The RILA Chief Legal Officer Committee addresses the broad array of legal, operational, and policy challenges that retail companies face.
RILA's Chief Legal Officer (CLO) Committee convenes the top lawyer or legal pyramid head of each of RILA’s retail member companies. CLOs have a wide range of responsibilities within their companies that begin with their organization’s legal and litigation needs but include direct counsel to the CEO and the company’s board of directors and often additionally include responsibility for functions such as compliance, risk, government relations, privacy, security, asset protection, and many other areas.
The Chief Legal Officer Committee provides an opportunity for the top legal executives of the retail industry to learn from one another and benchmark at the executive level on strategic issues. The CLO Committee’s activities include two in-person meetings each year, an annual survey of retail legal department structures, periodic benchmarking surveys, and conference calls as needed.
RILA members have full access to past meeting presentations, reports, and benchmarking results.
For more information on RILA's Chief Legal Officer Committee, please contact Monica Welt, General Counsel and Senior Executive Vice President of RILA, at monica.welt@rila.org.
The RILA Chief Legal Officer Committee addresses the broad array of legal, operational, and policy challenges that retail companies face and provides RILA with advice and direction on strategies to assist retailers in meeting these challenges. The lawyer serving as the chief legal officer for each RILA retail member is invited to join the committee.
RILA staff guide the committee’s work, coordinating priorities and supporting collaboration to advance key initiatives for the retail industry. Members can contact the staff leads for questions, access to member-only resources, or information about how to participate in the committee’s work.
