James Stern ā Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at A.O. SMITH CORPORATION
Executive Bio
Mr. James F. Stern, also known as Jim, has been an Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of AO Smith Corp. since June 1, 2007. Mr. Stern served as an Assistant Secretary of Sonic Foundry Inc. He served as a Partner at Foley & Lardner. Mr. Stern joined AO Smith Corp. after 15 years at Foley & Lardner LLP of Milwaukee where he served as a partner, providing legal services and advice for a wide range of public and private companies. His practice focused on acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and other business combinations; in addition, he provided outside counsel on general legal matters. As a member of Foley & Lardner, he was named to the Best Lawyers in America 2007 (R) list in the field of mergers and acquisitions law. Prior to joining Foley & Lardner, Mr. Stern served as an associate at Latham & Watkins LLP of Chicago, Ill., from 1989 to 1992. He served as a law clerk under Pasco M. Bowman, II, senior judge for the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in Kansas City, Mo. He has been a Director of Badger Meter Inc. since November 11, 2016. He serves on the board of the Fleck Foundation, a Milwaukee-based charitable organization that focuses on inner city schools and transitional housing and the Jesuit Partnership Council, a fund-raising organization for the Wisconsin Province of the Jesuits. Mr. Stern served as a Director at Jason Incorporated until November 2015. Mr. Stern served as an Independent Director of Jason Industries, Inc. from June 30, 2014 to November 12, 2015. Mr. Stern received his Bachelor's degree in 1985 from the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind., and earned his Law Degree in 1988 from the Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago.
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A.O. SMITH CORPORATION's Executive Team at a Glance
Based on 22 ratings, A.O. SMITH CORPORATION's employees are less satisfied with their Executive Team and give them a āDā or 55/100.
A.O. SMITH CORPORATION's Executive Team ranks in the Bottom 20% of other companies in Seattle and Bottom 20% of other companies on Comparably that also have 10,000+ Employees.
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