Steven A. Lauer is Corporate Counsel of Lumen Legal and Principal Value Consultant, Lumen Legal Consulting. Mr. Lauer works with corporate law departments and law firms to assist them to better align and synchronize the cost and value of legal service delivered to corporations and other business entities. Steve served as Corporate Counsel for Global Compliance Services in Charlotte, North Carolina for over two years. Previously, he served for over two years as Director of Integrity Research for Integrity Interactive Corporation, in which capacity he conducted research, wrote white papers and otherwise worked with clients and potential clients of the company on issues related to corporate ethics and compliance programs. He also spent over two years as Executive Vice President, Deputy Editor and Deputy Publisher of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, a monthly journal for in-house attorneys. He received a B.A. from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.