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On Sept. 6, InsideCounsel's First Annual Transformative Leadership Awards West (TLA West) in San Francisco honored general counsel and law firm partners who have demonstrated a commitment to advancing the empowerment of women and attorneys of color in corporate law. Read on for a complete list of honorees.

Nicky Jatana (left), a partner at Jackson Lewis, and Megan Belcher (right), vice president and chief employment counsel of ConAgra Foods, Inc., accept the Sharing the Power Award. The honor is presented jointly to a woman general counsel or law department leader and a female law firm partner who have collaborated to increase the economic empowerment of female partners in that firm.

Teveia Barnes, commissioner of the Department of Financial Institutions–State of California, accepts the Debra L. Zumwalt Pioneer Award. The award is presented to a woman general counsel or senior executive who has used her status as the “first” to become a catalyst for change.