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Jeffrey Compangano

General Counsel and Vice President at Word & Brown Companies

Jeffrey Compangano is the general counsel and vice president for the Word & Brown Companies, a leading California provider in health insurance and benefits administration products. Compangano manages all legal matters for his organization’s corporate divisions, including complex contract negotiations, intellectual property, and mergers and acquisitions. He served on the board of the ACC Southern California Chapter from 2010 to 2016 and still remains active by participating on numerous committees and as a co-creator and co-chair of the chapter’s newly formed attorney well-being committee.

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Say Yes to Well-being: How Daily Incremental Changes Can Transform our Lives

And although our busy lives may often get in the way, the basic truth is that to be a good lawyer, you must be a healthy lawyer. There is simply no way around this. There may be temporary fixes to your stress, but the only way to have a healthy long-lasting career is to be making healthy choices every day.
Top of the World Hike in Aliso Viejo and Laguna Beach, California, sponsored by the ACC Southern California Well-being Committee and one of its chapter sponsors, Shook Hardy Bacon.
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Mindful Inspiration: How to Start a Well-being Movement for Your ACC Chapter

In early 2019, two attorneys in the ACC Southern California Chapter, Jill Kalliomaa and Jeff Compangano — both passionate about health and wellness — became inspired to create an attorney well-being focus for their chapter. A few months later, their chapter formally launched the Attorney Well-being Committee to help its members find healthy ways to manage the stress inherent in the fast-paced in-house law practice.