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Aug. 12, 2013

Kathleen Philips

Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel

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SAN FRANCISCO - In 2000, after spending two years as an attorney at Cooley LLP, Kathleen Philips was approached about a general counsel position by one of the firm's clients, then an emerging travel accommodations website named Hotwire Inc.

"They kept saying that 'you should come be our general counsel,' and I kept explaining that I was not a corporate lawyer. I didn't know the first thing about being a general counsel. But they finally persuaded me... (continued)

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