Shana Simmons's guest appearances

Shana Simmons

The Jabot

Women of Silicon Valley:  The Podcast

Pioneers and Pathfinders

Pearls On, Gloves Off - Legal Operations, Contracting, Change Management, and Career Growth

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Elizabeth Smith

Diana Kris Navarro

Eva Greene Wilson

Anisa Benitez

Jess Webb

Lea Coligado

Karina Canales

Krystal Maughan

Nita Singh Kaushal

Miss CEO

Stanford Trailblazer

Hazel Armstrong

Lesley-Ann Noel

Greene Wilson

OwlTail

Today we speak with Shana Simmons, chief legal officer at Everlaw, an advanced eDiscovery platform helping legal organizations solve the challenges of discovery and investigations more efficiently. Shana began her professional journey as a middle school and high school teacher before pursuing her lifelong dream of becoming a lawyer. After working in a corporate practice at an international law firm, Shana took an in-house role with Google as a contracts manager, where she focused on enhancing the company’s legal operations. While working at Google, she was a fellow at the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity. As chief legal officer at Everlaw, Shana leads a team responsible for the company’s legal, commercial, privacy, regulatory, and governance, risk, and compliance matters.In our discussion, Shana talks about what she learned as a teacher, the importance of legal ops, finding a community at the LCLD, and her exciting work at Everlaw.

Today we speak with Shana Simmons, chief legal officer at Everlaw, an advanced eDiscovery platform helping legal organizations solve the challenges of discovery and investigations more efficiently. Shana began her professional journey as a middle school and high school teacher before pursuing her lifelong dream of becoming a lawyer. After working in a corporate practice at an international law firm, Shana took an in-house role with Google as a contracts manager, where she focused on enhancing the company’s legal operations. While working at Google, she was a fellow at the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity. As chief legal officer at Everlaw, Shana leads a team responsible for the company’s legal, commercial, privacy, regulatory, and governance, risk, and compliance matters. In our discussion, Shana talks about what she learned as a teacher, the importance of legal ops, finding a community at the LCLD, and her exciting work at Everlaw.

In this episode, Kathryn welcomes Shana Simmons, a General Counsel at Everlaw, to talk about how her career in the world of law started. Shana leads the legal department and is responsible for all legal, regulatory, privacy, risk and compliance, and governance issues around the company. She describes the transition from working as the Head of Google’s Cloud Go-To-Market Legal team, to being a General Counsel. Additionally, Shana talks about how their own practice ensures that the culture at their workplace is inviting to people of all backgrounds and colors.  Episode Resources  https://www.lexisnexis.com/lexisplus https://www.linkedin.com/in/shana-simmons-02295498     Episode Highlights Why Shana Simmons decided to go to law school The differences that happened as her career evolved What helped Shana drive her career Her career transition The concept of culture How she makes sure that the culture of the workplace is truly inviting to a diversity of background What being a General Counsel (GC) at a legal tech company is about   Subscribe, Share, and Review To get the next episode subscribe with your favorite podcast player.   Subscribe with Apple Podcasts Follow on Spotify  Leave a review on Apple Podcasts 

In this episode, Kathryn welcomes Shana Simmons, a General Counsel at Everlaw, to talk about how her career in the world of law started. Shana leads the legal department and is responsible for all legal, regulatory, privacy, risk and compliance, and governance issues around the company. She describes the transition from working as the Head of Google’s Cloud Go-To-Market Legal team, to being a General Counsel. Additionally, Shana talks about how their own practice ensures that the culture at their workplace is inviting to people of all backgrounds and colors. Episode Resources <ul> <li><a href="https://www.lexisnexis.com/lexisplus" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.lexisnexis.com/lexisplus</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/shana-simmons-02295498" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/shana-simmons-02295498</a>  Episode Highlights</li> <li>Why Shana Simmons decided to go to law school</li> <li>The differences that happened as her career evolved</li> <li>What helped Shana drive her career</li> <li>Her career transition</li> <li>The concept of culture</li> <li>How she makes sure that the culture of the workplace is truly inviting to a diversity of background</li> <li>What being a General Counsel (GC) at a legal tech company is about</li> </ul> Subscribe, Share, and Review To get the next episode subscribe with your favorite podcast player. <ul> <li><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jabot/id1386838312?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Subscribe with Apple Podcasts</a></li> <li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Follow on Spotify</a></li> <li><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jabot/id1386838312?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Leave a review on Apple Podcasts</a></li> </ul>

Use Your Superpower In Your Legal Career with Shana Simmons - Episode 128

Today, we're joined by Shana Simmons. Shana is General Counsel at Everlaw, a cloud based e-discovery software company, where she leads the company’s global legal and regulatory affairs.  In addition to her corporate role, Shana actively mentors early-in-career professionals and aspiring lawyers. Before Everlaw, Shana served as Head of Cloud Go-to-Market Legal at Google LLC, where she was responsible for managing a team supporting Google’s growing global Cloud business.  Her ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion in the workplace secured her as one of Google’s inaugural fellows for The Leadership Council on Legal Diversity. Shana was born and raised poor in the Bronx, New York, so she is very active in finding ways to help disenfranchised folks. Related Sites: Shana's Q&amp;A:  https://medium.com/women-of-silicon-valley/shana-simmons-aa43934d12d Follow us: Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/womenofsiliconvalley/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/WomenofSV Website:  https://www.womenofsiliconvalley.org/

Today, we're joined by Shana Simmons. Shana is General Counsel at Everlaw, a cloud based e-discovery software company, where she leads the company’s global legal and regulatory affairs.  In addition to her corporate role, Shana actively mentors early-in-career professionals and aspiring lawyers. Before Everlaw, Shana served as Head of Cloud Go-to-Market Legal at Google LLC, where she was responsible for managing a team supporting Google’s growing global Cloud business.  Her ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion in the workplace secured her as one of Google’s inaugural fellows for The Leadership Council on Legal Diversity. Shana was born and raised poor in the Bronx, New York, so she is very active in finding ways to help disenfranchised folks. Related Sites:<ul><li> Shana's Q&amp;A:  <a href="https://www.missceo.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://medium.com/women-of-silicon-valley/shana-simmons-aa43934d12d</a></li></ul> Follow us:<ul><li> Instagram:  <a href="https://www.instagram.com/womenofsiliconvalley/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/womenofsiliconvalley/</a></li><li> Twitter:  <a href="https://twitter.com/WomenofSV" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/WomenofSV</a></li><li> Website:  <a href="https://www.womenofsiliconvalley.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.womenofsiliconvalley.org/</a></li></ul>

Shana Simmons:  Feeding Your Soul