Leftfoot - Legal Business Development

Lawyer to Lawyer Selection and Fee Negotiation is History  Ricardo Anzaldua served as EVP and General Counsel to MetLife until June 30th of this year.   He is currently serving as special counsel to MetLife’s CEO. Prior to joining MetLife he was an SVP and Associate General Counsel at The Hartford Financial Services Group, following a partnership at Cleary Gottlieb. https://www.linkedin.com/in/ricardo-anzaldua-86a15814/ (Ricardo Anzaldua Bio)        Episode Highlights  Law Firm Business Development: The days when an in-house lawyer chooses an outside lawyer and pays what the lawyer is asking are gone. Legal Tech and Legal Services Outsourcing: Clients will no longer pay for repetitive and formulaic work being done by counsel at any level – where legal tech and legal services outsourcing should be employed. Legal operations and procurement: Will be part of the structure within ALL in-house legal departments before the end of the decade.   Hiring outside counsel: We’re hiring outside counsel for a speci