Patterson Companies Names Les B. Korsh General Counsel
August 10 2015 - 10:15AM
Business Wire
Patterson Companies, Inc. (Nasdaq: PDCO) announced today that
Les B. Korsh has been promoted to vice president, general counsel
and secretary of Patterson Companies, Inc., a value-added
distributor serving the dental, production and companion animal
health and rehabilitation supply markets. Korsh has over 20 years
of combined law firm and in-house experience.
According to Scott P. Anderson, chairman and chief executive
officer of Patterson Companies, “Les is eminently qualified to take
on this important position at Patterson. His strong legal
background has made him a trusted advocate and advisor to all of
our teams. Most recently, he played a pivotal role in helping
navigate the combination of business transactions that will
transform Patterson long-term. We’re looking forward to seeing him
hit the ground running in his new role.”
Korsh has served as Patterson Companies’ associate general
counsel since 2014, and during that time, he has been a key driver
of business results at Patterson. He brings a diverse background
including negotiation and management of complex commercial
transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and product development.
His strengths include legal and business analysis, managing
concurrent projects, communication, risk assessment and mitigation,
and product development support.
Prior to his Patterson roles, Korsh held positions as vice
president and associate general counsel for MoneyGram
International, Inc., a publicly traded global money transfer
company, and was a principal in the law firm of Gray Plant Mooty,
P.A. Korsh received his Bachelor’s degree in political science from
the University of Minnesota and his juris doctorate from William
Mitchell College of Law.
About Patterson Companies, Inc.Patterson Companies, Inc.
is a value-added distributor serving the dental, animal health and
rehabilitation supply markets.
Dental MarketAs Patterson’s largest business, Patterson
Dental provides a virtually complete range of consumable dental
products, equipment and software, turnkey digital solutions and
value-added services to dentists and dental laboratories throughout
North America.
Animal Health MarketPatterson Animal Health, formerly
Patterson Veterinary, is a leading, full-line distributor in North
America and the U.K. of animal health products, services and
technologies to both the production-animal and companion-pet
markets.
Rehabilitation MarketPatterson Medical is the world's
leading distributor of rehabilitation supplies and non-wheelchair
assistive patient products to the physical and occupational therapy
markets. The unit's global customer base includes hospitals,
long-term care facilities, clinics and dealers.
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