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Anne Marie Engel discusses the importance of accountability in the legal profession and her approach to helping businesses manage legal risks.

Anne Marie Engel is a lawyer, fractional general counsel, and self-described accountability architect. In this episode, Anne Marie shares how her 30-year legal career led her to rethink the role of lawyers in business, why accountability and fiduciary duty are being lost in the profession, and how she now helps companies prevent problems before they start. Lawyer Side Hustles Anne Marie’s current work as an accountability architect and fractional general counsel brings all of her experience together into one model. She works with businesses to audit their legal structures, build systems, and create processes that reduce risk while supporting growth. Instead of acting as a traditional outside lawyer, she steps in as a partner who helps leaders understand what their legal function should actually be doing. “I can come in and we’re going to map out your legal issues and we’re going to set the legal operations up in your business,” Anne Marie Engel expresses in Episode 242 of You Are a Lawyer. Her work focuses on structure, clarity, and accountability. She helps companies move away from reactive legal strategies and toward intentional systems that support their goals. It is less…

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Host: Kyla Denanyoh

Guest: Anne Marie Engel

Topics covered

• accountability
• fiduciary duty
• legal profession
• business law
• risk management
• legal operations

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