ACC AWARDS 2018 FINALISTS DAVID RAUCH
JORDAN REDMAN
BACKGROUND: “I graduated from the UCLA School of Law in 1993 and started with Snell & Wilmer. After 19 successful years at Snell, I left to join Annexus. Along the way I’ve enjoyed juggling civic and charitable involvement, including chairing the Waste Management Phoenix Open in 2010.”
BACKGROUND: Since August, Jordan Redman, a 2010 graduate of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, has served as associate general counsel at Scottsdale-based Forever Living Products and its related entities.
Chief operating officer and general counsel Annexus
SOURCE OF PRIDE: “I take pride in making a successful transition from big-firm business litigator to small-company legal and operations generalist. During my tenure, we’ve built out our team, allowing us to bring key efforts in-house, launched multiple new business lines and grown the bottom line by about five times.”
Associate general counsel Forever Living Products International
GREATEST CHALLENGE: After transitioning from private practice in 2015, Redman embraced the challenge of becoming the first general counsel at FacilitySource, a facilities management/software company in Phoenix. At FacilitySource, Redman singlehandedly established the legal department, managing all legal matters, adopting legal policies, and assisting the executive management team and eventually becoming a member himself.
JUSTIN REDMAN Senior counsel GoDaddy
BACKGROUND: Redman graduated summa cum laude with a 4.0 GPA from ASU in 2006 with a bachelor’s degree in computer science and minor in philosophy. In 2010, he graduated cum laude from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. After working in private practice, Redman transitioned to an inhouse counsel position with GoDaddy in August 2015. SOURCE OF PRIDE: Redman takes pride in being published in “Jurimetrics: The Journal of Law, Science, and Technology,” and graduating with honors. Professionally, Redman is proud that his passion and hard work are appreciated at GoDaddy, where he was promoted to senior counsel in January 2017.
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