Oracle and Boston Scientific Legal Operations Members Honored; Interest Group of the Year Announced
MINNEAPOLIS (April 29, 2019) — The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) today announced Liberty Mutual, Lisa Ripley (Oracle), Daniel Young (Boston Scientific), and the External Resources Management Interest Group as winners of the 2019 ACC Legal Operations Awards at the opening reception of the 2019 ACC Xchange.
Liberty Mutual Legal Strategic Services, the 2019 ACC Legal Operations Team of the Year, was honored for delivering innovative yet pragmatic solutions to advance the interests of internal business partners and company policyholders. The legal operations staff enables the entire law department to function at a high-level.
At Liberty Mutual, legal operations professionals lead change management, including design thinking challenges; implement contracts solutions that make use of AI and risk calibration; manage a diverse array of external resources; and create continuous learning programs for all lawyers and department staff. The team also develops highly-curated dashboards to track metrics; sets clear benchmarks; undertakes process improvement at every step, and manages advanced technology systems. In addition, Liberty Mutual legal operations professionals are active contributors to the broader profession, sharing their knowledge via the ACC Legal Operations Maturity Model toolkit and webcast series, serving as faculty for ACC conferences, and chairing the Strategic Planning Interest Group.
“The Liberty Mutual Legal Strategic Services team is a model of legal operations excellence, especially for our community. Their team is always willing to take time to share their innovative approaches and lessons learned with fellow ACC members,” said Catherine J. Moynihan, ACC associate vice president, legal management services, and head of ACC Legal Operations.
Lisa Ripley (director – eDiscovery and information governance, Oracle) and Daniel Young (legal operations manager, Boston Scientific) were named 2019 ACC Legal Operations Members of the Year. Young co-chaired the Metrics and Analytics Interest Group, served as faculty for two legal operations bootcamps, and championed ACC Legal Operations to peers online. Ripley led the Tools & Technology Interest Group, served as bootcamp faculty, and was always quick to help other legal operations colleagues with projects or questions. Both were also active contributors to the Maturity Model toolkit and webcast series.
External Resources Management, led by Melissa Dehonney (Novo Nordisk), Samantha Frasso (TIAA) and Kendra Nowak (CIGNA), was named 2019 ACC Legal Operations Interest Group of the Year. The group focuses on best practices when managing outside counsel, LPOs, vendors, and other outside consultants, and provided strong content and speakers for legal operations programming throughout the year.
“The leadership and openness of all our winners lifts the entire legal operations profession,” Moynihan said. “Legal operations is a collaborative field, and our 2019 honorees demonstrate the power of sharing knowledge to drive law department success.”
To learn more about ACC Legal Operations, visit www.acc.com/legalops.
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