With these profiles, we aim to shine a spotlight North American women in-house and law firm leaders who demonstrate 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. The profiles have been edited for length and style.                         —Heather Nevitt, editor-in-chief

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 Collaborative Leadership Category 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. 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 Insurance Category 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 Retail & Consumer Goods Category Kim Matthews, Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Hot Topic Technology, Media & Telecom Category Tammy Albarrán, Deputy General Counsel, Uber Technologies Inc. Juanita Harris, Assistant Vice President, Senior Legal Counsel Human Resources, AT&T 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. Farrah Pepper, Chief Legal innovation Counsel, Marsh & McLennan Companies Kerry O'Reilly Wilks, Chief Legal & Compliance Officer, TransAlta Corp. 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 Linda T. Coberly, Chicago Managing Partner, Winston & Strawn Michelle D. Craig, Owner, Transcendent Law Group 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, 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 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