About the author
James L. Lipscomb is a former executive vice president and general counsel of a Fortune 40 public company. He is a member of the bar in New York, California, the Federal courts, and the US Supreme Court. Throughout his career, Lipscomb held leadership positions within the Citizen's Budget Commission of New York, the State Bar of California, and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Lipscomb, known for his willingness to speak truth to power, has received many to Inside Counsel Magazine's 2006 list of the top 50 most influential in-house counsel in North America.