My background is legal, which means I think in terms of accountability, decision ownership, and what happens when things go wrong. That is the right lens for AI, where the governance frameworks are still being written, the liability standards are still being set, and the gap between what leadership approved and what is actually running is wider than most boards realize. If you are trying to figure out what your company looks like on the other side of this, that is the work I do.
The path here
I have spent more than seventeen years in private practice advising businesses on contracts, compliance, governance, and entity structure, working with founders, family-owned businesses, and energy companies. For eight of those years I also served as in-house counsel to CTC Global, a global manufacturer, where I led legal strategy and international contract management, implemented a contract lifecycle management system, negotiated high-value international agreements, and directed cross-functional compliance across U.S. and international regulatory frameworks. Before that, and overlapping with it, I co-founded and ran an oil and gas venture for eight years as an owner and officer, responsible for its legal, regulatory, and environmental compliance.
That combination is deliberate. I have sat in the general counsel's chair and the operator's chair, and the work I do for clients is informed by having been responsible for the decisions rather than only advising on them. I completed Harvard Law School Executive Education's program on Leadership in Corporate Counsel, and I read and review complex matters in English, Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish.
I also write about AI governance at attorneyderso.substack.com.
