamic entertainment industry.
Positioning Microsoft’s patents as assets for barter, Horacio Gutiérrez has turned the world’s top-selling software company into a partner, rather than rival, orchestrating licensing agreements with brands such as Novell, HTC, and Samsung.
U-Haul International’s entrepreneurial origin makes it a perfect fit for Thomas Felíx Tollison, senior assistant general counsel for the marketing group, who always envisioned a future as a corporate counsel.
But Amylin’s vice president of legal Julia Feliciano makes creating inroads with internal constituents as much of a priority as ensuring the pharmaceuticals company she works for is protected and compliant.
Chief global marketing counsel Laura Quintano keeps the beauty giant’s promotional tactics in line
This childhood mantra continues to propel him as a lawyer for DuPont, a science-based products-and-services company with a penchant for finding outside-the-box solutions.
Growing up in the rough streets of Los Angeles, Sean Reyes beat the odds to become general counsel of eTAGZ
Once an aspiring physicist, Intel Corp.’s Benjamin Yrun-Ostapuk helps define the rules of engagement in the world of mobile connectivity
Today, he’s one of Texas’s top intellectual-property attorneys working at a firm that specializes in patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets.