The Black General Counsel Project: Flowers Foods’ Stephanie Tillman

Since the start of her career, Stephanie Tillman, the chief legal counsel of packaged bakery foods company Flowers Foods, Inc.,said she has seen in-house practice transform from being just about law into something more.

“Merely knowing the law is just scratching the surface. Today, the goal is to be a valued business partner, fully integrated into the business’s operations so you may apply what you know to help your colleagues manage business risk daily,” said Tillman in a recent Bloomberg Law survey.

Black general counsel now make up over 5% of all general counsel in the Fortune 1000, ...