Clark Hill announced that longtime Executive Committee member and litigation practice leader Linda Watson has moved into the newly created chief growth officer position.
Watson is tasked with charting a path for sustainable revenue and profitability growth, attraction, and retention of outstanding professional talent, and advisement for technological enhancements.
“Clark Hill has experienced substantial growth in revenue, headcount and geographic footprint over the past several years,” says John Hensien, CEO of Clark Hill. “The development of the firm’s Chief Growth Officer role is a natural progression to sustain our financial stability and continue to grow efficiently.
“Linda has an outstanding reputation inside and outside the firm, together with proven ability to effectuate change, having successfully led multiple key firm initiatives. She is a strong mentor, an outstanding leader and a respected partner who also brings her deep institutional knowledge to the new chief growth officer role.”
Watson says, “Operationally, this really is a collaborative role that touches on every aspect of the firm. I look forward to using my institutional knowledge of Clark Hill, and the skill sets I’ve developed as a leader and strategic advisor, to make a material impact on the future of the firm as the CGO.”
Watson, who joined Clark Hill in 2007, previously co-led the firm’s Litigation Business Unit. She will continue to lead the firm’s Automotive and Manufacturing industry group. Watson also served multiple terms on the firm’s Executive Committee.
Watson earned her undergraduate degree at Oakland University and her JD at Michigan State University College of Law.
