DELVACCA's Corporate Counsel Excellence Awards are presented to in-house counsel and law departments in six different award categories identified below. The awards serve to underscore how in-house counsel play a significant role in any successful business enterprise. Indeed, the role of in-house counsel has never been more important or more visible with companies facing increasingly complex legal and regulatory challenges.
Please join us on November 17th at the Hyatt at the Bellevue for a special evening as we celebrate the accomplishments of the region's leading in-house counsel and law departments over the past year. We will begin with a cocktail reception at 6:00, followed by dinner and the award presentation at 7:00. Registration information can be found by clicking on this link to our invitation.
Finalists were nominated by their peers and selected by a distinguished panel of judges. Winners will be announced at DELVACCA's Corporate Counsel Excellence Awards Dinner and published in the November 18th edition of the Philadelphia Business Journal. Congratulations to our 2011 Finalists:
Outstanding Chief Legal Officer of the Year
Esta Cain - 21st Century Insurance
Michael Korniczky - Graham Packaging Company
Caroline Manogue - Endo Pharmaceuticals
Outstanding In-House Counsel of the Year
Todd Longsworth - Cephalon, Inc.
Alex Plache - Saint-Gobain Corporation
Kevin Stepanuk - Exelon Business Services Company
Outstanding Community Service (by an individual)
Michael Balent - PNC Realty Services, PNC Bank
Anne Bancroft - Exelon Business Services Company
Sophia Lee - Sunoco, Inc.
Outstanding Large Law Department of the Year
Johnson Matthey
SAP
Sunoco
Outstanding Small Law Department of the Year
Dollar Financial Group
Graham Packaging
Hill International
Outstanding Commitment to Diversity by a Law Department
Exelon
GlaxoSmithKline
Vanguard
DELVACCA extends a special thank you to this year's distinguished panel of judges, which included:
1. Richard DePiano, President and General Counsel, Escalon Medical Corporation
2. Charisse Lillie, Vice President, Community Investment, Comcast Corporation and Executive Vice President of the Comcast Foundation
3. Don Liu, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Xerox Corporation
4. Carol Ann Petren, General Counsel, MacAndrews and Forbes
5. Veta Richardson, President & CEO, Association of Corporate Counsel
6. Eric Rubino, President and Chief Operating Officer, The Ohana Companies
7. Shelley Smith, City Solicitor, City of Philadelphia
We look forward to seeing you on November 17th!
