Houston Corporate Counsel Award Nominations are Now Open

The nominations deadline has been extended through Friday, March 3.

The Association of Corporate Counsel’s Houston Chapter and The Texas Lawbook are accepting nominations for the 2023 Houston Corporate Counsel Awards. The nomination process is extended to March 3, 2023.

Finalists will be announced in April. The 2023 Houston Corporate Counsel Awards ceremony is set for Thursday, May 4, 2023, at the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown Houston.

This year's award categories include:

Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes a current or recently retired General Counsel or AGC for their decades-long commitment to the legal profession and the corporate in-house counsel community.	Achievement in Pro Bono & Public Service celebrates an individual corporate in-house counsel for her or his commitment and service to the community, pro bono and public service.
Transaction of the Year honors a corporate legal department and its outside counsel for successfully guiding a company through a complex merger, acquisition, project or joint venture.	Business Litigation of the Year Award honors a corporate legal department and its outside counsel for extraordinary success in a complex and high stakes litigation or trial.
Senior In-House Counsel of the Year Award (Large, Medium & Small/Solo Departments) recognizes individual in-house senior counsel (not GCs or CLOs) for successes they achieved through their individual efforts and engagements.	Achievement in Diversity and Inclusion recognizes an individual corporate in-house counsel for her or his commitment and service to diversity initiatives.
Rookie of the Year Award celebrates a young lawyer (40 years or younger) who has been in-house for three years or less and has already achieved extraordinary successes.	General Counsel of the Year (Large, Medium & Small/Solo Departments) honors individual General Counsel and Chief Legal Officers in their respective categories for successes they achieved through their individual efforts.
Legal Innovation Award honors an individual corporate counsel and their legal department for game-changing, creative approaches to legal services.	Creative Partnership Award praises corporate legal departments and one of their outside law firms for original and unique ways they work together in the delivery of complex and strategic legal services.

Here are five critical suggestions when completing your nominations:

1. Make the submission as detailed and substantive as possible. The judges (I am not a judge) want the nominations to show them why the person deserves the award. Just saying the person is the best lawyer and manager ever doesn't cut it.

2. Write the submission in the narrative. Tell a story about the person you are nominating that showcases their expertise and their personality.

3. Provide biographical background on the person you are nominating.

4. Fill out all of the category fields. If you leave blank the number of lawyers in the company's legal department, the judges will not know which category fits the submission. And the nomination must have the name of a lawyer from the firm that submits the nomination so that the comments in the nomination can be attributed to a lawyer at the firm.

5. For the three categories (M&A Deal of the Year, Business Litigation of the Year and Creative Partnership) that honors the in-house counsel and outside lawyers, please keep in mind that the in-house counsel is the actual nominee - not the law firms.

We plan to publish lengthy profiles of each of the winners. The information provided in the nomination form will be used in the article.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. My email is mark.curriden@texaslawbook.net. My cell phone is 214.232.6783.

Now, get to making those nominations. And please contact Brooks Igo for information on sponsoring the awards program.

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Houston Corporate Counsel Award Nominations are Now Open

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