Michael Callahan

Professor of the Practice of Law & Executive Director of the Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance, Stanford Law School

Mike Callahan is the executive director of the Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance and Professor of the Practice of Law. In this role, Mike brings more than 20 years of corporate and general counsel experience to the Rock Center’s mission to advance the understanding and practice of corporate governance.

Before entering academia, Mike Callahan was senior vice president and general counsel at LinkedIn, where he had global responsibility for legal, regulatory and public policy matters, including corporate governance. Before that, he was executive vice president and chief legal officer at Ten-X and executive vice president and general counsel at Yahoo! Inc. Mr. Callahan has also held several board positions including on FiscalNote, Inc., the Georgetown Technology Alliance, Joint Venture Silicon Valley, and the Nasdaq Stock Market Listings and Hearings Review Council. Mike began his legal career as a mergers and acquisitions and corporate associate with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.

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Plenary Session: Anticipating and Recovering from a Corporate Crisis Location: Directors' College Pavilion, Canfield Courtyard Date: June 21, 2022 Time: 8:45 am - 9:55 am View session
Corporations and Politics Location: RM 280A, Classroom Building Date: June 20, 2022 Time: 11:15 am - 12:15 pm View session

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