Ep 41: Building Legal Ops at Google: DeAnna Papedis, ​​Head of Legal Contracts & Operations, Google

How has the legal ops profession evolved over the years? What was it like to be there at the birth of legal ops? And how can you break into the field now?  

DeAnna Papedis, head of legal contract & product program management & operations at Google, has been with the tech giant for eighteen years, building up their massive legal ops departments from a team of legal assistants. Stepping into legal operations from a contract management role before the field even had a name, DeAnna has watched legal ops grow into an indispensable part of the organization.  

Hear DeAnna as she takes a break from CLOC to discuss building and leading one of tech’s biggest and most venerable legal ops teams, expanding the legal ops community, and predicting the future of legal ops.  

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Topics:
Introduction: 0:00
Transitioning from contracts manager into legal ops: 4:55
Growing legal ops within Google: 8:56
Managing a legal ops team: 11:44
Attending CLOC from the beginning: 13:40
Imagining the future of legal ops: 16:24
Book recommendations: 19:11
What you wish you’d known as a young lawyer: 20:00

Connect with us:
DeAnna Papedis - https://www.linkedin.com/in/deanna-papedis/  
Tyler Finn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerhfinn
SpotDraft - https://www.linkedin.com/company/spotdraft  

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