National Women in Law 2018 awards dinner, held at the Renaissance Washington hotel in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 3, 2018.

Corporate Counsel and InsideCounsel are pleased to announce our honorees for our 2019 Women, Influence & Power in Law Awards (formerly known as the National Women in Law Awards). These awards honor general counsel, in-house leaders and law firm partners who have demonstrated a commitment to advancing the empowerment of women in law. These outstanding women are set to be recognized at an awards dinner Oct. 16 as part of our Women, Influence & Power in Law Conference in Washington, D.C.

With these awards, we want to spotlight North American women in-house and law firm leaders who have demonstrated extraordinary leadership and business acumen. These women are business strategists, complex problem-solvers, and of course, great lawyers. But what particularly makes these women stand out is their personal dedication to the promotion of diversity in the legal industry. These are women championing women!

Our WIPL awards recognize legal department leaders in the following industries: Banking & Finance; Insurance; Manufacturing & Chemicals; Technology, Media & Telecom; and Retail & Consumer Goods. We also are highlighting extraordinary leadership by recognizing female general counsel and law firm partners in the following categories: Innovative Leadership; Thought Leadership; Collaborative Leadership; Women's Legal Awards, General Counsel of the Year or Managing Partner of the Year; and Lifetime Achievement.

Profiles of the below honorees will run in the December issue of Corporate Counsel magazine. Congrats to all the amazing women on this list!

In-House Department Honorees

Banking & Finance Category

• Laurie Lee Nelson, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Autoscribe Corp.

• Kelly Mahon Tullier, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Visa

Insurance

• Lisa Murphy, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Cambia Health Solutions

Manufacturing & Chemicals Category

• Anne-Marie W. D'Angelo, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Global Brass and Copper Holdings Inc.

• Jenny Kim, Deputy General Counsel, Vice President of Public Affairs, Koch Industries

• Jill Ondos, Deputy Global General Counsel, Mylan

Technology, Media & Telecom Category

• Tammy Albarrán, Deputy General Counsel, Uber Technologies Inc.

• Juanita Harris, Assistant Vice President, Senior Legal Counsel Human Resources, AT&T

Retail & Consumer Goods Category

• Kim Matthews, Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Hot Topic

Innovative Leadership Category

• Jenifer Baumann, Vice President & Assistant General Counsel (Pearson VUE) & Sanctions Compliance Counsel, Pearson VUE

• Lisa Mango, General Counsel, 1Life Healthcare Inc. / One Medical P.C.

• Elizabeth O'Callahan, Vice President of Corporate, Compliance, Employment and Innovation, NetApp

• Pamela Tondreau, Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, Corporate Secretary and Human Resources, Cypress Semiconductor

Collaborative Leadership Category

• Karen Grenon, Assistant General Counsel, Office of the Treasurer for the State of Connecticut

• Whitney McCaslin Laughlin, Deputy General Counsel, AMN Healthcare

• Beverly Jo Slaughter, Senior Managing Counsel, Wells Fargo

• Patricia Svilik, Senior Counsel, Product & Commercial IP, eBay Inc.

Thought Leadership Category

• Naseem Sagati Aghili, Partner, Co-General Counsel, Corporate and General Counsel, Private Equity, Ares Management

• Yen Chu, General Counsel, Equinox Holdings Inc.

• Kerry O'Reilly Wilks, Chief Legal & Compliance Officer, TransAlta Corp.

• Farrah Pepper, Chief Legal innovation Counsel, Marsh & McLennan Companies

Women's Legal Awards Category

• Tanya Brady, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Phillips Edison & Company (PECO)

• Kunoor Chopra, Vice President of Legal Services, Elevate

• Anastasia Danias Schmidt, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Major League Soccer and Soccer United Marketing

General Counsel of the Year

• Michelle Fang, Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Turo

Lifetime Achievement Category

• Sheila Murphy, Founder, Focus Forward Consulting (Former GC of MetLife)

Law Firm Honorees

Innovative Leadership Category

• Michelle D. Craig, Owner, Transcendent Law Group

• Linda T. Coberly, Chicago Managing Partner, Winston & Strawn

• Christy Tosh Crider, Shareholder, Baker Donelson

• Ellen Moran Dwyer, Partner, Executive Committee Chair, Crowell & Moring

• Madeleine M. McDonough, Firm Chair, Partner, Shook, Hardy & Bacon

• Maija West, Founder/Managing Attorney, Law Office of Maija West

• Monica Zent, Founder, ZentLaw

Thought Leadership Category

• Tara K. Giunta, Partner, Litigation Department, Paul Hastings

• Amy K. Johnson, Member, Moore & Van Allen

• Miriam Kim, Partner, Munger, Tolles & Olson

• Kim Koopersmith, Partner & Chairperson, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

• Yvette Ostolaza, Partner, Sidley Austin

• Alessandra L. Simons, Partner, Goodwin Procter

• Randye B. Soref, Principal, Polsinelli

Collaborative Leadership Category

• Caryn Borg-Breen, Co-Founding Partner, Green, Griffith & Borg-Breen

• Kay Chandler, Partner, Cooley

• Jackie Cohen, Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges

• Jennifer E. Edwards, Partner, Baker & Hostetler

• Susan M. Finegan, Member, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo

• Jordan Arnot Leahey, Partner, Partridge Partners

• Lynn J. Loacker, Partner-in-Charge, Davis Wright Tremaine

• Lynn K. Neuner, Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Women's Legal Awards Category

• Rachel J. Adcox, Partner, Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider

• Shelly A. DeRousse, Partner, Freeborn & Peters

• Clara Krivoy, Partner, Brown Rudnick

• Amanda McGrady Morrison, Partner, Ropes & Gray

• Casey Ryan, Partner, Reed Smith

• Anne Marie Seibel, Partner, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings

• Erica Williams, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis

Managing Partner of the Year

• Julianna Theall Earp, Managing Partner, Fox Rothschild

• Julie E. Fink, Managing Partner, Kaplan Hecker & Fink

• Laurie A. Vahey, Managing Partner, Vahey Getz

Lifetime Achievement Category

• Jana Cohen Barbe, Partner, Dentons

• Roberta A. Kaplan, Founding Partner, Kaplan Hecker & Fink

• Gina Maisto Smith, Chair, Institutional Response Group, Cozen O'Connor

• Louise M. Wells, Retired Managing Partner, Morris, Manning & Martin

• Stephanie Resnick, Partner, Fox Rothschild

 

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