Kathy Zhu is the co-founder and CEO of Streamline AI, a Legal Process Management platform purpose-built for in-house legal teams to handle intelligent intake, workflow automation, collaboration, data/knowledge management, and reporting. Kathy was most recently Associate General Counsel at DoorDash, where she spent 4 years building a commercial legal and legal operations function from the ground up and supported the company’s growth from 4 billion to over 70 billion in valuation. Kathy started her career as a corporate lawyer at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, advising 30+ startups through venture financings, M&A, and IPOs. Following that, she spent 4 years at Medallia, a customer experience management software platform, where she was promoted to Director, Commercial Legal. In her free time, Kathy is a dedicated meditator, goldendoodle mom, and SCUBA enthusiast.
Penny Tehrani-Littrell – Managing Director & General Counsel, Accordion. A commercially minded in-house leader known for “thinking like an owner” and speaking the language of business growth.
Experienced Executive + Operator in investment banking, private equity, and cpg/beauty-wellness/retail. Passionate about luxury, beauty, wellness, fashion, retail, longevity, and digital innovation along with M&A + PE.
Strategic business partner and senior advisor to CEOs, division heads and board members (private and public companies). Agile and effective leader at innovation, talent + people strategy, organic and inorganic growth, as well as driving processes to enhance organizational culture, improve employee performance, deliver results, and support change across the global organization. Strengths in decisiveness and risk management while maintaining curiosity, vision and financial accountability. Effective leader, professional and self-starter with strategic skills, commercial mindset, and demonstrable results.
FREE LIVE CLE CREDIT IS ONLY AVAILABLE FOR IN-HOUSE COUNSEL (FRACTIONAL GCs, GOVERNMENT ATTORNEYS, & ALSP ATTORNEYS INCLUDED) AND SUBSCRIBERS TO IN-HOUSE CONNECT ON-DEMAND.
IF YOU ARE A LAW FIRM ATTORNEY YOU ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND OUR LIVE EVENTS BUT UNLESS YOU ARE SUBSCRIBED TO IHC ON-DEMAND, WE WILL NOT BE PROCESSING YOUR CLE REQUESTS.
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We do NOT provide CLE for: Mississippi or Arkansas.
This program is appropriate for newly admitted attorneys and experienced attorneys.
Translating Legal Wins into Business Value: A Playbook for In-House Counsel
Event Description
Is your legal team too often brought in at the eleventh hour—once ideas are fully baked or when a crisis is already unfolding? If you’ve heard your department described as a “black box,” “the department of no,” or “the department of slow,” you’re not alone. Too many in-house legal teams face a marketing problem that undermines their credibility, limits resources, and stalls career advancement.
This webinar will show you how to flip that script. Learn how to position yourself and your team as strategic business partners—not just problem-solvers—by highlighting the full scope of your value to the organization.
Join us on Tuesday, September 9 at 12pm ET as two powerhouse legal leaders share how they transformed the perception of legal from cost center to value creator:
- Penny Tehrani-Littrell – Managing Director & General Counsel, Accordion. A commercially minded in-house leader known for “thinking like an owner” and speaking the language of business growth.
- Kathy Zhu – Former AGC, Head of Commercial Legal at DoorDash. Kathy helped scale the company from 2,000 to 15,000 employees and co-founded Streamline AI to solve the biggest bottlenecks she faced during her 10+ years of practice.
Key Takeaways:
- Shift from “risk guardian” to “business owner” mindset.
- Use vocabulary that elevates legal from order-taker to strategic advisor.
- Understand how your personal brand impacts team resources and influence.
- Build trust and alignment with business partners.
- Become known for landing deals—not just reviewing them.
Don’t miss this opportunity to reframe how your organization perceives legal—and start being recognized as the team that drives growth.
There is NO COST to attend this program!
This program is FREE thanks to our gracious sponsor, Streamline AI – Shine a light into the legal black box! If you can’t make it to the live program, the recording will be available for viewing via our paid CLE library, In-House Connect On-Demand!
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