Texas Minority Counsel Program
TMCP Awards Committee Andrew Wallace, CHAIR Gordon & Rees
2 0 1 3 AWA R D S
Aparna Dave Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Joe Escobedo Escobedo, Tippit & Cardenas, LLP
Corporate Counsel of the Year
Wendy Adele Humphrey Texas Tech University School of Law John Martinez State Farm Insurance Company
Trailblazer Outside Counsel of the Year
Christopher Mugica Jackson Walker LLP Navin Rao Michaels Stores, Inc.
Lifetime Achievement
Kathy Richardson HR Legal Search Travis Torrence Shell Oil Company
November 8, 2013 Dallas, Texas Four Seasons Resort and Club
State Bar of Texas Office of Minority Affairs
Texas Minority Counsel Program 2013 Awards CORPORATE COUNSEL OF THE YEAR
TRAILBLAZER OUTSIDE COUNSEL OF THE YEAR
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
The Corporate Counsel of the Year Award recognizes an in-house counsel who has opened doors for Texas minority and women attorneys by promoting diversity within their legal department and/or company and by consistently hiring diverse attorneys in private practice to perform legal work on behalf of their company.
The Trailblazer Outside Counsel of the Year Award recognizes an outside counsel who has effectuated the promotion of diversity within the legal profession through hiring, retention and mentoring of diverse attorneys, partnering with minority and women owned law firms and involvement with Bar and/or community activities designed to promote diversity within the legal profession.
The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes an attorney who has demonstrated extraordinary support and advocacy for the advancement of women and minorities in the legal profession over the course of their legal career.
2013 FINALISTS
2013 FINALISTS
Janet Dhillon
Laura Gibson
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary J. C. Penney Company, Inc.
Partner Ogden, Gibson, Broocks, Longoria & Hall, L.L.P.
Gaither Keener
Daniella D. Landers
Chief Legal Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, Secretary Lowe’s Companies, Inc.
Cisselon Nichols Hurd
Senior Legal Counsel Shell Oil Company
Michelle A. Peak
Senior Attorney American Airlines
Partner Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
Annapoorni R. Sankaran
Shareholder Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Victor D. Vital
Shareholder Greenberg Traurig, LLP
2013 HONOREE
Hon. Wallace B. Jefferson
Texas Minority Counsel Program 2013 Awards CORPORATE COUNSEL OF THE YEAR
TRAILBLAZER OUTSIDE COUNSEL OF THE YEAR
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
The Corporate Counsel of the Year Award recognizes an in-house counsel who has opened doors for Texas minority and women attorneys by promoting diversity within their legal department and/or company and by consistently hiring diverse attorneys in private practice to perform legal work on behalf of their company.
The Trailblazer Outside Counsel of the Year Award recognizes an outside counsel who has effectuated the promotion of diversity within the legal profession through hiring, retention and mentoring of diverse attorneys, partnering with minority and women owned law firms and involvement with Bar and/or community activities designed to promote diversity within the legal profession.
The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes an attorney who has demonstrated extraordinary support and advocacy for the advancement of women and minorities in the legal profession over the course of their legal career.
2013 FINALISTS
2013 FINALISTS
Janet Dhillon
Laura Gibson
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary J. C. Penney Company, Inc.
Partner Ogden, Gibson, Broocks, Longoria & Hall, L.L.P.
Gaither Keener
Daniella D. Landers
Chief Legal Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, Secretary Lowe’s Companies, Inc.
Cisselon Nichols Hurd
Senior Legal Counsel Shell Oil Company
Michelle A. Peak
Senior Attorney American Airlines
Partner Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
Annapoorni R. Sankaran
Shareholder Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Victor D. Vital
Shareholder Greenberg Traurig, LLP
2013 HONOREE
Hon. Wallace B. Jefferson
Texas Minority Counsel Program 2013 Awards CORPORATE COUNSEL OF THE YEAR
TRAILBLAZER OUTSIDE COUNSEL OF THE YEAR
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
The Corporate Counsel of the Year Award recognizes an in-house counsel who has opened doors for Texas minority and women attorneys by promoting diversity within their legal department and/or company and by consistently hiring diverse attorneys in private practice to perform legal work on behalf of their company.
The Trailblazer Outside Counsel of the Year Award recognizes an outside counsel who has effectuated the promotion of diversity within the legal profession through hiring, retention and mentoring of diverse attorneys, partnering with minority and women owned law firms and involvement with Bar and/or community activities designed to promote diversity within the legal profession.
The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes an attorney who has demonstrated extraordinary support and advocacy for the advancement of women and minorities in the legal profession over the course of their legal career.
2013 FINALISTS
2013 FINALISTS
Janet Dhillon
Laura Gibson
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary J. C. Penney Company, Inc.
Partner Ogden, Gibson, Broocks, Longoria & Hall, L.L.P.
Gaither Keener
Daniella D. Landers
Chief Legal Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, Secretary Lowe’s Companies, Inc.
Cisselon Nichols Hurd
Senior Legal Counsel Shell Oil Company
Michelle A. Peak
Senior Attorney American Airlines
Partner Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
Annapoorni R. Sankaran
Shareholder Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Victor D. Vital
Shareholder Greenberg Traurig, LLP
2013 HONOREE
Hon. Wallace B. Jefferson
Texas Minority Counsel Program
TMCP Awards Committee Andrew Wallace, CHAIR Gordon & Rees
2 0 1 3 AWA R D S
Aparna Dave Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Joe Escobedo Escobedo, Tippit & Cardenas, LLP
Corporate Counsel of the Year
Wendy Adele Humphrey Texas Tech University School of Law John Martinez State Farm Insurance Company
Trailblazer Outside Counsel of the Year
Christopher Mugica Jackson Walker LLP Navin Rao Michaels Stores, Inc.
Lifetime Achievement
Kathy Richardson HR Legal Search Travis Torrence Shell Oil Company
November 8, 2013 Dallas, Texas Four Seasons Resort and Club
State Bar of Texas Office of Minority Affairs
Texas Minority Counsel Program
TMCP Awards Committee Andrew Wallace, CHAIR Gordon & Rees
2 0 1 3 AWA R D S
Aparna Dave Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Joe Escobedo Escobedo, Tippit & Cardenas, LLP
Corporate Counsel of the Year
Wendy Adele Humphrey Texas Tech University School of Law John Martinez State Farm Insurance Company
Trailblazer Outside Counsel of the Year
Christopher Mugica Jackson Walker LLP Navin Rao Michaels Stores, Inc.
Lifetime Achievement
Kathy Richardson HR Legal Search Travis Torrence Shell Oil Company
November 8, 2013 Dallas, Texas Four Seasons Resort and Club
State Bar of Texas Office of Minority Affairs