On Giving Advice: Maximizing Value for Your Client

Bryan Yeazel, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer (Former GC), Stock Building Supply Holdings, Inc.

The practice of law is a service. Yet few in-house lawyers are assessed on the quality of their service and fewer still actually inquire about it. After nearly a decade serving as the general counsel of a national building materials and service provider, I was asked to move into a chief operating officer role. During that process, I had an exhilarating learning curve in my new role but also questioned whether I would have been a more effective general counsel if I had spent more timing “walking in my client’s shoes” so that I could service them better.

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USA Management Construction October 2015 Vol. 9, No. 33, Autumn 2015

Bryan Yeazel

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Bryan Yeazel is the Executive Vice President & Chief Executive Officers of Stock Building Supply Holdings, Inc. and leads the company’s operating businesses and integrated supply chain including souricng, procurement, product management, fleet, logistics

Stock Building Supply Holdings, Inc.

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Stock Building Supply Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: STCK) is a a publicly traded distributor of building materials to professional home builders in the United States. Stock Building Supply has approximately 2,800 employees in multiple jurisdictions.

USA Management Construction October 2015 Vol. 9, No. 33, Autumn 2015