Global law firm Rimon PC appoints T.J. Henry in newly created Chief Legal Officer role to serve as General Counsel to the firm

New Orleans, LA – Rimon, consistently recognized for its innovation and teamwork throughout its 46 offices, is pleased to announce the appointment of Timothy J. (T.J.) Henry as Chief Legal Officer. Mr. Henry will be based out of the firm’s New Orleans office.

Mr. Henry joins Rimon from alternative legal services provider, Sterlington, PLLC, where he was Corporate Counsel and the VP of Operations and Business Development.

Mr. Henry has spent his career working in legal, financial, and operational capacities, building and leading teams in law and private equity firms. Mr. Henry maintains a passion for helping businesses and clients maximize revenue through practical and commercial legal representation as well as through refined strategy, operations, and M&A activity. He is deeply experienced in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, and other complex transactional and contractual matters for private equity firms and their portfolio companies as well as startups and other private entities. He also has extensive experience in the sports law industry having worked with sports agents and NFL and NBA teams, and has served as General Counsel, CFO and COO for many clients.

“We are very pleased to welcome T.J. to the firm in the newly created role of Chief Legal Officer,” said Michael Moradzadeh, CEO and Founding Partner of Rimon. “With our rapidly growing headcount, a testament to the success of our innovative legal model, we have developed a need for a dedicated Chief Legal Officer in-house. T.J. has an impressive background in business and law and we are excited for the future.”

“I am thrilled and honored to be joining the Rimon team,” said Mr. Henry on his move to Rimon. “The legal industry continues to undergo fundamental shifts in the way it operates and approaches challenges – and Rimon has been leading that shift from the front for years. I’m excited to help Rimon scale intelligently and with purpose in the coming years, while serving as a guardian and steward for the quality of attorneys we work with and the caliber of clients we work for.”

Mr. Henry graduated from Tulane University (J.D., Sports Law, MBA – Finance, and B.S. – Management – Finance and Business Law.)

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Rimon has 46 offices across five continents. The firm is widely known as being at the vanguard of legal innovation. The firm has been repeatedly recognized by the Financial Times as one of North America’s most innovative law firms. The firm’s Managing Partners were both named ‘Legal Rebels’ by the American Bar Association’s ABA Journal and have spoken on innovations in the practice of law at Harvard and Stanford Law Schools. Rimon and its lawyers have also received numerous awards for excellence, including from Best Lawyers and Chambers.