Our Story
Our Story
In 1975, Former SEC staff attorney and securities counsel Jesse Brill founded Executive Press when he published the first issue of The Corporate Counsel Newsletter. Since then, Brill has focused on providing practical guidance on legal issues involving corporate securities regulation, corporate governance, compensation standards and many other areas impacting today's corporate practitioner.
Executive Press, now known as CCRcorp, has since released multiple publications under a growing staff of experienced and trusted attorney-editors, such as The Corporate Executive Newsletter (first published in 1986), Romeo & Dye's Section 16 Forms & Filings Handbook (1991), Romeo & Dye's Section 16 Treatise (1994) and more before moving into the digital age. TheCorporateCounsel.net was the first of the EP publication websites to launch in 2000, followed shortly after by Section16.net, CompensationStandards.com and DealLawyers.com. In 2004, Executive Press hosted its first Annual Executive Compensation Conference and continues to host annual conferences to this day on relevant legal issues for practicing attorneys.
Jesse Brill always considered EP to not only stand for Executive Press, but also for “Ethics in Practice,” which is what his son Nathan Brill kept in mind when he stepped into the role of Chairperson of the Board for Executive Press. Since then, he made the decision to bring all the publications of Executive Press under the umbrella of a new brand—CCRcorp.
Now, CCRcorp proudly continues the practice of providing interpretive legal analysis and practical guidance for law firms, in-house counsels, executives and other professionals. Our experienced and trusted staff of industry-leading experts that serve as our attorney-editors continue to offer our customers useful, consistent and meaningful interpretation of the law.
Our Mission
Our mission is to turn expert knowledge and understanding of the law into valuable and practical guidance for seasoned professionals.
Who We Are
CCRcorp is a legal publishing company that provides practical guidance on legal issues involving corporate and securities regulation, corporate governance, compensation standards and many other areas impacting today's corporate practitioner.
What We Do
Our expert attorneys write treatises, handbooks, newsletters and blogs as well as offer webcasts and public speaking engagements that cover the most up-to-date, relevant information in these fields.
How We Do It
Our mission is simple. We are committed to providing practical and responsible guidance.
CCRcorp Editors
CCRcorp Editors
John Jenkins
Managing Editor
John Jenkins is Managing Editor of TheCorporateCounsel.net, CompensationStandards.com, DealLawyers.com and The Corporate Counsel and Deal Lawyers print newsletters. For over 35 years, he advised clients on capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate matters as a partner in the Cleveland office of Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP. He frequently writes and speaks about corporate and securities law, and previously served as an adjunct faculty member at The Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University, where he taught a course in mergers and acquisitions law for a decade.
Alan Dye
Senior Editor
Alan Dye is a partner with Hogan Lovells in the firm’s Washington, DC office. Alan’s practice is focused on advising public companies and their boards of directors regarding compliance with the federal securities laws, particularly SEC reporting requirements, annual meeting and proxy-related rules, executive compensation disclosure requirements, beneficial ownership reporting requirements, and insider trading restrictions. Alan also counsels public companies on corporate governance practices, proxy advisory firm policies, compliance with the listing standards of the national stock exchanges, and investor outreach and engagement. Alan is ranked in Band 1 nationwide for securities advisory work by Chambers USA and has been included in Best Lawyers (America) since 2006 and Who's Who Legal of International Corporate Governance Lawyers since 2009.
Liz Dunshee
Senior Editor
Liz Dunshee is a partner in Fredrikson & Byron's Minneapolis office. Liz is also a Senior Editor for TheCorporateCounsel.net, CompensationStandards.com and DealLawyers.com, as well as The Corporate Counsel, The Corporate Executive and Deal Lawyers print newsletters, and served as Managing Editor for three years until December 2022. Liz counsels public companies on investor communications and engagement, SEC and exchange-based disclosure requirements, listing standards, trading policies and plans, and employee compliance training, and co-chairs Fredrikson's public companies practice group. Liz is a Chapter Officer for the Twin Cities Chapter of the Society for Corporate Governance and co-chaired the American Bar Association's task force on director misconduct. During law school, she interned for the Honorable Randy Holland of the Delaware Supreme Court. Liz is a frequent author and speaker on securities and corporate law topics, with articles appearing in publications such as Business Law Today, The Corporate Board and The Corporate Governance Advisor. Liz can be reached at liz@thecorporatecounsel.net. You can also follow Liz on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Meredith Ervine
Senior Editor
Meredith Ervine is a Senior Editor of TheCorporateCounsel.net, CompensationStandards.com and DealLawyers.com. Most recently, Meredith was a partner at Honigman LLP, serving as co-chair of the Public Company, Securities and Governance practice where she counseled publicly traded and pre-IPO companies headquartered across the U.S. Meredith assisted clients on a wide-range of corporate matters, including financial reporting, proxy statements and annual meeting planning, corporate governance and policies, executive and director compensation and related disclosure, ESG reporting, transactional matters and securities offerings, stockholder outreach and investor relations. Meredith began her career in 2008 in the New York office of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP where she focused on public and private debt and equity offerings, liability management activities and M&A transactions. Meredith co-led a proxy statement project that received Corporate Secretary’s national Corporate Governance Award for Best Proxy Statement (small cap) in 2020 and another that was nominated for Best Proxy Statement (mid-cap) in 2022. Meredith was named a Best Lawyer in America (2023) in the areas of Corporate Governance Law and Securities/Capital Markets Law. She has BA in Economics and Environmental Policy from the University of Michigan and a JD from the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University.
Dave Lynn
Senior Editor
Dave Lynn is a partner in Goodwin's Capital Markets group and chair of the Public Company Advisory practice. Dave is also a Senior Editor of TheCorporateCounsel.net, CompensationStandards.com, and The Corporate Executive, and is the co-author of The Executive Compensation Disclosure Treatise and Reporting Guide. His practice is focused on advising a wide range of clients on SEC matters, securities transactions and corporate governance. Dave was the Chief Counsel of the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance from 2003 to 2007, where he led the rulemaking team that drafted sweeping revisions to the SEC's executive compensation and related party disclosure rules. Dave initially served on the SEC Staff from 1995-2000 as an Attorney-Advisor and subsequently a Special Counsel in the Division of Corporation Finance. While in private practice from 2000 to 2003, he advised clients on SEC investigations, securities transactions, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance. Dave also serves as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center, where he teaches a course on exempt securities offerings. Dave can be reached at dlynn@goodwinlaw.com. You can also follow Dave on LinkedIn.
Lawrence Heim
Editor, PracticalESG.com
Lawrence Heim has nearly 40 years of experience in ESG management, beginning as a legal assistant at Vinson & Elkins before moving into environmental consulting with ENSR Consulting & Engineering. At ENSR, he became a leading environmental compliance and management systems auditor, saving a major petroleum refinery $150 million in waste management costs with an innovative regulatory strategy. As an in-house environmental audit manager for Georgia-Pacific, he redesigned their audit program, which was later approved by the EPA and DOJ as part of a $120 million Clean Air Act settlement. Lawrence then helped create Marsh USA's Global Environmental Risk Consulting Practice, becoming their primary environmental regulatory expert. He later became a partner at Elm Consulting Group and founded Elm Sustainability Partners, where he gained international recognition for his work on conflict minerals and responsible mineral supply chain due diligence. He was selected as an expert panelist by the SEC for the conflict minerals rule and served on the Board of the Institute of Internal Auditors Environmental, Safety, and Health Audit Center. Most recently, at the Responsible Business Alliance/Responsible Minerals Initiative, he led significant due diligence standards development, including ESG standards for responsible mineral supply chains. Lawrence is the author of Killing Sustainability and a former Board Member of ASSET, the anti-slavery organization founded by Julia Ormond.
Ngozi Okeh
Editor
Ngozi Okeh is an experienced leader specializing in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) as strategic business processes. Currently, she is the Director of DEI at a leading marketing technology company, where she develops and executes enterprise-wide DEI initiatives through strategic planning, community partnerships, and leadership collaboration. Previously, at an independent mortgage bank, Ngozi significantly increased recruitment, engagement, and retention of underrepresented employees, resulting in over $10 million in increased production. As a consultant, she partners with organizations to create actionable DEI strategies, and she is a dynamic educator with extensive experience in developing training curricula. Ngozi holds a master’s degree in human resources management from Georgetown University and bachelor’s degrees in political science and philosophy from the University of California, San Diego. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling and running half marathons.
Zachary Barlow
Associate Editor
Zachary Barlow is a licensed attorney. He earned his JD from the University of Mississippi and has a bachelor’s in Public Policy Leadership. He practiced law at a mid-size firm and handled a wide variety of cases. During this time he assisted in overseeing compliance of a public entity and litigated contract disputes, gaining experience both in and outside of the courtroom. Zachary currently assists the PracticalESG.com editorial team by providing research and creating content on a spectrum of ESG topics, focusing on legal aspects of those issues.
Julie Gonzales
Associate Editor
Julie Gonzales is the Associate Editor for TheCorporateCounsel.net, CompensationStandards.com, DealLawyers.com and other CCRcorp resources. Prior to joining CCRcorp, Julie spent 16 years at a publicly traded company in the oil & gas services space, most recently as the Stock Plan Administrator, Corporate & Securities Paralegal and Assistant Corporate Secretary. Julie's career has included experience working closely with in-house and outside counsel on a variety of issues - including employment, litigation, securities and corporate governance matters.
Meaghan Nelson
Associate Editor
Meaghan Nelson is a Contributing Editor for TheCorporateCounsel.net, CompensationStandards.com and DealLawyers.com. Most recently, Meaghan was the General Counsel of SingleStore, Inc., a venture-backed start-up in the database industry, and prior to that, led the corporate legal function as Associate General Counsel at Veeva Systems Inc. (NYSE:VEEV), a life sciences technology company she took public as outside counsel in 2013. Before going in-house, Meaghan was an associate at Cravath Swaine & Moore in New York and Wilson Sonsini and Gunderson Dettmer in Silicon Valley. Throughout her practice, Meaghan has advised clients on a wide-range of corporate matters, including IPO preparedness, financial reporting, proxy statements and annual meeting planning, corporate governance and policies, executive and director compensation and related disclosure, equity compensation and administration, ESG reporting, transactional matters (M&A and venture capital fundraising) and securities offerings (IPOs and follow-on offerings), shareholder outreach and investor relations. Meaghan is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Idaho College of Law, where she'll be teaching a course on start-up law (covering legal issues from formation to fundraising to liquidity event). She has a BS in International Affairs from Georgia Tech and a JD from the University of Illinois College of Law.
OUR Leadership
OUR Leadership
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Mel Yarbrough
CEO
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