Michael J. Callahan

Michael John Callahan
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Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	Corporate executive, attorney

Michael John Callahan (born 1968) is a corporate executive and attorney from the United States.

Education

In the late 1980s, Callahan completed his studies in international affairs and Arab studies at the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. He obtained his law degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 1995.

Career

Between 1990 and 1992, Callahan served as the Freshman Lightweight Crew coach at Georgetown University while also working as a corporate legal assistant at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates. He progressed to the position of associate at Skadden from 1995 until 1999. In 1999, he began his tenure at Electronics for Imaging as Manager of Business Development before advancing to Corporate Counsel. His career continued at Yahoo!, where from 1999 to 2012 he held the titles of Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary. Subsequently, he assumed the role of Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and Secretary at Auction.com LLC until 2014. From 2014 through 2018, he acted as general counsel for LinkedIn. Since 2017, Callahan has been a board member at FiscalNote, and starting in 2018, he took on advisory responsibilities for Ledger as well as serving as Professor of the Practice of Law and Executive Director of the Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford Law School.