GeneralCounselWest is the name of Joseph (Joe) Schohl's boutique corporate law practice that is focused on providing emerging and fast-growing companies with strategic legal advice to help them grow. Our mission is to provide these companies with access to sophisticated legal counsel at a level traditionally reserved for much larger companies, without having to hire a full-time general counsel.

Joseph Schohl's bio:

Joe is the former General Counsel of a Fortune 500 company and he combines his experience as a senior business executive with over fifteen years of practice as a corporate attorney, serving both in-house and at two of the world's premier law firms. Joe earned his MBA degree from Kellogg Graduate School of Management and finished first in his class while employed as a business unit general counsel for a large, multinational company.  He became the general counsel of DaVita Inc., a Fortune 500 health care services company, supervising a legal department of 65 people (18 attorneys) and over 100 outside attorneys, all before reaching the age of 40.  During Joe's four and a half year tenure as DaVita's chief legal officer the company more than doubled in size, achieving revenues of nearly $6 billion and employing over 30,000 people.

Business Experience

• Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, DaVita Inc.
• Corporate Counsel, Baxter Healthcare

• Sidley Austin LLP
• Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP

• Kellogg Graduate School of Management - MBA, with highest honors
• Columbia University - JD, Harlan Fiske Stone scholar
• University of Illinois - BA, Phi Beta Kappa