Eric Reicin Appointed Vice President and General Counsel at MorganFranklin Consulting
McLean, Virginia (PRWEB) December 19, 2013 -- MorganFranklin Consulting, a leading business consulting and technology solutions company based in McLean, Va., and London, today announced that Eric Reicin has been appointed Vice President and General Counsel for the international consulting firm. Reicin will serve as Chief Legal Officer for MorganFranklin Corporation and lead the creation of a litigation/dispute/regulatory resolution consulting practice. He will fulfill multiple internal and external roles, assuming responsibility for the Contracts department, absorbing legal duties that were previously outsourced, and externally growing a new revenue-producing solution.
“As we continue to focus internally and externally for greater growth and success, I am delighted to enhance MorganFranklin’s executive team by welcoming Eric Reicin as Vice President and General Counsel,” said C.E. Andrews, CEO of MorganFranklin Consulting. “In addition to strengthening our in-house capabilities, I believe in the growth opportunities within the litigation/dispute/regulatory resolution consulting arena, and Eric brings the expertise, experience, and relationships that will be critical to building this new practice.”
Reicin comes to MorganFranklin from Sallie Mae, one of the country’s largest lenders, where he most recently served as Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel. He spent the past 14 years working in senior legal roles at Sallie Mae, partnering with the executive business team. Reicin gained valuable expertise providing strategic and operational legal advice to the company and several subsidiaries. He led a team of attorneys and professionals based in six cities and also led the bankruptcy litigation operations group. As Deputy General Counsel, Reicin served as the company's chief litigation, labor and employment, collections, government contracts, and intellectual property attorney. As leader of the legal risk mitigation group, he was also responsible for managing legal support to several subsidiaries, the Board of Directors Audit Committee, and the Sallie Mae Political Action Committee (PAC), and he provided secondary legal support to other subsidiaries, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and board governance.
Reicin is active in the legal community and has worked closely with in-house counsel at Fortune 500 companies nationwide. He currently serves on the international board of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), which has a presence in 80 countries. Reicin previously served as president of the Washington Metropolitan Area Corporate Counsel Association (WMACCA), the largest regional in-house bar association. He currently serves on the advisory boards of the Georgetown University Law Center Corporate Counsel Institute and the American Employment Law Council (AELC). Reicin is the management chair of the American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law EEO Committee, and he recently served on the faculty of the Virginia State Bar Professionalism Course.
Earlier in his career, Reicin was a litigator at law firms in Washington, D.C., and Chicago. He received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and his Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and political science from the University of Michigan.
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About MorganFranklin Consulting
MorganFranklin Consulting is an international services firm that delivers business consulting and technology solutions to public companies, fast-growing private companies, and government clients. Since 1998, MorganFranklin professionals have provided business operations, financial advisory, and IT consulting expertise and assistance across a wide range of industries. The firm’s solutions focus on helping clients develop and implement strategies and plans to manage growth, achieve compliance, and transform business operations. MorganFranklin has offices in Washington, D.C., and London, and has supported clients in North and South America, Europe, and Asia.
MorganFranklin was named to Consulting magazine’s 2012 “Best Firms to Work For” list and made the 2013 Inc. 500|5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America. Third-party customer satisfaction surveys highlight the company’s reputation for being hands-on, flexible, and skilled at bringing diverse groups together to complete projects on time and within budget. To learn more about the company visit http://www.morganfranklin.com.
MorganFranklin Consulting is the brand name referring to the global organization of MorganFranklin Corporation and MorganFranklin Limited, a UK subsidiary serving as the EMEA headquarters of MorganFranklin Corporation.
Melinda Holler, MorganFranklin Consulting, http://www.morganfranklin.com, 703.564.7525, [email protected]
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