Executive Coach
Former SVP, General Counsel, Chief Risk Officer and Secretary Continental Resources
“Our sole goal was to provide world class service and figure out a way to achieve the objective.”
Eric Eissenstat
Experience
For more than 30 years, Eric was the lawyer Continental Resources called when a problem needed fixing, first as outside trial counsel and then inside the C-suite as general counsel. He advised a public company's board through a change at the top, served as its first chief risk officer, and has taken bet-the-company cases to successful verdicts. He sets high expectations, stretches people, and believes in a culture of Why and that an individual's family and health are paramount.
Eric has spent his career in law and the energy industry. He practiced for 27 years as a trial lawyer, then spent more than a decade as general counsel and chief risk officer of Continental Resources, an oil and gas company then listed on the NYSE. He now practices at Phillips Murrah.
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Director, Executive Committee Member and Shareholder, Fellers Snider
Board service: Downtown OKC (Chair), YMCA of Metro Oklahoma City, Oklahoma State University Foundation, United Way of Central Oklahoma, Skyline Urban Ministry, and Oklahoma Access to Justice Foundation.
I think my work with Lawyers for Children was really important. Connecting with clients and making a meaningful difference in their careers, businesses and personal lives is most rewarding. And helping myself and others to find out how capable one can be. Serve, excel and lead is a worthy motto.
Get out there and take risks. You don't always have to play it safe. Have the courage to fail.
We're all gonna leave a mark, and so I want to try and leave mine a little bit better.
Tell us about the leader and the situation. If Eric is not the fit, one of the other coaches will be.