General Counsel

A general counsel is the chief lawyer of a legal department, usually in a corporation or government department. The term is most used in the United States. The status and prominence of the general counsel has grown much over the past 10 years as is evidenced by the large number of lawyers who come into the role from private practice.

Famous quotes containing the words general and/or counsel:

    “That sort of half sigh, which, accompanied by two or three slight nods of the head, is pity’s small change in general society.”
    —Charles Dickens (1812–1870)

    “Where no counsel is, the people fall; but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.”
    —Bible: Hebrew Proverbs, 11:14.