Carol Mauch Amir Associate Senior Vice President General Counsel and Secretary of the University

Carol Mauch Amir was elected secretary of the university in October 2006 and named general counsel by the USC Board of Trustees in March 2008. As general counsel, Amir is responsible for overseeing all legal matters for the university, which include advising the university’s president, board of trustees and senior administrators regarding legal issues; supervising university attorneys and general counsel’s office staff; representing USC in legal proceedings and negotiations; overseeing litigation management, corporate transactions, and university grievance and complaint processes; and assessing legal risks of university activities and making policy recommendations to reduce legal risks. She oversees the provision of legal services on tax issues, personnel matters, corporate formalities and conflicts of interest, healthcare regulatory issues, intellectual property matters, research issues and corporate compliance programs. She is also responsible for supervision of the university's office of trademarks and licensing services. As secretary of the university, she is responsible for maintaining all corporate records and monitoring corporate filings of USC and its numerous subsidiaries.

Amir joined the university as a university counsel in 1999, before becoming associate general counsel in 2001 and managing general counsel in 2005. From 1994 to 1999, she was an associate at the law firm of Latham & Watkins, specializing in healthcare-related corporate transactions.

Amir earned a B.A. in psychology from Wesleyan University in 1990, and graduated cum laude from New York University School of Law in 1994.