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In-House Counsel

Jun. 5, 2014

Stephen E. Kim

Diamond Foods Inc. San Francisco Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer


Serving as legal counsel to a major corporation is never easy under the best of circumstances.


For Kim, shepherding Diamond Foods Inc. through its recent woes proved to be the hardest experience of his career, he said, but "also fascinating."


Among its troubles were allegations that the San Francisco-based snack foods company concocted an accounting scheme to boost earnings reports. An independent audit committee concluded a restatement was ne...

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