April Boise

Executive VP, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary, Intel

Search every verified April Boise interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. April Miller Boise, Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and Corporate Secretary at Intel, discussed her career trajectory and views on the legal industry in recent podcast appearances. In a March 2025 episode of The Lawyer Stories podcast, she recounted her path from growing up in the Detroit area and interning with Saturn and General Motors' legal staff, to working in manufacturing before earning her JD, practicing M&A law in Missouri and on Wall Street, and later becoming managing partner at Thompson Hine before joining Intel. She described Intel as the only company globally that researches, designs, and manufactures leading-node logic chips, and noted the company is undergoing a significant transformation focused on long-term competitiveness. In an August 2026 episode of the Technically Legal podcast, Boise reflected on her four years at Intel during a period of strategic and cultural change, working closely with former CEO Pat Gelsinger and later with Lip Bu Tan. She commented on the shifting dynamics between in-house legal departments and outside counsel, saying the pace of legal services has changed and that in-house lawyers sometimes find external firms too slow. She also discussed the impact of artificial intelligence on the legal profession, observing that some law firms are embracing AI to rethink their business models while others dismiss its relevance, and predicted that more legal work will be done by non-lawyer knowledge workers supported by technology. She offered advice to junior lawyers on building long-term expertise and trusted relationships in an AI-driven environment.