Partner

Phyllis has broad domestic and international legal experience as Vice President and General Counsel of J.M. Huber Corporation, and in three major GE business groups: GE Power Systems, GE Capital and GE Plastics.  She has experience in transactional, commercial, regulatory, management-administrative and training.  She hired, trained, organized and led legal and support staffs in increasingly larger businesses in both companies.  She was a member of the Huber Management Council, which developed corporate strategy and set broad policy for the company.

All of her assignments have provided a variety of challenges. In all cases her approach has been the same: to partner with the business people in achieving the company’s goals, and determine the initiatives the legal operation must take in order to provide optimal legal services to meet the specific needs of each business.  Phyllis established a climate of trust, cooperation and teamwork; managers and executives came to view the legal department as a valued partner in achieving business goals.

Education

Albany Law School, 1980, J.D. , cum laude

Awards and Honors

Justinian Society, Law Review

Activities

Transparency International-USA., Member

Led task force for web-based anti-corruption compliance toolkit for Small and Medium Size Enterprises

Panel: Private Company Compliance with Sarbanes Oxley, December 2004

Articles And Presentations

“Compliance by Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs).” Fighting Corruption A Corporate Practices Manual.  Ed. François Vincke and Fritz Heinman.  France:  ICC Publishing S.A., 2003.  179-86.

Comment, Variance Law in New York: An Examination and Proposal, 44 Albnay L. Review, 781-817 (July 1980)

Past Employment Positions

GE Power Systems 1980 – 1986,
Corporate Development Program, Attorney
Domestic Apparatus and Engineering Services Operation, Attorney
Co-generation Applications Department, Counsel

GE Power Funding Corporation, GE Capital 1986 – 1987
Vice President and General Counsel

GE Power Systems 1987 – 1990
Counsel

GE Silicones 1990 – 1992
Senior Counsel

GE Plastics Europe 1992 – 1996
Senior  Counsel

J.M. Huber Corporation 1996- 2006
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Practice Areas

• Business and Real Estate

Bar Admissions

New York State

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York