American lawyer and corporate executive
Michael John Callahan[1] (born 1968)[2] is an American lawyer and corporate executive.
Education
Callahan graduated from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service with a degree in international affairs and Arab studies in the late '80s. In 1995, he graduated from the University of Connecticut School of Law.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Career
From 1990 to 1992, he was a Freshman Lightweight Crew Coach at Georgetown University and was a corporate legal assistant for Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates.[11] From 1995 to 1999, he was an associate with the same law firm.[11] In 1999, he served as Manager for Business Development and later Corporate Counsel for Electronics for Imaging.[11] From 1999 to 2012, he served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary at Yahoo!.[11] From 2012 to 2014, he served as Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary at Auction.com LLC.[11] From 2014 to 2018, he was the general counsel of LinkedIn.[11][12] Since 2017, he has served on the board of FiscalNote.[11] Since 2018, he has been an advisor for Ledger and is a Professor of the Practice of Law and Executive Director of the Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford Law School.[11][13]
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