EVP and General Counsel Sam DeSimone and his legal team are responsible for EarthLink's legal affairs, including corporate governance, SEC compliance, corporate transactions, contracts, policies, litigation, risk management, insurance and intellectual property.
Prior to joining EarthLink in 1998, Sam served as vice president of corporate development at Merix Corporation of Forest Grove, Oregon. He was previously a partner with Lane Powell Spears Lubersky of Portland and an associate attorney with Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault of Boston.
Sam earned his JD from New York University School of Law in 1984 and was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Amherst College in 1981. |