Excellence in Corporate Practice Award

ACC is now accepting nominations for the ACC's 2012 Excellence in Corporate Practice Award. Given at ACC’s Annual Meeting this award was established in 1996. The Excellence in Corporate Practice Award recognizes an outstanding in-house attorney who has made significant business and legal contributions. Past award recipients include:

Nominations for are due June 28, 2012

ACC 2012 Excellence in Corporate Practice Award Requirements

Past award recipients include:

Bill Mordan, Reckitt Benckiser

Jeffrey W. Carr, FMC Technologies, Inc.

David Allgood, Royal Bank of Canada

Michael Fricklas, Viacom Inc.

Stacey Mobley, DuPont

Gloria Santona, McDonald's Corporation

Kenneth C. Frazier, Merck & Co.

Roderick A. Palmore, Sara Lee Corporation

Benjamin W. Heineman, Jr., General Electric Company

Robert I. Townsend Member of the Year Award

Given at ACC’s Annual Meeting, this award is one of the highest honors ACC bestows on its members. It recognizes outstanding contributions, commitment and dedication of a single member to the association. Past recipients include:

2011 - Sanjeev Dhawan, Hydro OneNetworks Inc.

2010 - William Davis Harn, Southern California Edison Company

2009 - John Tanner, McGriff, Seibels & Williams, Inc.

2008 - Maureen R. Dry-Wasson, Allegis Group, Inc.

2007 - Vincent Gonzales, Sempra Energy

2006 - Joe Catalano, Union Bank of California, N.A.

2005 - Dawn Haghighi, Charter One Bank

2004 - Andrea Bridgeman, Freddie Mac

2003 - Philip R. Strauss, Brio Software, Inc.

2002 - James W. Patton, New England Tech

2001 - Eric M. Lee, Becton Dickson & Company

2000 - Charles A.B. Moore, Federated Department Stores, Inc.

1999 - Susan Flook, Body Shop International

ACC Corporate Pro Bono Award

ACC’s Corporate Pro Bono Award recognizes outstanding achievement by a corporate counsel, a group of corporate counsel, a pro bono project, or a corporation in providing pro bono legal services. ACC defines pro bono service as legal services provided to the indigent or a charitable non-profit. Past recipients include:

ACC is now accepting nominations for the 2012 Corporate Pro Bono Award. Nominations are due by June 1, 2012. Click here to download the award criteria and nomination form.

2011 - Randy Milch and the Verizon Communications Legal Department

2010 - Laura Stein and The Clorox Company Legal Department

2009 - James B. Buda and the Legal Department of Caterpillar Inc.

2008 - Bruce Sewell, Senior Vice President & General Counsel and the Legal & Corporate Affairs Group, Intel Corporation

2007 - Bill Van Hoene and the Legal Department of Exelon

2006 - Ken Handal, Computer Associates

2005 - Anastasia D. Kelly, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, MCI

2004 - Brad Smith and the Legal Department of Microsoft

2003 - Tom Gottshalk, General Motors Corporation

2002 - Philip Morris Legal Department

2001 - Dennis Stryker, General Counsel, Rick Engineering

2000 - Co-Winners: Greg Landis, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, AT&T Wireless and Rick Hobish and The Pro Bono Partnership; WESFACCA Chapter

1999 - Exxon Corporation

1998 - Aetna Inc. and Merck & Co., Inc.

1996 - PPG Industries

1995 - Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac)

1994 - Ford Motor Company

1993 - Motorola, Inc.

1992 - Conoco, Inc.

1991 - PSI Energy, Inc.

Individual Pro Bono Award

1993 - Ken Podell, Aid Association for Lutherans

1992 - Stephen Hellrung, Bausch & Lomb and Rochelle White, Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.

1988 - Harry Mazadoorian, CIGNA and James Martemucci, Consolidated Edison

1986 - Richard Groothuis, Aetna Life & Casualty and James Evans, Shell Oil Company

MatThew J. Whitehead, II Diversity Award

ACC’s Matthew J. Whitehead, II Award honors the memory of Matthew J. Whitehead, II, an ACC Board member from 1992 to 2002. The award celebrates the life and legacy of a visionary CLO who made diversity a core value of ACC.

The award recognizes outstanding achievement by a corporate counsel, a group of corporate counsel, a diversity project, or a corporation, in creating a program or initiative that increases awareness of and commitment to corporate legal diversity, and/or the improvement of employment, retention, advancement, and career path opportunities for attorneys of diverse constituencies.

ACC is now accepting nominations for the 2012 Matthew J. Whitehead, II Diversity Award. Nominations are due by June 1, 2012. Click here to download the award criteria and nomination form.

2011 - Laurie N. Robinson, CBS Corporation

2010 - Bruce N. Kuhlik and the Merck & Co. Legal Department

2009 - Michele Coleman Mayes and the Legal Department of The Allstate Corporation

2008 - The Law Department of Macy's, Inc.

2007 - Minority Corporate Counsel Association

2006 - Joe Ryan, Marriott

2005 - Rick Palmore, Sara Lee

2004 - ACC’s Central Pennsylvania Chapter/Street Law Pipeline Project

2003 - Maddie Kleiner, Hilton Hotels Legal Department

2002 - Catherine Lamboley, General Counsel, Shell Oil

2001 - Dupont Legal: Tom Sager and Stacey Mobley

2000 - Co-winners: Charting Your Own Course Foundation: Marcia Goffney, Werten Bellamy, and Greg Winfree BellSouth Legal Department, Charles Morgan, General Counsel

1999 - Minority Corporate Counsel Association

1998 - Georgia Lottery Corporation

1997 - Eastman Kodak Company

Individual Diversity Award

1998 - Guy Rounsaville, former General Counsel, Wells Fargo Bank

1997 - Jess Womack, Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO)