WMACCA 5th Annual Corporate Counsel Awards

... are coming on Thursday, October 8, 2009, from 6 to 10 p.m., at The Ritz-Carlton Tysons Corner.  Click here to register.

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Previous Winners of the Corporate Counsel Awards:

2008:

• Outstanding Chief Legal Officer — Simone Wu, XO Holdings Inc.
• Outstanding In-House Counsel — Christopher R. Ryan, K12 Inc.
• Outstanding Large Law Department — Capital One
• Outstanding Small Law Department – XM Satellite Radio Inc.
• Community Service Award — Brett Coffee, Computer Systems Center Inc.

Sol Glasner, vice president, general counsel and secretary of The MITRE Corporation, who is also a former WMACCA director and treasurer, received the WMACCA Corporate Counsel Career Achievement Award.

2007:

• Outstanding Chief Legal Officer — Deborah Fox, QinetiQ North America Operations LLC
• Outstanding In-House Counsel — Andrew E. Shipley, Northrop Grumman Corporation
• Outstanding Law Department — American Capital Strategies, Ltd.
• Community Service Award — Kristin P. Walinski, Circuit City Stores, Inc.

Robert S. Lavet, then Senior Vice President and General Counsel of SLM Corporation (Sallie Mae), who was also a former WMACCA Board member and president, and ACC Board member, received the WMACCA Corporate Counsel Career Achievement Award.

2006: 

• Outstanding Chief Legal Officer: James C. Fontana, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Alion Science & Technology Corporation;
• Outstanding In-House Counsel: Sherrese Smith, Deputy General Counsel, Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive
• Outstanding Law Department: Marriott International Inc.
• Community Service Award: Adam Palmer, Director of the Office of Legal Counsel, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

Stephen A. Bokat, then Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, who was also a former WMACCA and ACC Board member, received the WMACCA Corporate Counsel Career Achievement Award.

2005:

• Outstanding Chief Legal Officer — Curtis L. Schehr, Anteon International Corporation
• Outstanding In-House Counsel — Jonathan L. Spear, MCI (now Verizon Business)
• Outstanding Law Department — Nextel Communications, Inc. (now Sprint Nextel Corporation)
• Outstanding Community Service Award — Choice Hotels International and Sodexho, Inc.

Frank H. Menaker, then Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Lockheed Martin Corporation and former WMACCA Board member and President, received a special WMACCA Service Award.