What is FLEX?

FLEX Role

After many years of working extensively with Fenwick as a consultant, Linda is now responsible for managing the strategy and operations for FLEX. Managing FLEX gives her lots of opportunities to draw on her expertise teaching negotiation at Harvard and Stanford Law Schools.

Pre-FLEX

Linda is the founder of Align Consulting, providing executive education, consulting and mediation services for domestic and international clients in law, technology, banking, energy, healthcare and government. She also served as an advisor to entrepreneurs at a Silicon Valley startup incubator and as a member of Golden Seeds, an early-stage investment firm. She previously practiced law with an entertainment law firm in Los Angeles and with the U.S. Postal Service as an employment and Alternative Dispute Resolution attorney. Prior to private practice, she was an officer in the U.S. Air Force and on the faculty of the Air Force Academy.

Education

Linda has a B.S. in Molecular Biology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

FLEX Role

Naomi supports emerging, private and public companies with providing quality legal counsel and managing client relationships.

Pre-FLEX

Prior to FLEX, Naomi practiced criminal defense and business law with a boutique law firm in San Francisco.

Education

Naomi is a graduate of UC Berkeley and UC Hastings College of the Law.

FLEX Role

Jocelyn supports emerging, private and public companies with providing quality legal counsel and managing client relationships.

Pre-FLEX

Prior to FLEX, Jocelyn led a team of recruiters for a large staffing agency. She started her career as a litigator, but traded legal briefs for attorney biographies when she found herself job hunting for colleagues and enjoying it more.

Education

Jocelyn is a graduate of San Diego State University and Seattle University School of Law.

FLEX Role

Amrish matches emerging, private and public companies with top quality FLEX attorneys, managing both the client relationships and the attorney hiring process.

Pre-Flex

Prior to joining the FLEX team, Amrish was a legal recruiter for two NYC-based agencies, where he focused on providing attorneys to law firms and corporate legal departments for interim legal expertise needs. Before making the career switch to recruiting, Amrish practiced commercial and white collar defense litigation at two Am Law 200 firms.

Education

Amrish received a B.A. in Government & Politics from the University of Maryland – College Park and his J.D. from the William and Mary School of Law, where he was a member of the Law Review.

FLEX Role

Jenny matches emerging, private and public companies with top quality FLEX attorneys, managing both the client relationships and the attorney hiring process.

Pre-Flex

After graduating from law school, Jenny started her legal career as a litigator at Bingham McCutchen, LLP. It was there that Jenny discovered her love for the technology sector, which led to roles at Google on both the antitrust team and as a product counsel. While she loved the challenge of transitioning ad tech to a cookie-less world, Jenny realized she loved helping her friends work through which startup to join even more. This passion for aiding successful career transitions led Jenny to join the FLEX by Fenwick team.

Education

Jenny received a B.A. from UNC Chapel Hill and a J.D. from NYU School of Law.

FLEX Role

Jene is an Operations Coordinator for FLEX where she provides general administrative support to the FLEX team including client development and attorney recruiting.

Pre-FLEX

Prior to joining FLEX, Jene served as an Operations Analyst for Seabury Consulting (now part of Accenture), in New York and San Francisco, where she spearheaded procurement programs with vendors, managed budgets, and prepared financial reports for senior management.

Education

Jene is an alumna of LIM College, New York.

FLEX Role

Jen manages FLEX finances, including client invoicing and payment collections, as well as HR onboarding and payroll for FLEX Attorneys.

Pre-FLEX

Prior to joining FLEX, Jen began her professional career as an auditor with Ernst & Young. She worked in Fenwick & West’s Finance Department, where she was introduced to the FLEX team and assisted with invoicing. As FLEX grew, the team asked Jen to join them and manage FLEX finances.

Education

Jen received her B.S. in Business Administration, Accountancy Option, from California State University, Fresno.

Sarah provides support to our Client Development Managers by organizing client files, drafting agreements and circulating documents for signature. Prior to joining FLEX, Sarah supported Patent and Trademark attorneys at a boutique law firm in downtown Seattle. Sarah received her B.A. in Sociology at the University of Texas at Austin.