LATERAL LINK

DIANA RUBIN

Diana Rubin is a Director of the In-House Practice in the Washington, D.C. office of Lateral Link, focusing on placing General Counsels, senior in-house counsel and compliance officers with corporations, nonprofits and universities. She brings over 25 years of top tier law firm, Capitol Hill, lobbying and public affairs experience to executive recruiting. Before joining Lateral Link, she worked for another global search firm recruiting in-house attorneys for Fortune 500 and smaller companies as well as academic institutions and nonprofits. Her clients have included General Dynamics, the Volkswagen Group of America, HMSHost, WR Grace & Co., Steben & Co., Algeco Scotsman, the Universal Service Administrative Company, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), both in Saudi Arabia.

Diana began her career as a litigation associate with Hale & Dorr (now WilmerHale), then moved to Washington, D.C. to work on Capitol Hill for Representative Barbara Kennelly and Senator Frank Lautenberg. She was a lobbyist with Downey, McGrath and a Vice President of Public Affairs and Health and Social Media for Porter Novelli before joining Lateral Link.

She is skilled at discovering and understanding the professional requirements, needs, objectives, and philosophies of both her clients and attorney candidates. To do so, she draws on her unique combination of law firm, political and public affairs experience, as well as her background in psychology. Her goal is to help her clients find the best possible candidate for the position and the organization and to help attorneys find the most satisfying position for their particular mix of talents, experience and aspirations.

Diana serves on the Advisory Board to the DC Volunteer Lawyers Project, a nonprofit group that recruits, trains and supports volunteer attorneys to meet the civil legal needs of indigent women and families in D.C., specifically in the areas of domestic violence, adoption, guardian ad litem and foster care. Sheis also a member of the DC Metro Education Committee of 100 Women in Hedge Funds and is active with the Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia.

Diana is a graduate of Boston University Law School and a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College.

"Diana has great market knowledge. She was able to balance my interests as a candidate with the interests of the employer that was looking to fill an important role with the right candidate. She guided me through the interview process and was great to work with - in the process, she became a friend as well as a business contact. I respect her and know that she has the best interests of both candidates and employers in mind when she takes on a search. This is a rare and valuable thing in recruiters. I would definitely hire her if I had an opening to fill in my own department." - John Grady, General Counsel of Steben & Company, Inc.

"I was very impressed with the search Diana that conducted to find a General Counsel for Steben & Company. She had the skill and instinct to understand what I needed and who would fit into our culture. She zeroed in quickly on high quality candidates, and we are very pleased with the General Counsel that we ultimately hired through her efforts. I would recommend her for an attorney search without reservation." - Ken Steban, CEO of Steben & Company, Inc.