Show Notes
In this episode of The Legal Leaders Podcast, host David Lancelot talks with Dennis Garcia, VP and General Counsel at Litera, about building a career that bridges the practice and business of law, and what decades in tech legal have taught him about staying sharp under pressure.
They discuss: How Litera unifies the practice of law and the business of law under one roof Dennis's path from an IBM legal internship to 22-plus years at Microsoft to General Counsel at Litera His "Three Strikes" video series and the dry-run habit behind every big talk
Tune in for an unfiltered conversation on legal tech's evolution, the long arc of an in-house legal career, and the practice habits that separate good speakers from great ones.
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