Ethan White

Head of Legal Operations at AMD

San Jose, California, United States

About

I'm a legal operations expert with experience in both large in-house legal departments and AmLaw100 law firms. Over the last 12+ years, I've run legal operations teams, outside counsel management programs, pricing initiatives and legal project management efforts. Currently, I'm the head of legal operations at AMD. Skills: Legal Operations, Legal Technology, Contracts, Outside Counsel Management, Program Management, Forecasting, Budgeting, Negotiation, Legal Project Management, eBilling, Data Analytics, RFP Strategy, Convergence and Pricing Strategy

Experience

  • Head of Legal Operations at AMD
    Nov 2024 - Present · 1 yr 8 mos

  • PayPal (San Francisco Bay Area)
    • Senior Manager, Legal Operations
      May 2022 - Nov 2024 · 2 yrs 7 mos

      Lead PayPal's outside counsel management and eBilling program. Partner with legal leadership to optimize law firm spend, drive process improvement, and empower in-house team. Oversee entire outside counsel management lifecycle, including negotiation, onboarding, budgeting, forecasting, roster management, and invoicing.

    • Manager of Outside Counsel Management and Legal Operations
      Oct 2017 - May 2022 · 4 yrs 8 mos

  • Crowell & Moring LLP (4 yrs 4 mos)
    • Senior Manager of Pricing & LPM
      Aug 2016 - Oct 2017 · 1 yr 3 mos

      Managed pricing and legal project management efforts including the development and implementation of pricing strategies, value-based billing, profitability analysis, data reporting and project management. Worked with partners and law firm clients on pricing negotiations and general relationship management. Led knowledge management efforts to better utilize historical data to inform pricing and project management efforts.

    • Manager of Client Services & Pricing
      Jan 2016 - Aug 2016 · 8 mos

    • Client Services & Pricing Lead Analyst
      Oct 2014 - Dec 2015 · 1 yr 3 mos