In-house Roundhouse

Kaushik Vashee, Vice President of Engineering and Process Development with DanChem, provides his thoughts on safety best practices for chemical manufacturers.

Jennifer Mosley, Senior Counsel, Major Transactions Law Group, for Chevron Upstream, joins Mark and fellow Womble Bond Dickinson lawyer Matt Lewy to discuss market conditions in the oil and gas industry and the legal trends those conditions are fueling.

Laura Robertson, Deputy General Counsel of Litigation, Arbitration and IP with ConocoPhillips, joins Mark and fellow Womble Bond Dickinson Partner Liz Klingensmith to talk about on diversity and inclusion in business and the legal profession.

Longtime oil and gas industry attorney Curtis Frasier, talks with Mark and fellow Womble Bond Dickinson Partner Liz Klingensmith about how the industry has evolved and where it is heading.

Maricia Roseboro and Kimberly Rogov with Alliance of Processionals & Consultants (APC), a business solutions and professional staffing provider based in Raleigh, drop by to talk with Mark about the legal and human resource challenges the pandemic has created, as well as the lasting changes it may have.

Kristi McCarthy, General Counsel and Vice President of Chevron North America Exploration and Production Company talks with Mark and fellow Womble Bond Dickinson Partner Liz Klingensmith about knowing when to keep it simple, encouraging honest feedback, and managing an in-house team.

Gregory Brown, General Counsel with Evolution Well Services, a full-service hydraulic fracturing company, sits down with Mark and fellow Womble Bond Dickinson Partners Liz Klingensmith and Lisa Rushton to talk about transitioning from a firm to in-house counsel and what it takes to manage a small legal department.

Many corporate legal departments consist of three or fewer attorneys. Managing those small offices requires lean thinking and nimbleness, according to Karen Valentine, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel for Constellation Pharmaceuticals. She shares her insights on the topic with Mark and two of his Womble colleagues, Dwane Bryant and Caitlin MacDowell.

The specialty chemicals industry is experiencing a boom, so while we were at the Chemicals America conference we took some time to talk with two insiders about how this growth is being funded. Our guests are Bill Bobbora, Managing Director & Executive Vice President of Cadence Bank, and Bob Girton, a partner with Edgewater Capital Partners.

Dr. Eric Mittlefehldt, Vice President of ORG CHEM Group, LLC, provides an overview of where the Specialty Chemicals Industry has come from, where it is, and where it's likely heading.

Owen Jappen, Senior Manager, Industry Relations & Strategic Partnerships at SOCMA, discusses the state of the organization and the industry it supports.

Ron Levin, CJB Applied Technologies, talks with Mark about marketing challenges in the chemicals industry and bringing a new product to market.

Brooke DiDomenico, Technical Manager with Nation Ford, and Mara Gliozzi, Vice President & Global Business Manager of McGean, join Mark and his fellow Womble Bond Dickinson Partner Barry Herman, talk about diversity and leadership in the chemicals industry.

Chuck Hinton, President of Ethox Chemicals, and Doug Cochran, General Manager of Optima Chemical Group, share their thoughts on the challenges facing the specialty chemicals industry.

Anita Cicero, Deputy Director & COO of the Center for Health Security at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, drops in to provide some insight on the return to work amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Johns Hopkins recently released this toolkit to help business leaders develop their return to work plans. https://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/our-work/publications/operational-toolkit-for-businesses-considering-reopening-or-expanding-operations-in-covid-19

Carl Peterson, General Counsel of Mid-Atlantic Business Unit at Titan America LLC, and Ryan Brown, Assistant General Counsel & Director with Rosetta Stone, join Mark and fellow Womble Bond Dickinson Partner Taber Cathcart to talk about the biggest lessons they've learned from dealing with the legal implications of COVID-19 and what the pandemic's long-term impact might be on corporate law.

Hannah Randolph Haynes, Corporate Counsel and Compliance Manager at Joerns Healthcare, explains how a “living” compliance program is an effective one.

Mark talks with three in-house attorneys about managing their companies' legal needs during the COVID-19 lock down. Our guests are Christine Brown, VP, Assistant General Counsel & Compliance Officer, Hub Americas with SCOR, Amber Harrison, who leads Compliance, Contracts, & Legal Management with Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporate America, and Andrew Walsh, Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel with Partners Behavioral Health Management.

Jay Dickson, President of Nation Ford Chemical, talks about what's driving growth in the specialty chemicals industry and what the future might hold.

Manisha Merchant, Executive Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Banc of California, sits down with Mark and fellow Womble Partner Kristin Walker-Probst to talk about how legal departments can streamline the use and selection of outside counsel.