In this episode of On Record PR, Jennifer Simpson Carr goes on record with Alexander Lima, Vice President and Associate General Counsel of Wesco International, to discuss the importance of understanding clients’ business needs and building trust.

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Global business executive with over 25 years of expertise in leading corporate legal functions for medium and large matrixed public organizations. Proven track record as a strategic and tactical business partner to C-Suite and other senior executives. Catalyst for growth with a change management approach to legal and commercial support. Highly pragmatic and innovative thinker who focuses on winning the game rather than calling balls and strikes. Valued for decisive insights, navigating market and regulatory risks, and mitigating revenue leakage, while protecting business and shareholder interests. Agile mentor and coach who creates a sincere and sustainable passion around a compelling strategic vision that team members and colleagues readily follow.

In this episode of On Record PR, Gina Rubel goes on record with Mike Abbott, Head of The Thomson Reuters Institute, to discuss how data and market insights are key to crafting effective law firm strategy in an ever-changing landscape.

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Mike Abbott is the Head of the Thomson Reuters Institute. The Institute brings together leaders from across the Legal, Corporate, Tax, and Government communities to share data and insights, discuss market trends, and help shape the way forward for these markets and individual organizations.

Prior to creating the Institute, Mike was a senior consultant with Hildebrandt Consulting and held leadership positions across Thomson Reuters Sales, Marketing, and Client Management in Washington DC and Minneapolis - St. Paul. Mike attended Westminster College in New Wilmington, PA where he earned his B.A. in English/Writing.

In this episode of On Record PR, Gina Rubel goes on record with succession consultant David Wood to discuss implementing programs that secure the prosperity of law firms for future leadership.

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In the leadup to his retirement from AmLaw 100 firm Barnes & Thornburg, after a 38-year career as a corporate trial lawyer, David Wood transitioned his entire $6M practice to younger partners who his clients have come to know and trust.

David consults with law firms and retiring partners, helping them accomplish what he did: The transition of large corporate clients to capable successors. He has a unique perspective on retirement succession, inasmuch as he’s actually achieved the transition of a large law practice to younger partners. He is also intimately familiar with the obstacles and politics that managing partners of law firms must overcome to implement effective retirement succession programs. His task-specific training is the “How” of retirement succession.