Jeffrey Zohn
- Associate General Counsel
- Accordion
School Information
School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College Major: Other
Years at College Works: 2009
Career Information
Working For: Accordion
Title: Associate General Counsel
Industry: Consulting
Brief Description of Duties / Responsibilities:
• Represent each division and practice of high-growth financial operations consulting firm on all legal issues impacting the firm, including in contract development and analysis, employment, and disputes. • Provide legal counsel directly to C-suite level management, as well as accounting, finance, human resources, marketing, operations, and IT teams. • Transactional drafting and negotiating responsibilities on deals concerning management consulting, SaaS, technology services, artificial intelligence, data protection, benefits, brand partnerships, confidentiality, intellectual property, real property, and real estate services, among others. • Develop processes to maximize utility of evolving technologies, including artificial intelligence.
What Has Been Your Proudest Accomplishment Post-CWP?Winning a national teacher award.
College Works Career Impact
In one sentence, what has CW meant to you?
College Works Painting helped give me the security to talk to people I did not know with the confidence necessary to make my points heard.
Advice
What advice do you have for potential CW participants? Current CW participants?
Work smarter; not harder. Don’t hire close friends. Be a boss (literally and figuratively).
What’s your favorite memory from CW?
Booking a job for over $17,000.
Last words of wisdom?
No matter how good or bad an experience may be, learn from it and improve yourself as a result of it.