With more than 900 lawyers across 18 offices, Seyfarth Shaw LLP provides advisory, litigation, and transactional legal services to clients worldwide. Our high-caliber legal representation and advanced delivery capabilities allow us to take on our clients’ unique challenges and opportunities-no matter the scale or complexity. Whether navigating complex litigation, negotiating transformational deals, or advising on cross-border projects, our attorneys achieve exceptional legal outcomes. Our drive for excellence leads us to seek out better ways to work with our clients and each other. We have been first-to-market on many legal service delivery innovations-and we continue to break new ground with our clients every day. This long history of excellence and innovation has created a culture with a sense of purpose and belonging for all. In turn, our culture drives our commitment to the growth of our clients, the diversity of our people, and the resilience of our workforce.
David Johnson is a lawyer, teacher, and writer. His fascinating career path has taken him from Miami courtrooms in the '80s to general counsel...
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David Johnson is a lawyer, teacher, and writer. His fascinating
career path has taken him from Miami courtrooms in the '80s to
general counsel roles for Silicon Valley tech startups in the
'90s, and now teaching and research posts at Stanford Law
School and the Stanford Institute of Design—known as the
"d.school." His work in design began as GC and COO for a
consultancy that was applying design thinking for business advice.
This eventually led to his d.school class, Negotiation by Design.
Today, he is applying design thinking learnings, not just to the
wicked problems facing legal, but to the even bigger problems
facing climate change in his new book,Climate Activism by
Design, which brings design thinking to citizen activists
responding to the climate change crisis. His most recent article,
"Design for Legal Systems," was published by the
Singapore Academy of Law.
Listen in to today's conversation to learn more about how
design thinking can help with the development and improvement of
human systems, how it can help lawyers think more collaboratively,
and how it can move us from the feeling of individual powerlessness
to collaborative power to solve massive problems such as climate
change.
With more than 900 lawyers across 18 offices, Seyfarth Shaw LLP provides advisory, litigation, and transactional legal services to clients worldwide. Our high-caliber legal representation and advanced delivery capabilities allow us to take on our clients’ unique challenges and opportunities-no matter the scale or complexity. Whether navigating complex litigation, negotiating transformational deals, or advising on cross-border projects, our attorneys achieve exceptional legal outcomes. Our drive for excellence leads us to seek out better ways to work with our clients and each other. We have been first-to-market on many legal service delivery innovations-and we continue to break new ground with our clients every day. This long history of excellence and innovation has created a culture with a sense of purpose and belonging for all. In turn, our culture drives our commitment to the growth of our clients, the diversity of our people, and the resilience of our workforce.