Big congrats and shout-out to my colleague Letitia Haynes-Frasier, our lead on Legal Operations at Cox Media Group, for being a finalist in the American Lawyer Corporate Counsel Inhouse Awards. Letitia has helped make -- and keep us -- a modern legal department with future-facing insights and cost-efficient investments in legal tech. I'm lucky and proud to be her colleague! Congrats, LHF!
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Corporate Counsel Announces Finalists for the 2024 Best Legal Department Awards
Corporate Counsel’s editorial department is pleased to announce the finalists of our 2024 Best Legal Departments awards. We have selected outstanding corporate legal departments and legal leaders that stood out this past year. Congratulations to all the finalists!
Best Legal Ops Team
· BILL
· Capgemini
· Cengage Group
· Cox Media Group
· Marsh McLennan
Best Mentor: In-House Legal Department
· Jason B. Daly, Amneal Pharmaceuticals
· Eric Jarrett, Dropbox
· CJ Kim, ExlService Holdings
· Randy Liebowitz, PepsiCo
· Emily Shapiro, Affirm
Best Use of Technology
· Capgemini
· GSK
· Marsh McLennan’s LIT Lab
· Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
· U.S. Treasury/IRS Office of Chief Counsel
Champion of Diversity Award
· Ann Chaplin, Qualcomm
· Sara L. Hall, American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities (ALSAC)
· Amy Harris, UMB Financial
· Hope Mehlman, Discover Financial Services
· Ashoo Sharma, Harry Norman, Realtors, A Berkshire Hathaway Co.
Compliance Department of the Year
· AGS Health
· Datasite
· Docusign
· General Motors
· GSK
· Sedgwick
General Counsel of the Year
· Craig Glidden, General Motors
· Eric D. Greenberg, Cox Media Group
· Sam Khichi, CVS
· Peter McGoff, Rubrik
· Edward Rockwell, EPAM Systems
· Jim Shaughnessy, Docusign
Purpose and Wellbeing Award
· Abbott
· Eric D. Greenberg, Cox Media Group
· Oxford Properties Group
· PepsiCo
Startup Solo GC of the Year
· Kevin Colby, GOWell International
· Craig Schwartz, Covariant
· Lesley Wainwright, PlayOn Sports
U.S. Legal Department of the Year
· CVS Health
· General Motors
· Graybar Electric Company
· Mattel
· PepsiCo
· Robinhood Markets