Houston Corporate Counsel Award Registration is Now Open

The 2024 Houston Corporate Counsel Awards recognizes the successes and achievements of general counsel and senior counsel during 2023.  The awards ceremony is set for Wednesday, May 15, 2024.

There are 14 award categories, which are listed and described below.  Three of the categories (Business Litigation of the Year, Transaction of the Year and Creative Partnership) are awarded jointly to in-house counsel and their outside lawyers.

Join us in congratulating the 2024 Houston Corporate Counsel Awards finalists.

Lifetime Achievement:

Tana Pool, TGS

General Counsel of the Year for a Solo Legal Department:

Sara-Ashley Moreno, Cardinal System Holdings 

Thomas Gottsegen, PURIS

General Counsel of the Year for a Small Legal Department: 

Hugo Teste, Vopak

General Counsel of the Year for a Midsized Legal Department:

Rachel Clingman, McDermott

Linda Primrose, Mitsui & Co.

General Counsel of the Year for a Large Legal Department 

Vanessa Allen Sutherland, Phillips 66

Senior Counsel of the Year for a Small Legal Department 

Leslie Hillendahl, Virage Capital Management

Senior Counsel of the Year for a Midsized Legal Department 

Jordan Chester, DistributionNOW

Senior Counsel of the Year for a Large Legal Department 

Kristina McQuaid, Phillips 66

Brittany Ringel Walton, LyondellBasell

M&A Transaction of the Year

Gindi Vincent, Honeywell International

Robert Task, Maine Goodfellow, Jenarae Garland – Phillips 66 

Business Litigation of the Year

Erica Radcliffe, First Reserve 

John Ivascu, Forum Energy

Jennifer Cadena, SilverBow Resources 

Achievement in Diversity and Inclusion

Adel Sander, Ascend Performance 

Hector Pineda, Shell USA 

Sean Jamieson, Spire Resources

Rookie of the Year:

Cindy Dinh, Sumitomo Corporation of Americas