Meredith Ritchie

About Meredith Ritchie

Legal executive, business partner and corporate recording secretary of a digital, highly…

Experience

1. Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Ethics & Governmental Affairs Officer

   Alliant Credit Union

   Aug 2007 — Present

   Meredith leads the Legal Department, the Ethics Program and is a member of the Senior Leadership Team. Speaker: Inside Counsel SuperConference,\"The Dual Role of GC and Chief Compliance Officer\", Chicago, 5/14 (panel) Speaker: Corporate Counsel & Compliance Exchange,\"How the Role of General Counsel is Evolving and Adding Value to Today\'s Enterprise\", Palm Springs, 2/14 Speaker: Coalition of Women\'s Initiatives in Law, Strategic Planning for In-house Counsel, Chicago, 1/13; GC Forum, Chicago, 6/13 (panel) Speaker: CUNA Attorneys\' Conference, Cyber Liability, Scottsdale, 9/12 Speaker: American Bar Association, Business Law Section, Social Media Panel, Las Vegas, 3/12 Speaker, FSO Knowledge Xchange, Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance in Financial Services,\"Executives Perspective: The Bottom Line: The Impact of Regulations on the Banking and Mortgage Industry\"(Panel Discussion), NY, NY, 3/12 Speaker: Coalition of Women\'s Initiatives in Law, Corporate Counsel Panel. 11/11, Chicago Speaker: IQPC Financial Services Compliance Summit -\"The Evolving Role and Ethical Responsibility of Compliance Officers in a Time of Change\". 5/11, NY, NY Speaker: CUNATechnology Conference – “The Top Ten Things You Need to Know about Vendor Management and Contracts”. 9/10, Las Vegas Speaker: American Bar Association Annual Meeting, Business Law Section, Consumer Finance – “The Care and Feeding of your In-house Counsel”. 8/10, San Francisco (panel discussion) Speaker: Counsel On Call\'s CLE –\"Restructuring Your Law Practice for a Changing Economy.\" Individual perspectives on market trends, changes in work distribution, and creative ways attorneys can compete for and keep business. 5/09, Chicago (panel discussion) Speaker: LexisNexis Women in the Legal Profession Summit: Rainmaking, Negotiating and Collaborative Development. 4/08, Chicago (Corporate Counsel Roundtable – panel discussion)

Education

• Hamilton College

  BA, Comparative Literature

  1982 — 1986

• Sorbonne

  Certificat de langue et civilisation françaises

  1984 — 1984

• Sciences Po

  Political Science and Government

  1984 — 1985

• DePaul University College of Law

  JD, Law

  1987 — 1991

Skills

• Compliance
• Courts
• Mergers
• Risk Management
• Litigation
• Intellectual Property
• Corporate Law
• Corporate Governance
• Privacy Law
• Civil Litigation
• Mergers
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Commercial Litigation
• Legal Writing
• Appeals
• Mediation
• Legal Research
• Legal Compliance
• Insurance