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2014 Pathways _D&B_Thank you.indd 1 11/4/14 11:46 AM DIVERSITY & THE BAR ® NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS FEATURES ● 18 MCCA’s 15th Annual General Counsel Survey MCCA presents its annual report on women and minority general counsel of Fortune® 500 and 1000 companies. The survey examines current trends and developments for the diverse legal leaders in the C-suite of America’s most successful companies. In addition to this exclusive annual report, Diversity & the Bar’s writer Patrick Folliard has profiled six general counsel on our list: Richard A. Anzaldua, MetLife, Inc.; Roya Behnia, Pall Corporation; An-Ping Hseih, Hubbell Incorporated; Kirkland Hicks, Towers Watson; Marie Oh Huber, Aglient Technologies, Inc.; and Halle F. Terrion, TransDigm Group Incorporated. BY LYDIA LUM ● 36 15 Rainmakers ● 42 How Law Schools Share How They Shine Are Improving Diversity Diversity & the Bar’s Annual List of Rainmakers proves Find out how some law schools are instituting new that the profession has talented lawyers who also have programs on recruitment and retention and re- valuable business development skills. This list includes evaluating admissions policies—in some cases, attorneys from around the country who practice a wide throwing out LSAT scores. BY MELANIE PADGETT POWERS variety of law. Their success stories offer insight and value to lawyers at every career stage. BY PATRICK FOLLIARD

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GENERAL COUNSEL SURVEY REVEALS SMALL GROWTH; BUT DIVERSE RAINMAKERS FLOURISH

FOR THE FIRST TIME since down. These numbers only touch MCCA began tracking women the surface of our diverse culture. and minorities, our 15th Annual Our corporate workplace—espe- General Counsel Survey reveals cially our leadership roles—should that in the Fortune® 1000, 20 be more reflective of this. percent of these companies For those of us involved in have women serving as general helping to foster a more diverse counsel. While this is a milestone workforce, we understand the for women in general, women business case for diversity. How of color are still underrepresent- can we communicate and imple- ed comprising only 21 general ment this within our workplace? counsel at Fortune® 500 compa- MCCA has plenty of research to nies. Men of color aren’t faring help you make your case. Visit much better: only 54 Fortune® www.mcca.com/research for our 500 companies currently employ various offerings or schedule minority general counsel. The “The Academy for Leadership survey analysis and detailed charts and Inclusion” in 2015 at your can be found in our cover story workplace. You can visit www. that starts on page 18. mcca.com/academy for details about this 90-minute As MCCA Board Member Don H. Liu, executive interactive training program. vice president, general counsel and secretary of Xerox Also, this issue profiles our annual rainmakers. so aptly said in his interview for this story, “…this Merriam-Webster defines a rainmaker as “a person (as doesn’t reflect the country’s demographics. So, we a partner in a law firm) who brings in new business; have quite a bit of room left to grow.” Indeed it does a person whose influence can initiate progress or not. The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2010 National Popu- ensure success.” There are so many talented attor- lation results show that of our total population, 49.2 neys out there who are consistent rainmakers for percent are male and 50.8 percent are female. On their firms. This year’s winners bring a variety of race, the results show 72.4 percent of people in the experiences and expertise to the table. We hope that U.S. are white alone, 12.6 percent are African-Ameri- you enjoy reading about them as much as we enjoy can alone, 4.8 are Asian alone, .9 percent are Amer- showcasing them. ican Indian and Alaska Native alone, .2 percent are Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, JOSEPH K. WEST 6.2 percent are Some Other Race alone and 2.9 per- President & CEO cent are Two or More races. The Hispanic population is 16.3 percent and noted separately in its own break- MCCA_law www.facebook.com/mcca.law

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RICHARD RUSSETH All Of Us Face Challenges

BY TOM CALARCO

Everyone, even his parents, thought that attorney Richard Russeth, who was born with a hearing impairment, had a learning disability when he was growing up.

T WAS TOUGH,” he says of growing up in Minnesota. “It was the early ’60s. My parents and teachers didn’t under- stand. They all equated a hearing prob- lem with a lack of intelligence. They didn’t figure out that I needed hearing “ aids until seventh grade. Until then, I was a really poor student.” But he now looks back on the ex- perience as a positive: “I became good at reading body language, filling in the missing parts of a conversation and learning to read really well. I read a lot of books sinceI the radio and TV didn’t work with my hear- ing. It all really helped me later as a lawyer, actually.” His father, Quentin Russeth, didn’t dwell on Richard’s disability, never let him use it as an excuse for avoiding a challenge or suffering a failure, and he always supported his efforts. But even though his grades improved after receiving hearing aids, he was still often treated differently. “My guidance counselor in high school tried to steer me

8 DIVERSITY & THE BAR NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014 MCCA.COM almost totally on lip reading, so I ly hired Russeth as an intern. Russeth couldn’t just look down and take a worked almost full-time throughout note because I’d miss the next thing law school. The internship led to a the professor said. I sat and listened. lawyer position at Pillsbury, where After the lecture, I would try to he worked 13 years, rising from clerk replay the lecture in my head and to the position of general counsel for make notes.” the Haagen-Dazs Ice Cream Com- Russeth, who majored in history, pany (his favorite career position says he thought about becoming a despite gaining 20 lbs.!). Success at professor but didn’t because he felt Pillsbury led to a series of senior legal uncomfortable at the time talking positions in the food industry. Cur- in front of people. He says he was rently, he is the general counsel and always driven to prove “people vice president of corporate affairs for wrong—that being deaf or severely Denver-based Leprino Foods, where hearing impaired doesn’t limit what he has been since 2005. Leprino is someone can achieve in this world.” the world’s largest manufacturer of As a result, he matriculated at the mozzarella cheese. University of Minnesota Law School, “My mantra is ‘always try to avoid where he formed close friendships saying no to a client’s needs.’ But that with fellow students—who helped approach means I have to make dou- him on that note-taking thing. His bly sure that the client never takes a eventual entry into the practice of risk that it doesn’t fully understand,” law was aided by family associations. says Russeth. He likens his role to “My father worked for the Pills- providing a “roadmap” that will keep bury Company. My family belonged his company within the boundaries to a ski group made up of Pillsbury of the law, but still get it to where it people,” he says. “During the holi- wants to go on the safest path. days, we would go skiing with them. But over the years, his hearing As a little kid, I used to ride up the continued to worsen. By 2006, he chair lift with people like the presi- was, for all intents, legally deaf and dent of Pillsbury and also Bill Powell, worried that he might have to leave who was their general counsel back the profession due to his rapidly in the ’60s.” failing hearing. to a menial profession because he was Another Pillsbury lawyer from “I’ve always carried it with me (this concerned about my hearing disabili- those ski trips was Ron Lund, the as- hearing impairment),” he says. “There ty,” he says. sistant general counsel, who eventual- is always prejudice out there, even oth- Things changed when Russeth earned a perfect score on a high school intelligence test. “The per- My mantra is ‘always try to avoid ception of me was so different after that,” he says. “I was placed in saying no to a client’s needs.’ But honors/advanced placement courses, where I met an English teacher, Sha- that approach means I have to make ron Roe, who mentored, encouraged and made me feel there was nothing I couldn’t do. I am still in touch with doubly sure that the client never her 40 years later. I owe a great deal of my success to her.” takes a risk that it doesn’t fully Russeth graduated summa cum laude from St. Cloud State understand. University, but says he still struggled in class despite using two powerful hearing aids. “I’ve never been able to take notes because I depended then

MCCA.COM NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014 DIVERSITY & THE BAR 9 There is always prejudice out there, er lawyers underestimating me (often to their own client’s detriment) be- even other lawyers underestimating me cause of my hearing. I think disability prejudice is, like so much prejudice, (often to their own client’s detriment) hardwired into our society.” Because of his rapidly worsening because of my hearing. I think hearing, he decided to undergo sur- gery for a cochlear implant. A receiv- er is implanted in the person’s head disability prejudice is, like so much that runs electrodes into the cochlea of the ear. The receiver communicates prejudice, hard wired into our society. with an external transmitter that sits on one’s ear and creates “sound” by sending signals to those electrodes If I were a prophet, I might say to only has it brought community to thousands of times a second. you: me and my wife, but it has provided “Two weeks after the surgery, I spiritual support for me as a lawyer.” “In this perfectly broken world, could hear things I’d never before His experiences with the church you must see heard,” he says. “I heard a knocking inspired him to chair the board of the that which strives to be hidden, one day that was a clock ticking. But Urban Servant Corps, a nonprofit hear those voices others would I didn’t know what it was because I that advocates for social change on deny, didn’t know what a clock sounded behalf of the people at the fringe of taste the bitterness of the like—it drove me crazy! Everything society. “They have a program in forgotten, sounded new—even old songs which they place volunteers full time and yet love all of it without sounded brand-new to me.” for one year at various nonprofits that exception, Law has been a good career for work with all kinds of issues, from as if your life depended on it— Russeth, but, like for so many, the homeless to those learning to because it does.” stressful. He’s a big believer that deal with, survive and overcome the creative outlets such as writing, His interest in photography discrimination that the LGBT (les- photography, yoga and volunteering culminated recently in his first public bian, gay, bisexual and transgender) can ease the stress. “Everyone needs exhibition from which a portion of community constantly faces,” he says. something to give them perspective, the proceeds went to the organization After three years, Russeth stepped to get them away from thinking Art from Ashes, which uses creative down as chairman last year. about the law constantly,” he says. writing to help troubled youth. “I’m in between gigs as far as vol- “Lawyers are so crunched for time; Russeth says that religion was unteering goes,” he says, “and looking they often don’t take care of them- never a big part of his life until he for something new and exciting. At selves very well. Exercise is great, but read a book called “Velvet Elvis” by the moment, I’m fascinated by the the mind needs different stimula- Rob Bell, which opened his eyes to Art from Ashes program.” tion, too. Having strong outside a movement known as emergent Whatever he does, he wants to interests and activities helps me be Christianity. The book offered a fresh help people learn that they can more mentally sharp, more creative take on Jesus and asserts that Jesus achieve their goals— if they put in and ultimately a better lawyer for wanted people to live in tune with the effort. “All of us face differ- my clients. I think that would be reality. “Bell’s vision of Christianity ent challenges,” he says. “I want true for most lawyers.” left room for doubts and doubt- people to realize that there are Writing has been a longtime love ers,” says Russeth, “which describes others who have come before them of Russeth’s. He writes poetry, which me.” He then was drawn to a small and faced and overcome the same reflects not only on contemporary Lutheran church in Denver, House challenges.” D&B issues but on the meaning of life. for All Sinners and Saints, pastored One poem, “Prophets,” muses on the by Nadia Bolz-Weber, a minister who TOM CALARCO is a freelance writer general obliviousness of modern soci- has authored several books about and author of seven books on the ety to the ills of the world and shows emergent Christianity. “The church is Underground Railroad. He is based in the depth of Russeth’s thinking. It an inclusive community and reflects Loveland, Ohio, and can be contacted concludes: my outlook in life,” he says. “Not at [email protected].

10 DIVERSITY & THE BAR NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014 MCCA.COM Lawyer’s Lantern

MARTINA VANDENBERG

BY LEKAN OGUNTOYINBO

Martina Vandenberg is fast becoming the legal face of the fight against human trafficking in the United States. In 2012, Vandenberg, 45, established the Human Trafficking Pro Bono Legal Center, which has trained hundreds of pro bono lawyers and assigned dozens of cases to high-profile law firms around the country. In a career spanning 20 years, Vandenberg, a Rhodes scholar, has represented victims pro bono in immigration, criminal and civil cases. A widely regarded expert on human rights issues, she has testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Your extensive experience includes investigations in several Helsinki Commission, the House countries, including Israel, Russia, Uzbekistan and Bosnia- Foreign Affairs Committee and the Herzegovina. Tell us about your background. How did you choose this as your life’s work? House Armed Services Committee. Long ago, while conducting thesis research in Russia as a graduate student at Oxford, I met a woman who had been raped. The police told her that it was her fault. They in- structed her to go home and “sleep it off.” That blatant im- punity horrified me. So in 1994, I co-founded a rape crisis center in Moscow. I have been doing this work in some form ever since—either as my full-time gig or as my pro bono docket. Five years at Human Rights Watch set me on the path to becoming a human rights lawyer. I realized that I did not just want to document human rights violations, including human trafficking. I wanted to end the impunity

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The one characteristic that all trafficking victims share is that they

could all benefit from competent quently confront the myth that all trafficking is sex trafficking. Not legal counsel. true. According to the International Labour Organization and experts, trafficking for forced labor is more pervasive than trafficking for sex. enjoyed by those who perpetrate these review the facts of each case and try Second, people frequently seem crimes. And after nine years at a pri- to find a good legal assistance fit for to believe that trafficking does not vate law firm, I realized that pro bono the trafficking survivor. happen in the United States. It lawyers had the power to change the does. Finally, there is a myth that entire game. My life’s work became a What have been the center’s biggest foreign-born trafficking victims all mission to ensure that every traffick- triumphs in its brief existence? Have there enter the United States illegally. Not ing victim who wants a pro bono been any major disappointments? so. All of the clients that I have lawyer gets one. Our biggest triumphs have come represented in the United States had with trafficking survivors who feel, as legal, legitimate work visas issued How did you come to establish the Human one told her social worker, “like the by a U.S. consulate abroad. Many Trafficking Pro Bono Legal Center? How is powerful people are on my side.” We were trafficked to this country by it structured? How is it funded? How do are trying to upend the power imbal- [foreign] diplomats. you decide what cases to accept or reject? ance between the traffickers and their At my firm, Jenner & Block, my part- victims. Every time we place a case Many people associate human trafficking ners and I joked that I was the leader and find a pro bono lawyer, we have with organized crime. Is there a typical of the Human Trafficking Practice shifted the balance of power. Pro profile of those engaged in human Group. That practice group existed bono attorneys have even managed to trafficking? only in my mind, of course. But at vacate and expunge criminal con- These cases are all unique. I can- some stage, I realized that I loved my victions of trafficking victims. Those not say that there is one profile for trafficking pro bono work at the firm victims should never have been pros- trafficking victims. That said, for- and wanted to do all pro bono all the ecuted in the first place. The lawyers eign-born trafficking victims in the time. A fellowship from the Open we connect to these survivors are able United States have frequently come Society Foundations (an organization to undo the harm. to this country legally, eager to work whose mission includes strength- I had hoped to see a steeper rise and to remit money to families back ening respect for human rights and in the number of civil cases brought at home. These individuals’ dream of minorities) made it possible for me to by trafficking victims. The numbers building a better life for themselves establish HT Pro Bono. are still quite disappointingly small. and their families is twisted into a We are quite small, with just two Since 2003 there have only been 130 nightmare in the United States. For lawyers. We have a board of directors civil cases filed in the entire country. U.S. citizen and legal permanent to oversee the center’s work. We are That’s a function of ignorance about resident trafficking victims, the funded entirely by foundations and the law because if trafficking victims picture is more complicated. Some private individuals. Our budget is were more informed, I think a lot of the children trafficked into the sex quite small. We leverage the pow- more would do it. The onus is on industry have already passed through er and resources of large firms to us to get the word out so people can the foster care system. We need to ask handle the cases, which means that make informed decisions. ourselves: How are we failing? our operation can be quite lean. We The one characteristic that all provide mentoring and technical trafficking victims share is that they assistance to the pro bono attorneys could all benefit from competent who handle cases referred by HT Pro What are some of the biggest myths about legal counsel. Bono, but we do not litigate the cases human trafficking? Trafficking is a combination of directly. Cases are referred to us by There are three pervasive myths organized and disorganized crime. non-governmental organizations. We that drive me insane. First, I fre- I don’t think there is a particular

12 DIVERSITY & THE BAR NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014 MCCA.COM profile of a trafficker. I have seen corporate executives, physicians and diplomats accused of trafficking.

How extensive is human trafficking in the United States? What are some realities about these illegal acts in this country that would amaze people? Human trafficking is pervasive in the United States. While Americans frequently express shock at the esti- mated number of children trafficked into the sex industry in the U.S., the trafficking that they don’t hear about might shock them even more. In New Jersey, the U.S. Attorney’s Office successfully prosecuted three defendants for trafficking girls and young women from West Africa into forced labor. The defendants forced the girls to braid hair in several hair salons for up to 12 hours a day. The perpetrators apparently banked close behind in handling highly trauma- Our ultimate goal is for every traf- to $4 million from the girls’ labor. In tized victims of trafficking. In many ficking victim in the United States Wisconsin, federal prosecutors states, trafficking victims are prose- to have a lawyer. We have trained obtained convictions in a case against cuted for crimes the traffickers forced nearly 1,000 pro bono attorneys two doctors who trafficked a young the victims to commit. We have a across the United States; we plan domestic worker into their home for long way to go before we succeed in to train thousands more. These forced labor. The defendants held the fully respecting the human rights of attorneys can provide high-qual- young woman for 19 years and paid trafficking victims. ity legal assistance to trafficking her nothing. And in Pennsylvania, We have a UN protocol on traf- survivors [as they] confront their the U.S. Attorney’s Office prosecuted ficking that enjoys almost universal traffickers in civil and criminal a group of Ukrainian men for traf- ratification. But the Palermo Pro- cases. Most of all, we hope to let ficking men and women from that tocol provides few protections for trafficking survivors in the United country to work as midnight cleaning trafficking victims. The main thrust States know that they have rights crews in offices and retail stores. Tes- of the international agreement is and that there are lawyers who will timony at trial showed that at least criminal prosecution, but the world help them—pro bono. one of the defendants raped the has dropped the ball. According to We are also beginning to build a women as part of the scheme. Forced the U.S. State Department, there network of international pro bono labor in the U.S. hides in plain view. were just 9,460 prosecutions brought attorneys. We need partners abroad in the entire world in 2013 (there to protect victims subjected to retalia- What have powerful nations like the United are an estimated 2.5 million human tory lawsuits brought by traffickers in States and groups like the United Naions trafficking victims at any given time) the countries of origin. D&B done right in addressing this issue? And only 1,199 of those prosecutions The United States federal govern- were for forced labor. Lekan Oguntoyinbo is a freelance ment has, over the past decade, journalist based in Columbia, Mo. adopted a “victim-centered approach” What are the center’s goals for the Contact him at oguntoyinbo@ to trafficking. But the states are far coming years? gmail.com.

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GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE AUTHORITY Bruce A. Harris

BY PATRICK FOLLIARD ome might find his next move unexpected, and that’s OK Attorney Bruce Harris is not easily with him, says Harris. He just asks that people not presume pigeonholed. African-American and to know what he thinks. Already a respected lawyer, gay, he is also Republican. Despite Harris gained wider attention in 2012 when New Jersey’s avowing to hate insects, he avidly Governor Chris Christie promotes the viability of honey bees nominated him to be an associate justice on the New Jersey Supreme Court. After —as the current mayor of Chatham extensive preparation and hearings, Harris’s nomination Swas rejected by a slim margin based mostly on party lines. Borough, N.J. He ranks a community “A lot of assumptions were made about who I’d be as a justice. How I’d decide on education, housing or gay mar- bee garden among his preferred riage cases. I can only say I would have followed the law,” projects. And while he spent most says Harris. He agrees that the experience was a political baptismal by fire that left him disappointed, but in the of his legal career as a bond and end Harris was glad that he pursued the nomination. “I gave it my best shot,” he says. bank attorney in private practice, Throughout much of his working life, Harris has been the only or one of very few African Americans in the of- two years ago Harris went in-house, fice. Often, he was the first black man to hold his position. accepting an appointment to serve Whether he was practicing transactional law for 12 years at Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti LLP’s Mor- as general counsel of the New Jersey ristown, N.J., office or later at Greenberg Traurig LLP’s office in nearby Florham Park, there weren’t a lot of people Turnpike Authority. who looked like him doing what he was doing. Prior to attending law school at Yale, Harris was a marketing manager with the Bell System for 16 years. Part of his early training at New England Telephone involved being one of the company’s first black foremen of an installation crew. And today, he is the GOP’s first-ever African American, openly gay mayor. “Let’s make it clear; my intent has never been to be a role model. I just followed my interests and do my job. Nonetheless, I’m honored if some people think of me as an example. It makes me feel good when people see what I have accomplished and then think it’s possible for them, too.” “I don’t really think of myself as a mentor,” adds Harris, 63. “Friends will call for advice, and I’ll listen and tell them what I think. Recently, a black municipal attorney wanted to explore options. I was happy to share my thoughts.”

14 DIVERSITY & THE BAR NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014 MCCA.COM Edwin Chociey, a commercial Harris had the ability to seamlessly litigator at Riker Danzig since 1994 and a partner since 2002, values his navigate relationships with everyone former colleague’s substantive knowl- edge in the transactional area and his at an over 150-attorney firm. And that impeccable judgment. He describes Harris as extraordinarily generous unique ability, Chociey says, is just with his time for colleagues: “Young attorneys often went to Bruce seeking one of Harris’s many strengths. advice. At Riker, he was a wonderful resource for attorneys with questions about his areas of expertise. He was In part, Harris’s ability to connect it.” At Greenberg, he brought Marc the de facto mentor for a number of with varied personalities may be a re- Boisclair, his partner of 34 years, to young attorneys in the corporate area. sult of his own diversity. He has been various parties and events. Harris They often went to him for advice.” openly gay since his sophomore year says, “I think I enjoyed it more than Chociey, who collaborated with at Amherst College, where he gradu- he did.” Harris on legal matters and served ated with a BA in black studies. “The Have his minority statuses ever with him on hiring and recruitment Stonewall riots had already taken hindered his career? “I’m sure they committees at Riker, says Harris had place in ’69, and gay liberation was have. Here I was in a job where you the ability to seamlessly navigate re- in the air. It wasn’t hard to be gay on have to do a lot of rainmaking and lationships with everyone at an over campus,” he explains. Professionally, cozy up to clients who play golf and 150-attorney firm. And that unique Harris never chose to come out for- follow sports, two things I don’t do. ability, Chociey says, is just one of mally: “If you got to know me, you And I’m black, and I’m gay. There are Harris’s many strengths. found out. And that’s how I handled a lot of things that make me differ-

MCCA.COM NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014 DIVERSITY & THE BAR 15 His talent for bringing people together in pursuit of a common goal ent and that probably hasn’t always worked in my favor.” After his nomination was rejected, is undoubtedly helpful in his political Harris weighed his many options. Af- ter two months, he accepted appoint- endeavors. ment from the governor’s office to be general counsel for the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, his first in-house legal position. “In recent years, I’d never considered going in-house at a nity. Also, they encouraged him and of little ideas about how government private corporation, but serving the his 11 siblings to do whatever they should work, and likes being able government was something I’d been did best. “We grew up surrounded by to implement those. “I enjoy being thinking about doing for a while.” music, art and culture. It was a great able to manage the way we listen to As general counsel, Harris heads environment to explore our inter- people, evaluate proposals—manage the Turnpike Authority Law Depart- ests,” says Harris, the eldest of the the town in general. It’s a challenge ment’s staff of eight attorneys and dozen. “Today our ranks include a but satisfying.” support personnel. Most litigation doctor, three lawyers, several teachers His pet projects typically surround is handled by outside counsel, so and musicians. We’re spread across finding innovative uses of open he spends a lot of time managing the country.” space. After becoming aware of the them. Other responsibilities, he says, Entering the law arena with an crisis facing the honey bee popula- include “real estate acquisitions for MBA, he was attracted more toward tion, Harris thought the bee project roadways, right of way and ease- negotiation than litigation. “I’ve was something Chatham Borough ments, procurement matters—bid- always seen myself more working citizens could get behind and make a ding and bid protests and contracts. on deals. While I like debate, when difference. He imagined that the vast We also handle equal employment I walk away from a debate I find unused space beneath high-tension opportunity under my office, toll vi- myself thinking ‘What I should have power lines that passed through town olations and subpoenas, open public said was…’” Other elements of trans- would make a great place to keep records requests—the full gamut.” actional work that he likes include its bee hives and in time significantly For Harris, the in-house culture at discrete start and ending and project increase the bee population. “We the Turnpike Authority feels famil- management and that it involves ne- face a lot of sustainability issues, and iar. “It reminds me of my time with gotiating rather than fighting. “There besides being careful with our electric the Bell System in many ways. In are different positions and interests and water use and recycling, there’s both places there are a lot of career in transactions, but everyone wants not a lot most people can do as indi- employees. The Bell System was a the deal to happen. You’re looking viduals. I thought this we could do to regulated monopoly when I was out for your client’s interests, and it’s make a difference.” there. Its main mission was to make important how everything is worded, When Harris first went pub- sure people never lost dial tone. In but ultimately the real win is for the lic with the idea and talked about the same way, there’s a real feeling of transaction to close.” locating a bee keeper, the town disappointment here when inclement His talent for bringing people council thought he was kidding. “But weather closes a road or a car acci- together in pursuit of a common when they realized I was serious and dent isn’t cleared away in 30 minutes goal is undoubtedly helpful in his then saw how other people in town or less. We all want to do our best for political endeavors. In addition to became interested, they put their the customers.” his full-time job with the Turnpike support behind me, and it’s taken off. Harris’ interest in government Authority, Harris puts in a lot of The bees are close to my heart.” D&B reaches back to student council and hours as mayor of Chatham Bor- regional student government in his ough, a non-paying position he PATRICK FOLLIARD is a Washington, native Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The son thoroughly enjoys. D.C.-based writer. His work has of the city’s first African American As mayor of the mostly Repub- appeared in New York Magazine, The physician and a homemaker, Harris lican, northern New Jersey town Washington Blade, The Washington says his parents led by example. They with a population of 9,000 since Post and many others. He can be were always involved in the commu- 2012, Harris says he possesses a lot contacted at [email protected].

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Pushing Forward Pushing M ­challenges. a glimpse at the past andasnapshot of the remaining “But whenthey shine, ithelps mitigate vestiges ofbias.” themselves,” says JosephK.West, MCCA’s president and CEO. eral counsel hasseen highsandlows. anew, the march toward parityfor female and minoritygen- Just asSanFrancisco’s dot-com boomwent bust and started whichhasregularlyMCCA, conducted surveys since 1999. ically underrepresented populations into the GC fold. legal profession inhopesofbringing more members ofhistor ments, at othercompanies andindifferent spheres ofthe women andethnic minoritiesintheir respective law depart GCs multipletimes. predecessor, Banks hasappeared inMCCA’s survey offemale general counsel at Gap, replacing LauriShanahan.Like her in awoman-to-woman handoff in2006whenshebecame an-to-woman succession ofitskindinthe Fortune® 500. was turningover the reins to Ursula Burnsinthefirst wom- At the time, Xerox’s Chief Executive Officer Anne Mulcahy GCs amongthe nation’s 500highest-grossing businesses. MCCA conducted its2009survey, Liuwas oneof43minority at Fortune® 500companies. Asian-Pacific American among11chief legal officers of color conducted itsfirst that GCsurvey year, Liuwas the sole came general counsel ofIKON OfficeSolutions. BY LYDIA LUM Join usfor alookat the current state ofrepresentation, “Unfortunately, women andminorities still have to prove Today, LiuandBanks are alsoboard members ofthe As legal chiefs, Banks andLiuhave mentored andguided Back on the West Coast, Banks gained firsthand experience When the MinorityCorporate CounselAssociation About 2,500 milesaway inMalvern, Pa., DonH.Liube- MCCA.COM

wagon barreling through town. millionaires by hoppingaboard thedot-com band- a timewhen corporate lawyers became instant SITION ICHELLE BANKS ACCEPTED AN IN-HOUSE PO D&B moved to Toll Brothers, thenXerox. When ­Fortune® 500. was oneof76female legal chiefs inthe to Gap’s general counsel, whoby 2004 and governance. Shereported directly senior director ofcorporate compliance at the SanFrancisco-based Gapin1999, ations led to herbecoming the company’s international retail anddistribution oper NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014 Liu remained intheNortheast whenhe Banks’s accomplishments for Gap’s DIVERSITY &THEBAR - - - 19 -

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Women and Minorities Minorities Women and as General Counsel asGeneralCounsel F BY LYDIA LUM among in-house leaders. “We see instances ofminoritytalent development onlyanecdot ty Corporate CounselAssociation, which conducts anannualsurvey of gender and race 500 companies currently employ minoritygeneral counsel—six more thanayear ago. much better, meaning that minoritychief legal officers remain rarities.Only 54 Fortune® female general counsel at Fortune® 500companies thisyear. Menofcolor aren’t faring “The growth isn’t pronounced,”“The says Joseph K. West, president andCEO oftheMinori- But for women ofcolor, the prospects are more uncertain. They comprise only21ofthe diversity insuchexecutive postsis likely sustainable. the law departments ofAmerica’s highest-revenue corporations, asignthat gender OR THE FOURTH STRAIGHT YEAR, MORE THAN 100 WOMEN ARE STEERING ally amongsome companies andinorganizations suchasours. I would like to see asustained focus onminoritiesamongmore corporations.” Hispanics, 14Asian-Pacific Americans andone multi-ethnic. They consist Of these 54GCs,the breakdown by race is29African-Americans, 10 of 33menand21women. That’s four more men andtwo more women than ayear ago. thatMCCA General Counsel Survey the head count hasbroken into the 50s. The current roster alsomarks the first timeinthe history ofthe MCCA.COM NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014 Story continues onpage24 DIVERSITY &THEBAR -

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MCCA’S 15TH ANNUAL GENERAL COUNSEL SURVEY MCCA’S 15TH ANNUAL GENERAL COUNSEL SURVEY 22 1 Minorities Fortune New tolist COMPANY Hershey Corning Avis BudgetGroup AECOM Broadcom Darden Restaurants HD Supply Dover WellCare HealthPlans L Brands SYNNEX Centene Office Depot Guardian LifeIns.Co.ofAmerica Entergy Praxair HealthCarePartners DaVita Consolidated Edison PG&E Corp. CBS Squibb Bristol-Myers Illinois Tool Works Cummins General Mills Kraft Foods Group Xerox Abbott Laboratories US Foods Aflac Fluor McDonald’s Publix SuperMarkets 3M Cigna United ContinentalHoldings INTL FCStone United Parcel Service Google PepsiCo MetLife Home Depot AmerisourceBergen Citigroup DIVERSITY &THEBAR NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014 GENERAL COUNSEL Leslie Turner Lewis Steverson Michael Tucker David Y. Gan¹ Chong Arthur Teresa Sebastian Ricardo Nuñez Ivonne Cabrera Lisa Iglesias Douglas Williams Simon Leung Keith Williamson Elisa D. GarciaC. Tracy Rich Marcus Brown James Breedlove Kim Rivera Elizabeth Moore Hyun Park Lawrence P. Tu¹ Sandra Leung Maria Green Sharon Barner Roderick Palmore Kim Rucker Don H.Liu Allen Hubert Juliette Pryor Audrey BooneTillman¹ Hernandez Carlos Gloria Santona John Attaway Jr. Ivan Fong Nicole Jones Brett Hart R. ReneFriedman Teri PlummerMcClure David C.Drummond Tony West¹ Ricardo Anzaldua Teresa WynnRoseborough John Chou Rohan Weerasinghe ® 500 MCCA.COM 366 343 340 332 328 319 317 301 294 263 260 251 248 245 242 233 230 225 183 182 176 171 168 159 156 137 136 133 125 109 106 104 101 RANK 2013 97 78 66 50 46 43 42 33 28 26 103 384 326 350 320 327 328 330 308 345 258 262 303 253 238 261 241 311 226 183 186 158 155 160 169 151 131 118 110 111 108 101 RANK 2012 79 39 53 55 43 40 34 32 26 70 INDUSTRY Health Care:InsuranceandManagedCare Airlines Financials Diversified Mail, Package andFreight Delivery andRetailing Services Internet Food ConsumerProducts Insurance: Life, Health(stock) Other Specialty Retailers: HealthCare Wholesalers: Commercial Banks Food ConsumerProducts Equipment andOtherCommunications Network Automotive Retailing, Services Engineering, Construction Components andOtherElectronic Semiconductors Food Services Diversified Wholesalers: Industrial Machinery Health Care:InsuranceandManagedCare Apparel Specialty Retailers: Equipment ElectronicsandOffice Wholesalers: Health Care:InsuranceandManagedCare Other Specialty Retailers: Insurance: Life, Health(Mutual) Utilities: GasandElectric Chemicals Health Care:MedicalFacilities Utilities: GasandElectric Utilities: GasandElectric Entertainment Pharmaceuticals Industrial Machinery andFarmConstruction Machinery Food ConsumerProducts Food ConsumerProducts TechnologyInformation Services Medical ProductsandEquipment FoodWholesalers: andGrocery Insurance: Life, Health(stock) Engineering, Construction Food Services Food Stores andDrug Miscellaneous 1 Minorities Fortune New tolist COMPANY Bemis AutomotiveGroup Asbury Spectra Energy Andersons CH2M HILL Anixter International Allergan Targa Resources Agilent Technologies Symantec PetSmart A crisis opened thedoorfor me to demonstrate my management I adjusted to the difference in focus, andthen thefinancial coming from high-pressure firms to feel this way,” he says. “But demonstrate hiscapabilities. “It’s notuncommon for lawyers and insurance corporation. firm to head corporate legal at The Hartford, the huge financial York butready for adifferent practice experience. the He left partner withCleary, Gottlieb, Steen &Hamilton LLPin New my adrenaline andmakes meexcited aboutcoming to work.” of thejob.Each day’s new activityandanalysis iswhat drives about thecompany’s direction. For me, it’s themost funaspect in makingkey decisionsandrecommendations to theboard egy: “All ofusinthe MetLife C-suite are expected to participate just one ofthethingsthat make Anzaldua aperfect fit at MetLife. are committed to workplace diversity.is Thismeeting ofmissions MetLife hasalonghistory ofsupportingotherorganizations that he adds.“It’s aresponsibility that isnearanddearto my heart.” ant that we make career opportunities available to everyone,” organization,” hesays. I’ve made developing diverse talent acore initiative forour the careers ofwomen andminorities. It’s apriority for me, and Initially, he was concerned aboutfindingopportunitiesto Prior to hisin-housecareer, Anzaldua was happy asa He isalsopassionate aboutcollaborating onbusiness strat “We askalotofouremployees, andinreturn, it’s import New York, N.Y. MetLife Inc. General Counsel Presidentand Executive Vice Ricardo A.Anzaldua profession. “It’s inmy DNA to mentor andassist in Anzaldua iscommitted to promoting diversity inthe for insurance giant MetLife since 2012, Ricardo s executive vicepresident and general counsel ® 500(continued) GENERAL COUNSEL Sheri Edison George Villasana Reginald Hedgebeth Naran Burchinow S.Nixon¹ Gregory Justin Choi Pinkston Arnold Paul Chung Marie OhHuber Scott Taylor Paulette Dodson - - ing for the next challenge.” of drive inme. It’s abigpartofwhat keeps me going andlook and music, andI’m grateful that my parents instilled that kind ure for me,” he says. “ButIenjoyed my schoolwork, athletics was intense“There pressure. Not getting straight A’s was fail- borderland family, Anzaldua grew upinNew Mexico and Texas. stage ofmy life,” hesays half-jokingly. Borninto anoldHispanic Law Schoolin1990andentered the profession. like economic development.” Hereceived hisJDfrom Harvard that I’d be happieradvisingsovereign governments onissues ademicians andfellows at thecenter, Icame to theconclusion do something more practical. After seeking outadvice from ac- sity ofCalifornia thinktank focusing onresearch. “Iwanted to while working at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, aUniver actually operated andmadeitsmoney. engine room ofthecompany—the place where thecompany businesses, becoming bothlegal andbusiness advisorto the named general counsel ofTheHartford’s property and casualty and leadership capabilities.” After three years there, he was 492 472 461 453 437 420 408 395 384 378 376 RANK 2013 MCCA.COM “Lack ofsuccesswas notanacceptable outcome at any Anzaldua first considered alegal career inthe mid-’80s 506 475 472 415 405 440 435 371 379 377 RANK 479 2012 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014 Packaging, Containers INDUSTRY Automotive Retailing, Services Pipelines Food Production Engineering, Construction Diversified Wholesalers: Pharmaceuticals Pipelines Equipment Scientific, PhotographicandControl Computer Software Other Specialty Retailers: DIVERSITY &THEBAR 23 - -

MCCA’S 15TH ANNUAL GENERAL COUNSEL SURVEY MCCA’S 15TH ANNUAL GENERAL COUNSEL SURVEY 24 1 Minorities Fortune tinue to cloud the paths of minorities of both genders. tinue tocloud thepathsofminoritiesboth genders. reach forlawyers ofcolor, butshards of racialbiascon- advancement of allwomenandminorities. underrepresented groups andhampers theprogress and creates anever-deepening disparity among historically women annually, meaning20percent orhigher. Since 2011,theFortune® 500hasboastedatleast102 for MCCA’s andeightmore thanayear survey ago. chiefs, encompassingallethnicities,isahigh-watermark ics. So we have quiteabitofroom lefttogrow.” and doesn’t adequatelyreflect thecountry’s demograph - 1999. “But thisisunder11percent oftheFortune® 500 good,” Liusays,comparingthecurrent figure tothatof was GCofIKON Office Solutions. 11 andtheonlyAsian-Pacific American. Back then,he 1999, whichrevealed 11minorities. stone—even whenrevisiting MCCA’s in originalsurvey New tolist COMPANY EP Energy SunEdison Hawaiian Holdings Triple-S Management WGL Holdings Popular Carter’s Harsco American Water Works Varian MedicalSystems Sabre Corporation Hubbell Lennox International Alliant Energy Towers Watson NVIDIA MasTec Stores Burlington KeyCorp Hanesbrands CA Technologies Neiman MarcusGroup DIVERSITY &THEBAR Executive leadership positionsaren’t explicitlyoutof Nevertheless, themeagernumber ofminoritywomen Meanwhile, thecurrent tallyof113female legal “The five-fold increaseis inminoritygeneralcounsel MCCA board memberDon H.Liuwasamongthe Yet it’s toughtomusterexcitement over thismile- NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014 GENERAL COUNSEL Chapman Marguerite Woung- Truong Martin Hoyt Zia L.Rodríguez-Ramos¹ Carlos Leslie Thornton Ignacio Alvarez Michael C.Wu¹ A. Verona Dorch Kellye Walker John Kuo Rachel Gonzalez¹ An-Ping Hsieh John Torres James Gallegos Hicks Kirkland Brian Cabrera¹ deCardenas Alberto Paul Tang Paul Harris Joia Johnson Clifford DuPree¹ Tracy Preston ® 501–1000 MCCA.COM had with female minorities at firms or even at supportive, had withfemale minoritiesatfirmsoreven atsupportive, says. “Icannottellyou how manyconversations Ihave non-minority colleagues,who have more flexibility,” West lar combinationofpressures outsidetheoffice. caregivers toagingrelativesprimary orshoulderasimi- households, jugglechildcare challenges,findthemselves women. Many ofthemare soleincome-earnersintheir in thelegalprofession “especially difficult” forminority woman ofcolor. two previous years. revealed The1999survey onlyone reached doubledigitsuntil2010andstalledateightthe 20s. It was19ayear ago. marks thefirsttimethisheadcounthascrept intothe 100 companies.The21womenofthe 500 Fortune® percent of allFortune® 500andinterestingly, Fortune® Minority, femalegeneralcounselnow populateabout4 Roadblocks toProgress letter ofacceptancetolawschoolandwhodoesn’t. Sometimes, theseimpedimentsinfluencewho a receives RANK 990 967 926 865 849 820 798 748 745 737 712 705 689 687 648 589 567 551 541 530 529 527 2013 “These barriers tend to be higher than they are for their “These barrierstendtobehigher thantheyare fortheir MCCA’s West andsuccess callsthebarrierstoentry Even more soberingisthatthisheadcountnever RANK 803 954 832 831 875 841 704 731 747 705 658 655 649 553 606 577 510 518 499 547 2012 INDUSTRY Mining, Production Crude-Oil Components andOtherElectronic Semiconductors Airlines Health Care:InsuranceandManagedCare Energy Commercial Banks Apparel Metals Miscellaneous Medical ProductsandEquipment andRetailing Services Internet Electronics, ElectricalEquip. Industrial Machinery Utilities: GasandElectric OutsourcingServices Diversified Components andOtherElectronic Semiconductors Engineering, Construction Apparel Specialty Retailers: Commercial Banks Apparel Computer Software Apparel Specialty Retailers: more thanthat of 2010andtwofewer thanthat of 2009. This year’s roster of33mencolorisonlyone those ofnon-minorities—and hasactuallyslippedsince butitstilllagsfarbehind their femalecounterparts, counsel intheFortune® 500isn’t assparsethatof porate services. recently, shewasAflac’s executive vicepresident ofcor- roles inthelegalandhumanresources divisions.Most joining theinsurancetitanin1996, Tillman hasheld Audrey Boone Tillman atAflac(125)this year. Since or corporation. Take, forinstance,thepromotion of didates, oftenwithinthelabyrinth ofanygiven firm more flexiblework options.” women grow, lawfirmsneedtooffer more and support enough thattheyaffect andpromotion.”recruiting These systemicissuesare andserious disproportionate wherecorporate lawdepartments thishasbeenthecase. Meanwhile, thenumberofminoritymalegeneral There’s ofqualifiedGCcan- noshortage certainly He adds,“In order tomakethenumberofminority “I not asurprisewhen thecompany created ageneral counsel client. By 2011, shewas billing2,000 hours annually, soitwas Cleveland office, where since2004 TransDigm was her biggest a mergers andacquisitionspartner inBaker it incredibly difficult toadvocate fortheclient.” quality isbetter suited to negotiation. Seeing bothsides makes issue Ithought I’d make agreat litigator, butIlater learned this University SchoolofLaw. “Because Ican see bothsides ofan instead for acareer inlaw and attended Case Western Reserve but her distaste for poetry quashed that dream. Sheopted University ofMichigan planningto become anEnglish teacher, compliance andethics andanti-corruption training. controller andcontracting basics.InEurope she teaches export conferences, focusing onoperations andprocurement, sales, management. She alsodevotes considerable time to training ties includeacquisitions, commercial contracts andlitigation a two-person legal department responsibili whose primary - commercial andmilitary aircraft components, Terrion heads Cleveland-based globaldesigner, producer andsupplier of a matter from beginning to end.” feel like I’m partanintegral partoftheteam. Ilike working on Before going in-house at TransDigm in2012, Terrion was “I stumbled into law,” says Terrion. She entered the As GCandchief compliance officer at TransDigm, the Cleveland, Ohio TransDigm GroupIncorporated Compliance Officer General CounselandChief Halle F. Terrion something that moves theneedle.Beingin-house, I “Also, at abigfirm, Ididn’t feel like I was partof part ofbeingapartnerinfirm,” says Halle Terrion. ’ve never liked marketing myself, andthat’s abig & Hostetler’s American Bar Associationlaunched its“10x10Initia - 500 companies.That year, the National Asian Pacific Pacific Americanlegalchiefsworked for Fortune® after lawschoolgraduationand barexampassage. “This isamajorproblem inthepipeline,” West says. were twiceaslikelywhitestogetshutout oflawschool. percent ofAfrican-Americansand45percent ofHispanics. cent ofwhitesfailedtogainadmission,compared with60 ABA-accredited schools.Of thoseapplicants,only31per- minorities whoseLSAT scores didn’t meetthecriteria disturbing disparitiesinadmissionratesbetween whitesand potential GCs. that blocktheirpathsintolawschool,resulting infewer 2011 to2013. 2009. Minority malenumbersslidintothe20sfrom problems asobstacles to overcome andnotasroadblocks.” being aworking mother ofthree. Whatever thereason, Isee I’m notsure. Maybe it’s just my personality oritcomes from selor,” shesays. “I’m alsoaproblem-solver. Ifthat’s learned, difficult answer. Ithinkthat helps tomake me a valuable coun- combining tact andcandor. “Inever shy away from givingthe want to go in-house, says Terrion. ing to serve asanM&Aattorney—all good experiences if you she was free to explore different practice areas while continu- and standing infront ofacopy machine.” Andlater at Baker in asmallfirm“where associates were still red-lining byhand and afew luckyaccidents: Shestarted asacorporate generalist on board.” IwasBut since ineffect already doingthe job, they brought me private equity spirit, there was areluctance to change things. so extraordinarily non-bureaucratic andthey possessedalean position specifically forher. “Because TransDigm’s cultureis In 2006,MCCA’s showed survey thatsixAsian- The stereotyping ofminorities oftencontinueslong Put anotherway, African-Americansinthissubgroup He citesAmericanBar Associationstatisticsthatshow West saysthatminoritiesofbothgendersfacebiases MCCA.COM To beaneffective general counsel, Terrion recommends Terrion credits her success to herbroad legal background NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014 DIVERSITY &THEBAR

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MCCA’S 15TH ANNUAL GENERAL COUNSEL SURVEY MCCA’S 15TH ANNUAL GENERAL COUNSEL SURVEY 26 A I’m very proud ofmy background andmy culture. Ibelieve it’s University ofChicago Law School.“As anIranian-American, succeed professionally. She earned herlaw degree from the to hers. Behniawas expected to excel inschoolandeventually parents decided to stay. opportunities they could offer theirdaughters in the U.S., her medical training. Impressed withtheeducational and career Chicago area when she was four sothat her father could receive advice isacore functionof my position.” one. They need people they can trust. Givingstraightforward good advice to ourCEO,” she says. “A CEO’s jobcan bealonely product development. angle, includingtechnical, innovation, customer and service the multi-billion company was re-invigorating itself from every nia joined Pall oneyear after in2012(just thenew CEO) when of countries.” Currently I’m dealingwithadiverse array ofbusinesses indozens sion to her work. “Increasingly, I’m involved inglobaloperations. side theUnited States, there isasignificant international dimen- sel and secretary atXeroxsel andsecretary (137).“Unfortunately, the who’s currently executive vicepresident, generalcoun- that we hadmadesuchgreat progress sosoon,” saysLiu, Pacific descent. grown, asevidentby thisyear’s 14GCsofAsian- hires andpromotions. visibility andtherefore couldhelpfueladditional belief thatthehigherheadcountcreated more APA how theproud achievement wasaccompaniedby a yers whocarriedouttheNAPABA endeavor, recalls MCCA board memberLiu,whowasamong thelaw- ers aboutthetalentpool. vacancies andraisingawareness amongexecutive recruit- stepped-up networking, referrals tocompanieswithjob tive” toincrease thisheadcountto10by 2010through DIVERSITY &THEBAR “We were misledby somewhat thequicksuccess— But sincethen,thatheadcountof12hasbarely By fall2007,thefigure of six haddoubled. Like somany immigrant families, education was important Born inTehran, Iran, Behniaandher family moved to the “As GC, Idon’t have anagenda, andthisfrees meupto give Also, timinghasalsomade herGC experience unique. Beh- peers. Withmost ofPall’s revenue coming from out two thingsthat distinguish what shedoes from her and purification solutions company, Roya Behnia cites s GCofPall Corporation, aglobalfiltration, separation Port Washington,Port N.Y. Pall Corporation Counsel andCorporate Secretary Senior VicePresident, General Roya Behnia NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014 MCCA.COM

- trenches, andIlike that.” the businessandpartofacommon purpose.It’s like beinginthe a stake inthe outcome, whereas in-house you’re embroiled in work, but sometimes I felt I was ontheoutside anddidn’t have taking depositions and going to trial. “At thefirm, Idid interesting says she didn’twant to spend therest ofherprofessional life Despite makingpartner at Kirkland &EllisinChicago, Behnia Brunswick Corporation—both global Fortune® 500 companies. ing GCat SPX Corporation andheld herfirst at in-house position corporate governance experience. She learned to be anoperat companycial services Rewards Network Inc., where shegained gets you ahead.” adopt. “It’s the onlyway to expand your skill set, andthat’s what says women whomay be reluctant to take career risks should cate differently.” differences andanunderstanding ofhow peoplemay communi- transactions. It’s given me sensitivity and appreciation for cultural helped me working inaglobalcorporation andwithnegotiating slow forme,” Banks says,referring toannualgrowth. like we willmeetthataspiration,soin thatsense,it’s too which is33percent—by 2017. number ofFortune® of womenintoGCpositions. It targetsincreasing the andacceleratetheprofessional development support andnetworking tohelp sessions around thecountry which beganin2012.Theinitiative consistsoftraining a workshop panelistandfacilitatorforProject 5/165, company lawdepartments. is satisfiedwiththepaceofgenderdiversification atop of usare stillseenasfollowers, notleaders.” Pacific Americans are largerthanever, inmyview. Many bamboo ceilingisalive andwell. TheissuesfacingAsian With only113womenthis year, “itdoesnotlook MCCA board memberMichelle Banks hasbeen Looking beyond raceandethnicity, noteveryone Behnia previously served asGCat Internet marketing/finan- Behnia’s motto is“Say yes to everything,” amaxim that she

500 femalelegalchiefsto165— Story continues on page 29. continues onpage29. Story - Women Fortune 1 New tolist COMPANY Altria Group Kraft Foods Group Whirlpool AbbVie HollyFrontier Union Pacific US Foods Alcoa Aflac Duke Energy Grumman Northrop Avnet Occidental Petroleum NIKE TJX McDonald’s PaperInternational Cigna Supervalu Allstate Nationwide American Express New York LifeInsurance Holdings Sears DuPont Oracle Deere Honeywell International Financial Prudential INTL FCStone FedEx CHS Lockheed Martin ProductsPartners Enterprise United Parcel Service ConocoPhillips Home Depot Procter &Gamble Kroger McKesson UnitedHealth Group Phillips 66 Walmart ® 500 GENERAL COUNSEL Denise Keane Kim Rucker Hewitt Kirsten Laura J.Schumacher¹ Denise McWatters Gayla Thal Juliette Pryor Audrey Strauss Audrey BooneTillman¹ Julie Janson Sheila Cheston Erin Lewin Marcia Backus¹ Krane Hilary Ann McCauley Gloria Santona Sharon Ryan Nicole Jones Robertson Karla Susan Lees Patricia Hatler Laureen Seeger¹ Sheila Davidson Kristin Coleman¹ Stacy L.Fox¹ Dorian Daley K.W.Mary Jones Kate Adams Susan Blount R. ReneFriedman Christine Richards Lisa Zell Lavan Maryanne Stephanie Hildebrandt Teri PlummerMcClure Janet LangfordKelly Teresa WynnRoseborough Deborah Majoras Christine Wheatley¹ Lori A.Schechter¹ Marianne Short Paula Johnson Karen Roberts RANK 161 156 153 152 145 135 133 130 125 123 122 117 116 115 108 106 105 2013 MCCA.COM 97 94 92 91 90 88 87 86 82 80 77 72 66 64 62 59 56 50 47 33 31 24 15 14 6 1 RANK 103 100 159 151 154 143 138 128 118 145 120 117 125 126 115 111 107 2012 86 92 90 89 71 72 80 85 78 29 39 63 69 59 64 53 45 34 28 23 14 17 4 1 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014 Health Care:InsuranceandManagedCare Food Stores andDrug andCasualty(Stock) Insurance: Property andCasualty(Mutual) Insurance: Property Commercial Banks Insurance: Life, Health(Mutual) General Merchandisers Chemicals Computer Software andFarmConstruction Machinery Electronics, ElectricalEquip. Insurance: Life, Health(stock) Financials Diversified Mail, Package andFreight Delivery FoodWholesalers: andGrocery Aerospace andDefense Pipelines Mail, Package andFreight Delivery Mining, Production Crude-Oil Other Specialty Retailers: Household andPersonal Products Food Stores andDrug HealthCare Wholesalers: Health Care:InsuranceandManagedCare INDUSTRY Petroleum Refining General Merchandisers Tobacco Food ConsumerProducts Electronics, ElectricalEquip. Pharmaceuticals Petroleum Refining Railroads FoodWholesalers: and Grocery Metals Insurance: Life, Health(stock) Utilities: GasandElectric Aerospace andDefense Equipment ElectronicsandOffice Wholesalers: Mining, Production Crude-Oil Apparel Apparel Specialty Retailers: Food Services Forest andPaper Products DIVERSITY &THEBAR 27

MCCA’S 15TH ANNUAL GENERAL COUNSEL SURVEY MCCA’S 15TH ANNUAL GENERAL COUNSEL SURVEY 28 Women Fortune 1 New tolist COMPANY Spectrum GroupInternational Spectrum WESCO International forLutherans Thrivent Financial CenterPoint Energy Pacific Life Precision Castparts Darden Restaurants Campbell Soup FoodsHormel Owens &Minor Dover AutoZone Principal Financial Services Discover Financial WellCare HealthPlans Hilton Worldwide Holdings Group Enterprise Public Service Estée Lauder Sherwin-Williams R.R. Donnelley &Sons Sempra Energy CDW Health Net Office Depot VF Visa J.C. Penney CSX HealthCarePartners DaVita Tenet Healthcare Consolidated Edison Whole Foods Market Chubb Starbucks FirstEnergy Community HealthSystems Marathon Oil ConAgra Foods Gap Squibb Bristol-Myers Illinois Tool Works Cummins United StatesSteel TRW AutomotiveHoldings Dollar General DIVERSITY &THEBAR ® NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014 500(continued) GENERAL COUNSEL Carol Meltzer Diane Lazzaris Teresa Rasmussen Dana O’Brien¹ Sharon Cheever Ruth Beyer Teresa Sebastian Ellen OranKaden Lori Marco Grace denHartog Ivonne Cabrera Kristen CollierWright¹ Karen Shaff Kelly McNamaraCorley Lisa Iglesias Kristin Campbell Tamara Linde¹ Sara Moss Catherine Kilbane Suzanne Bettman Wyrsch Martha Christine Leahy Angelee F. Bouchard Elisa D. GarciaC. Laura Meagher Kelly MahonTullier¹ Janet Dhillon Ellen Fitzsimmons Kim Rivera Audrey Andrews Elizabeth Moore Lang Roberta Maureen Brundage Lucy Helm Leila Vespoli Rachel Seifert Sylvia Kerrigan Colleen Batcheler Michelle Banks Sandra Leung Maria Green Sharon Barner Suzanne RichFolsom¹ Robin Walker-Lee Rhonda Taylor MCCA.COM RANK 353 349 335 334 333 322 319 315 311 303 301 300 298 296 294 289 284 279 278 268 267 265 254 248 241 238 235 231 230 229 225 218 208 196 195 192 188 184 178 176 171 168 166 165 164 2013 RANK 331 385 325 344 369 355 328 338 319 297 308 306 290 294 345 276 279 282 264 281 267 236 253 250 260 215 231 311 269 226 232 202 208 181 184 174 209 179 158 155 160 147 173 175 2012 INDUSTRY Miscellaneous Diversified Wholesalers: Insurance: Life, Health(Mutual) Utilities: GasandElectric Insurance: Life, Health(stock) Aerospace andDefense Food Services Food ConsumerProducts Food ConsumerProducts HealthCare Wholesalers: Industrial Machinery Other Specialty Retailers: Insurance: Life, Health(stock) Commercial Banks Health Care:InsuranceandManagedCare Hotels, Casinos, Resorts Utilities: GasandElectric Household andPersonal Products Chemicals Publishing, Printing Utilities: GasandElectric TechnologyInformation Services Health Care:InsuranceandManagedCare Other Specialty Retailers: Apparel DataServices Financial General Merchandisers Railroads Health Care:MedicalFacilities Health Care:MedicalFacilities Utilities: GasandElectric Food Stores andDrug andCasualty(Stock) Insurance: Property Food Services Utilities: GasandElectric Health Care:MedicalFacilities Mining, Production Crude-Oil Food ConsumerProducts Apparel Specialty Retailers: Pharmaceuticals Industrial Machinery andFarmConstruction Machinery Metals Motor Vehicles andParts General Merchandisers 500 at Gap (178).“Ithinkhitting20percent intheFortune® andchiefcomplianceofficer counsel, corporatesecretary tiful,” saysBanks, who’s executive vicepresident, general years agotoGCof Walmart, theNo. 1U.S.company. an examplethepromotion ofKaren Roberts almosttwo establishment continuesturningtothem.She citesas and aimingfortopin-housejobsbecausethecorporate Women Fortune that wascapped by adecade asitslegalchief, Louise example, aftera37-year career atAmerican Express (90) when incumbentGCshave vacated theirposts.For being selectedasgeneralcounsel,” shesays. corporations, Ibelieve itcouldresult inmore women that formalsuccessionplanning isadoptedacross more ing thethird ofthree femaleGCsatGap. “To theextent 1 New tolist COMPANY Bemis McGraw HillFinancial Host Hotels&Resorts Holdings Realogy Wynn Resorts Clorox Group Energy Integrys NiSource Booz AllenHamiltonHolding Kindred Healthcare FutureHoldings Energy J.M. Smucker ofWashington International Expeditors NCR Ingredion Advance AutoParts Foot Locker Dennison Avery CMS Energy Casey’s GeneralStores Agilent Technologies PetSmart Biogen Idec Hershey UGI “Positive storiesandstrong role modelsare now plen- Still, shebelieves womenare increasingly seekingout She hasn’t given uponthe2017goal—noteven She credits robust succession planningtoherbecom-

helped, andhitting30percent wouldhelpeven more.” ® 500(continued) GENERAL COUNSEL Sheri Edison Lucy Fato¹ Elizabeth Abdoo Marilyn Wasser Kim Sinatra Laura Stein Jodi Caro Hightman Carrie Nancy Laben¹ M. SuzanneRiedman Stacy Doré Jeannette Knudsen Amy Scheer Jennifer Daniels Christine Castellano Sarah Powell Sheilagh Clarke¹ Susan Miller Catherine M.Reynolds¹ Julie Jackowski Marie OhHuber Paulette Dodson Susan Alexander Leslie Turner Monica Gaudiosi LLP, where shehadspenther entire 30-year career. this year, ofJenner Levywasmanaging partner &Block company (574). Before joiningthefinancial services group boastcredentials thatare just asformidable. Fortune® 500,butthewomenwhocomprisethissecond corporate landscapecommonly focusonplayers inthe this year, aspikefrom 84ayear ago. across Observers the ing atFortune® 501–1000(Fortune® 1000)companies MCCA’s shows survey 95femalegeneralcounselwork- Fortune® tunities forwomen,” Banks says. health care giant. Lori A.Schechter’s promotion togeneralcounsel atthe the void atAmericanExpress, whichpaved thewayfor Seeger McKesson departed (15)inthesummertofill Parent leftforapositioninprivate practice.Laureen RANK Take, forinstance,Susan C.LevyofNorthern Trust “The more GCopenings,themore potentialoppor - 492 484 477 476 452 451 450 448 443 441 438 435 425 423 412 402 400 398 394 389 384 376 375 366 362 2013 MCCA.COM

501–1000 501–1000 RANK 479 390 469 512 478 461 559 480 436 410 447 452 428 441 386 409 413 375 406 392 371 377 454 384 388 2012 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014 INDUSTRY Packaging, Containers DataServices Financial Real Estate Real Estate Hotels, Casinos, Resorts Household andPersonal Products Utilities: GasandElectric Utilities: GasandElectric TechnologyInformation Services Health Care:MedicalFacilities Energy Food ConsumerProducts Transportation andLogistics Computers, OfficeEquipment Food Production Other Specialty Retailers: Apparel Specialty Retailers: Chemicals Utilities: GasandElectric Other Specialty Retailers: Equipment Scientific, PhotographicandControl Other Specialty Retailers: Pharmaceuticals Food ConsumerProducts Energy DIVERSITY &THEBAR 29

MCCA’S 15TH ANNUAL GENERAL COUNSEL SURVEY MCCA’S 15TH ANNUAL GENERAL COUNSEL SURVEY 30 ing the jewelry retailer.ing thejewelry She and Wells worked for law Harlan’s promotion occurred abouttwoyears afterjoin - months laterwasnamedtothe permanentposition. she waspromoted. Wells becameactingGCandseven vice president, andcounselwhen corporatesecretary (878) andLaceyJ.Bundy ofExpress (913). Tiffany &Co. (604),CandiceJ. Wells ofLINN Energy in their30shave ascendedtothetop:LeighHarlan of ments toleadthem.Since 2012,atleastthree women - select 30-somethingswhowork intheirlawdepart 1 Women Fortune New tolist COMPANY Patterson Meritor Polaris Industries PolyOne Xylem Graham Holdings Protective Life Tiffany &Co. Hasbro SunGard DataSystems Hyatt Hotels FMC Colfax TrustNorthern Team HealthHoldings Alliance DataSystems Graphic Packaging International Wisconsin Energy Intuit Cincinnati Financial Hanesbrands Neiman MarcusGroup TierEnergy Northern Avaya Genesis Energy Quad/Graphics ABM Exelis Fiserv YRC Worldwide Flowserve DIVERSITY &THEBAR A CPA priortolaw school,Bundy was anExpress Another source ofGCsliesamongcorporationsthat NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014 ® 501–1000 GENERAL COUNSEL Jonelle Burnham Sandra Quick¹ Stacy Bogart Lisa Kunkle Claudia Toussaint¹ Veronica Dillon Deborah Long Leigh Harlan¹ Barbara Finigan Silbey Victoria Rena HozoreReiss Andrea Utecht A. Lynne Puckett Susan C.Levy¹ Heidi Allen Leigh AnnEpperson Lauren Tashma¹ Susan Martin Laura Fennell Lisa Love Joia Johnson Tracy Preston Melissa M.Buhrig¹ Amy FliegelmanOlli¹ Kristen O. Jesulaitis Jennifer Kent Sarah Hlavinka McConnell Ann Davidson Lynn S.McCreary¹ Michelle Friel Carey O’Connor MCCA.COM None of thetalliesfrom 2009to2012wasas highasseven. minorities, thesamefigure asthatoftheprevious survey. en ofthe95femaleincumbents intheFortune® 1000are all industries,justasitdoesin the tapping womenfortheseposts. of businessesinhistoricallymale-dominated industries top jobinthespring,continuingatrend inrecent years to promote deputygeneralcounselCaraM.Hair tothe Helmerich &Payne (671)announcedsuccession plans firms before moving in-house. 642 634 621 618 617 614 609 604 597 585 584 581 579 574 573 571 547 545 544 543 530 527 525 520 517 513 512 510 508 506 501 RANK But racialdiversity stilltrailsgenderinclusiveness across At 2013

Diversity &theBar’s 636 536 674 715 612 580 628 611 576 550 593 617 599 561 618 626 549 557 558 572 518 547 546 477 579 567 551 453 532 498 508 RANK 2012 INDUSTRY Wholesalers: HealthCare Wholesalers: Motor Vehicles and Parts Transportation Equipment Chemicals Industrial Machinery Education Insurance: Life, Health(stock) Other Specialty Retailers: Toys, Goods Sporting DataServices Financial Hotels, Casinos, Resorts Chemicals Industrial Machinery Commercial Banks andOtherServices Health Care:Pharmacy DataServices Financial Packaging, Containers Utilities: GasandElectric Computer Software andCasualty(Stock) Insurance: Property Apparel Apparel Specialty Retailers: Petroleum Refining Equipment andOtherCommunications Network Pipelines Publishing, Printing OutsourcingServices Diversified Aerospace andDefense DataServices Financial Trucking, Truck Leasing Industrial Machinery press time,drillingcontractor Fortune®

500. Only sev- panics, sixAsian-Pacific Americansandone multi-ethnic. and womenofcolor, iseightAfrican-Americans,seven His- the years from 2007through 2011. count was14,anditrangedfrom 16to22foreachof year are twofewerthanayear ago. In 2012,thehead addresses, such asLawrence P. Tu, who leftDell for CBS business cards now withdifferent MCCA surveys carry Some minoritymenwhohave appeared inprevious Career Moves 1 Women Fortune New tolist COMPANY ITT SunPower Interactive Scripps Networks SpartanNash Tetra Tech Albemarle Analog Devices Pall Medical MutualofOhio Teradata Chemtura TD AmeritradeHolding Endo International Group Financial StanCorp Steelcase Brookdale SeniorLiving Harsco American Water Works CME Group DENTSPLY International Flavors &FragrancesInternational Exide Technologies Alere Green PlainsRenewable Energy Cooper Standard Sabre New Jersey Resources NuStar Energy CareFusion Lam Research The current breakdown by race,whencombiningmen Among minoritymen,the15generalcounselthis ® 501–1000(continued) GENERAL COUNSEL Mary BethGustafsson¹ Mary Lisa Bodensteiner Cynthia Gibson Kathy Mahoney Janis Salin Karen Narwold Margaret Seif Roya Behnia Patricia Decensi¹ Laura Nyquist Billie Flaherty Ellen Koplow Caroline Manogue Holley Franklin Lizbeth O’Shaughnessy Geri Krupp-Gordon A. Verona Dorch Kellye Walker Kathleen Cronin Deborah Rasin Anne Chwat Barbara Hatcher Ellen Chiniara Michelle Mapes Aleksandra Miziolek¹ Rachel Gonzalez¹ Mariellen Dugan Thompson¹ Amy Perry¹, Karen Joan Stafslien Sarah O’Dowd nor ofPuerto Rico. legal andlegislative positionsintheOffice ofthe Gover- officer. Priortojoining Triple-S, held Rodríguez-Ramos García-­ much ofthisyear becausehispredecessor, Roberto ­Rodríguez-Ramos hasbeenactinggeneralcounselfor Technologies (529)namedClifford DuPree actingGC. promoted David Y. Gan toco-general counsel,andCA International forCH2MHill (437). (182), andGregory S.Nixon, DynCorp whodeparted 839 835 828 811 805 804 799 796 784 783 775 772 766 755 753 750 748 745 738 735 734 732 725 721 714 712 699 661 651 647 RANK At Triple-S Management (865),CarlosL. giantAECOM(332) Engineering andconstruction 2013 MCCA.COM Rodríguez, isnow thecompany’s chiefoperating 861 833 855 783 769 759 771 728 782 776 710 780 708 730 758 755 704 731 726 724 743 698 745 645 733 863 389 622 775 RANK 2012 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014 INDUSTRY Industrial Machinery Energy Entertainment FoodWholesalers: andGrocery Engineering, Construction Chemicals Components andOtherElectronic Semiconductors Industrial Machinery Insurance: Life, Health(Mutual) Computer Software Chemicals Securities Pharmaceuticals Insurance: Life, Health(stock) Home Equipment, Furnishings Health Care:MedicalFacilities Metals Miscellaneous Securities Medical ProductsandEquipment Chemicals Motor Vehicles andParts Medical ProductsandEquipment Energy Motor Vehicles andParts andRetailing Services Internet Energy Pipelines Medical ProductsandEquipment Components andOtherElectronic Semiconductors DIVERSITY &THEBAR 31

MCCA’S 15TH ANNUAL GENERAL COUNSEL SURVEY MCCA’S 15TH ANNUAL GENERAL COUNSEL SURVEY 32 general counsel twiceatPepsiCo. Thompsontookaleave Thompson,whowas attorney general,replaces Larry November. West, whosteppeddown asU.S.associate children’s clothingretailer. while, Michael C. Wu joinedCarter’s (798), ababy and semiconductor design,andat CallidusSoftware. Mean- atSynopsys,departments asoftware corporation for (589). Cabrera law spentacombined15years running who jumpedtovisualcomputingcompanyNVIDIA highest-revenue corporationsincludeBrian Cabrera, 1 Women Fortune New tolist COMPANY TransDigm Group EP Energy EnLink Midstream Itron Southwest Gas TechnologiesEsterline Rexnord Edwards Lifesciences Convergys Pool Volt Services Information Tower International Bio-Rad Laboratories BlueLinx Holdings Equinix MariettaMaterials Martin Titan International KAR AuctionServices Express Brocade CommunicationsSystems Kirby AOL Paychex LINN Energy Under Armour Teledyne Technologies Donaldson Great PlainsEnergy Tempur SealyInternational WGL Holdings Men’s Wearhouse Tops HoldingII ANN DIVERSITY &THEBAR Tony West becomeslegalchiefatPepsiCo (43)inlate Elsewhere, menofcolorwhoare newcomers tothe ® NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014 501–1000(continued) GENERAL COUNSEL Halle Terrion Chapman Marguerite Woung- Alaina K.Brooks¹ Shannon Votava Karen Haller Marcia J.Mason Patricia Whaley Aimee Weisner Claudia Cline Jennifer Neil Sharon H.Stern Nanette Dudek Shawn Soderberg¹ Sara Epstein Brandi GalvinMorandi Roselyn Bar Cheri Holley Becca Polak Lacey J.Bundy Nell O’Donnell¹ Amy Husted Julie Jacobs Stephanie Schaeffer Candice J.Wells¹ Cynthia Raposo Melanie Cibik Amy Becker¹ Heather Humphrey Lou Jones Leslie Thornton Carole Souvenir Lynne Burgess Ramundo Katherine Hargrove MCCA.COM 1 Catherine M. Reynolds ofCMSEnergy (394), Sheilagh (300), Dana O’Brien ofCenterPoint Energy (334), Group (284),Kristen Collier Wright ofAutoZone Steel (166), Tamara LindeofPublic Enterprise Service Petroleum (116), Suzanne RichFolsom ofUnited States Wheatley ofKroger (24),Marcia Backus ofOccidental ly asFortune® 500legalchiefs.TheyincludeChristine share thestagewithpeerswhohave been tappedrecent- American Express’s Seeger andMcKesson’s Schechter Georgia lawprofessor toreturn tohisformeremployer. of absencein2012from hispositionasaUniversity of 997 990 986 984 983 977 968 959 958 953 949 944 939 931 930 923 921 918 913 911 905 882 879 878 877 875 858 855 850 849 846 844 840 RANK Among minorityandwhitewomen,Aflac’s Tillman, 2013 887 965 949 951 976 906 959 837 925 974 966 936 997 953 901 866 912 880 869 992 908 812 854 831 813 842 RANK 2012 Aerospace andDefense Mining, OilProduction Crude Pipelines Electronics, ElectricalEquip. Utilities: GasandElectric Aerospace andDefense Industrial Machinery Medical ProductsandEquipment OutsourcingServices Diversified Diversified Wholesalers: Temporary Help INDUSTRY Motor Vehicles andParts Medical ProductsandEquipment Diversified Wholesalers: Telecommunications Building Materials, Glass andFarmConstruction Machinery Diversified Wholesalers: Apparel Specialty Retailers: Equipment andOtherCommunications Network Miscellaneous andRetailing Services Internet OutsourcingServices Diversified Mining, Production Crude-Oil Apparel Aerospace andDefense Industrial Machinery Utilities: GasandElectric Home Equipment, Furnishings Energy Apparel Specialty Retailers: Food Stores andDrug Apparel Specialty Retailers: company appeared inMCCA’s multiple times. survey protection. court filed forChapter9bankruptcy gency managerforthecityof Detroit, whichlast year automotive industry, wasmostrecently thedeputy emer- private practice.Fox, whohas heldGCpositionsinthe (86), Stacy L. Fox replaced Tom Sager, whomoved to assume anotherseniorexecutive postthere. At DuPont sion at Visa (238)sothatpredecessor Ellen Richeycould was itsGCpriortothesplit. parent Abbott. A 20-year Abbott veteran, Schumacher because herbiopharmaceuticalcompanyspunofffrom Hill Financial (484). Clarke ofFoot Locker(400)andLucy Fato ofMcGraw During KristinColeman’s tenure atBrunswick, the Kelly Mahon Tullier tookthehelmoflegaldivi- Laura J.SchumacherofAbbVie (152)joinsthislist E “Past experience might get you in the job, butyou need to divisions andwas appointed company secretary for atime. conglomerate, heserved asgeneral counsel for one ofits in 2012.Duringhistenure at the multinational aerospace moves have been industry orgeography driven. Singapore, aplace he wanted to live. For Hsieh,allin-house with itssubsidiary OtisElevator. The position waslocatedin Corporation after it offered himthe topAsian legal position department. Later, in1996, hewent to United Technologies the high-tech industry andgain experience initswell-run legal Equipment Corporation inBoston, primarily to get ahandleon 1986, Hsiehwas withvarious law firms before joiningDigital with my people.” and hopedhe would let me domy job.That’s what to Itry do I didn’t want to bemicromanaged. Ikept my bossinformed ple dowhat they need to do.WhenIwas coming upin-house, important to set direction and expectations and let yourpeo- resources accordingly. Hesays agood team isessential. “It’s works withthebusinesses to devise strategies andalignlegal identifies andmitigates legal risk,handlesand compliance manufacturer ofelectrical andelectronic products, Hsieh up alegal department.” and gets you noticed. For me, it was going out to Asia to head comfort zone butultimately, ifsuccessful, gives you confidence like M&Aorasignificant investigation, it takes yououtof your ble. Whether it’s anassignment abroad orhandlingahuge task Hsieh spent 16years withUTC before moving to Hubbell After receiving hisJDfrom Boston College Law Schoolin As GCfor Hubbell, amulti-billiondollarinternational true withGCs,” hesays. “It’s usuallysomething nota - or events that pay dividends later. isespecially “This counsel ofHubbell Incorporated, there are career risks arly inalawyer’s career, says An-PingHsieh, general Shelton, Conn. Hubbell Incorporated Counsel PresidentandGeneral Vice An-Ping Hsieh Northern Tier Energy (525), Sandra Quick ofMeritor McCreary ofFiserv (508),Melissa M.Buhrig of newcomers inthepast16monthsincludeLynn S. more thanadecadeasSchwab’s GC,Dwyer hasretired. sel oftheSecurities andExchange Commission.After American Stock Exchange Dwyer’s pioneeringcareer beganasajuniorlawyer atthe and CarrieDwyer ofretail brokerage CharlesSchwab. become itschiefadministrative andcomplianceofficer, atDominionfrom thelawdepartment Resources to at AECOM. whensheoccupiedthepost (443), appeared insurveys Nancy Laben,now theGCatBoozAllenHamilton This year, Sears Holdings (87)hired ColemanasGC. you’re going before they‘re willingto get onboard.” it alittleslowly. Most people need to really understand where to better serve their needs. ButIhave to remind myself to take system, andwiththe businessleaders’ support, added lawyers ample, we have instituted amatter management ande-billing look at thingsandseeing how they can be adjusted. For ex things he wanted to update andchange. “Ilike taking afresh his jobfor 25years, sowhen Hsieh was named GCthere were comes easilyfor Hsieh.Hispredecessor at Hubbell hadbeen in professional life.” different perspectives, andIthinkthat carriedthrough tomy almost every two years. Ittaught me to adapt andunderstand research grants. Ourhome base was Pittsburgh, but we moved was aprofessor whoreceived sabbaticals and was awarded They never went back.Butthey travelled often. “My father States inthelate ’40s asgraduate students onscholarships. at Hubbell.” above mewhomIcould turnto. Inow have that responsibility all together andbe responsible for it.Ialways hadsomeone parts ofmy current jobbefore, butnever have Ihadto putit develop new skills to succeed inyour new position.I’ve done Among theFortune® 1000companies, female The departures include Carter Reid, whomigrated MCCA.COM In partbecause ofhisperipatetic change upbringing, Hsieh isthesonofacademics whocame to theUnited NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014 and vaulted hertochiefcoun- DIVERSITY &THEBAR - 33

MCCA’S 15TH ANNUAL GENERAL COUNSEL SURVEY MCCA’S 15TH ANNUAL GENERAL COUNSEL SURVEY 34 into litigation, regulatory and environmental matters. andenvironmental matters. into litigation, regulatory corporate andcommercial lawandthelatterdrilling at NuStar Energy (661),withtheformerhandling industries. similar postsintheaerospace andtelecommunications officer before thewinter holidays. Toussainthasheld will jointhewatertechnologycompanyastoplaw EnLink Midstream (986). Information Sciences(949)andAlainaK.Brooks of Bio-Rad Laboratories(939),Sharon H.Stern of Volt Communications Systems (911),Shawn Soderberg of Becker ofDonaldson (858),Nell O’Donnell ofBrocade Patricia Decensi ofMedical Mutual ofOhio (784),Amy (634), AleksandraMiziolek ofCooperStandard (714), DIVERSITY &THEBAR K Amy Perry andKaren Thompson share GCduties Xylem (617)announcedthatClaudia Toussaint the face ofthe company when dealing withregulators. He is the CEO andseniormanagement, advises the board andis with majortransactions andlitigation and works closelywith areas oflaw. Ibegan to askmyself, ‘Why notme?’” managing oursummerlaw clerkprogram, andIenjoy various a plane.Itwas the first time I ever thought aboutit.Iliked could be general counsel. “We were at theairportwaiting for until amentor inhisdepartment told himthat one day he more sophisticated work.” and Igrew withit.Increasingly, Iworked onbigger deals and years, thecompany grew [from $800millionto $3.6billion], he says. “Itwas anexcellent training for afuture GC.Over the were small, andeach lawyer worked onevery kind ofmatter,” in 2000, hewas the legal department’s seventh lawyer. “We didn’t dogreat incriminalat law school.” I defend someone who’d donebadthings?Andbesides, I putting someone away who wasinnocent? And how could me, criminallaw was never anoption. How could Ilive with “There wereconsulting. never any courtroom fantasies. For firm specializinginriskmanagement andhuman resource secretary ofTowers Watson, aglobalprofessional services downtrodden,” says the vice president, general counsel and did Iholdany notionsaboutsaving the world orhelping the As general counsel sinceNovember 2012, Hicks deals He never set hissights onthe company’s top legal job When Hicks joined Towers Watson (thenWatson Wyatt) be reasonably remunerative andinteresting. Never ground, Iwas lookingfor aprofession that would in romance. “Comingfrom avery modest back irkland Hicks hasnever cloaked hiscareer choice Washington, D.C. Towers Watson and Secretary President,Vice GeneralCounsel L.Hicks Kirkland NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014 MCCA.COM - J.Crew, respectively. Jennifer Meeker have retired from retailers ANN and ed tochiefadministrative officer. Barbara Eisenberg and CUNA Mutual Group’s Faye Patzner, whowaspromot - (839). ITT Beth(712) andMary Gustafsson leftFirst Solar for tan area whenmigratingfrom Dean Foods toSabre Rachel Gonzalez remained intheDallas metropoli- Security toGraphic Packaging International (547), Tashma jumpedfrom Fortune Brands Home & Olli leftCA Technologies forAvaya (520),Lauren since MCCA’s previous survey. AmyFliegelman their predecessor rose tochiefexecutive officer. Promotions ofbothwomenoccurred thisyear when you take you to good placesyou never expected.” from getting complacent, andthe detours alongthe way can ever seen onethat works outasproscribed. Butit keeps you further details. “It’s always good to have aplan, notthat I’ve I’m flyingor working out.” be anaround-the-clock job.The onlytime I’m alone iswhen Today, hesays thingshave changed. Anin-houseposition can Initially, he went in-house to spendmore time withhissons. Sutcliffe LLP, where hispractice involved structured finance. Winthrop Shaw PittmanLLPandlater Orrick, Herrington& in private practice in Washington, D.C.—first atPillsbury inherited atop-notch team ofmanagingcounsel.” you didn’t like managing. AndI’m alsovery fortunate to have enjoy managing.Itwould behard to beasuccessful GCif “Perhaps Iwas naïve, butIdidn’t anticipate that. Luckily,I managing histeam of45lawyers andasupportstaff of35. him most aboutthejobis amount oftime he spends busy withbusiness andmanagement. Infact, what surprised Departures from the Fortune® 1000roster include Some womeninthislisthave shuffledaddresses Is there afive-year plan? Yes, Hicks replies without Before Towers Watson, Hicks was acorporate attorney private practice. private practice. at LPLFinancial Holdings, Stephanie Brown leftfor University as lawschooldean.Afteraquarter-century law firms.” thanat talent isdeveloped incorporatelawdepartments MCCA’s West. “There’s adistinctdifference intheway eventually manifestsitselfinthehigher ranks,” says counsel. The roster of208is19more thana year ago. the 1,000corporationsemploy womenasgeneral for MCCA’s survey. For thefirsttime,20percent of most prosperous companiessignifyanothermilestone The 208femalelegalchiefsamongthenation’s 1,000 The Path Ahead Jean Holloway leftC.R.Bard tojoinHamline “Meaningful, purposefuldevelopment oftalent T need international regulatory approvals inmany jurisdictions.” it’s noteasy. We’re multifaceted abig, globalorganization and hundreds ofpeople.Whilewe’d like to get itdonemore quickly, nance, HR,ITandfacilities. Theundertaking ishuge andinvolves an extraordinary time withlotsof work to go around for legal, fi- allocation ofassets andliabilities throughout the company. “It’s world where you don’t know what’s going to happen.” business andcircumstances change. We live inadynamic opportunities because there are onlysomany positions.But to be opento new things.People thinkin-house iswithout portunities presented themselves, she explains. “It’s important imagined being GCwas inher future. Butalongtheway, op- Agilent isbecoming GCat Keysight. for peopleonherteam. OneofHuber’s former deputy GCsat says. Similarly, thecurrent spinoffiscreating new opportunities have stayed withHP, butItook ariskandwent to Agilent,” she created anew company withanew legal department. “Icould Agilent spunofffrom Hewlett Packard Co. it over adecade, mative transactions create opportunities. For instance, when ber, ithasbecome increasingly apparent to Huber that transfor Keysight Technologies. and the new electronic measurement company willbecalled will focus onlife sciences, diagnostics andappliedmarkets, almost equal parts—thecompany retaining the Agilent name the middleofamajorspinoff, splitting the company two into countries. Butcurrently Huber isespeciallybusy. Agilent isin With 100different sites globally, the split requires the When sheinitially went in-house at HP, Hubernever Throughout the 14month-long splitthat closes inNovem- Santa Clara, Calif. Agilent Technologies Inc. Counsel andSecretary President,Senior Vice General Marie OhHuber she headsaglobalteam of230people inadozen lion dollarmaker ofscientific testing equipment, counsel ofAgilent Technologies Inc., themultibil- ypically, MarieOhHuberhasalotto do.Asgeneral - we’ll continuetoseedisparitiesinthenumbers.” ing process,” West says.“Until thosebiasesdisappear, tion ofwork, we seebiasesaffectingthedecision-mak- employment,having meaningful receiving fairevalua- a lackofresources, inlawschool, alackofintervention year ago—are thetoplawyers atthese1,000companies. occur. Currently, only 76minorities—fourmore thana which musttakeroot foradditionalsignificant progress to commitment yet toward minoritiesofeithergender, yahoo.com. writer andeditorwhocanbe reached atlydialum999@ Fort WorthStar-Telegram , Lydia Lum isafreelance staff A former fortheHoustonreporter Chronicleand do alone.” what’s needed. Being general counsel isn’t something you can surround me, I’m abouthelpingtheteam dothebest jobfor I don’t want to overplay that. Mostly, like the people who immigrants. True to type, they pushedme to dowell. But she isnotexceedingly ambitious.“Myparents were Asian what role orposition you have.” learn from that. “It’s vital to evolve, grow andlearn, nomatter She continues to watch how colleagues handle situations and communicate andproblem-solve well andthose whodonot. of things.It’s what Ifindmost rewarding andfunaboutthe job.” and fixwhat needs fixing.I really love being onthe business side tegic importance, it’s important for meto present issuesclearly tions. “As an advisor to our CEO and the board on matters of stra- that are easy to understand andcome upwithpractical solu- her successto anabilityto summarize complex problems inways her JDfrom Northwestern University SchoolofLaw. She credits “At stage,whetherit’s every gettingintothepipeline, However, hehasn’t seen thesamelevel ofcorporate MCCA.COM Despite her impressive professional ascent, Hubersays Throughout hercareer, shehasobserved others who Huber grew upinMilwaukee, went to Yale andreceived NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014 DIVERSITY &THEBAR D&B 35

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36 DIVERSITY & THE BAR NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014 MCCA.COM PAMELA L. COX for me. If my team is here on a Saturday, I’m here in the office Partner working with them.” Marshall, Gerstein & Borun A real estate partner in Holland & Knight’s Miami office, de LLP las Cuevas-Diaz deals with complex real estate transactions for Intellectual Property both private and public clients. She also represents developers in Chicago, Ill. a range of projects, including land development, condominium, Years Practicing: 14 office and single-family development and hotels. “I grew up watching my Cuban immigrant parents working Pamela Cox never assumed she incredibly hard to make a life for us in Miami and give us good was a rainmaker. “I’m focused opportunities. It’s from them that I took a strong work ethic. more on the joys of having a thriving Whether it’s ballet or school or whatever, I worked hard. It’s no practice than the dollars,” she says. different with my career.” “The remuneration that comes with that is great, but it’s not why With her clients, de las Cuevas-Diaz describes herself as a I get up on a Saturday morning to work on a deal. I can’t stop hand holder and a therapist. “I am there for them always. It’s myself. For me, it’s a pleasure.” a big part of what I like about the job,” she says. “But I’m also As chair of Intellectual Property Transactions and a partner at there working very hard to make sure my clients’ best interests Marshall, Gerstein & Borun, located in Chicago, Cox primarily are protected.” concentrates on intellectual property transactions, protection and transfer for clients ranging from multinational corporations to PABLO C. FERRANTE nonprofit institutions. Like many patent lawyers, Cox has a back- Partner ground in science. And while she says her BS in biology only lays Mayer Brown LLP a foundation, it still affords her a level of comfort. Energy Cox speaks frequently. Topics include closing the gulf between Houston, Texas the business and the legal side of licensing. As life science chair Years Practicing: 15 for the Licensing Executive Society International, she talks about demystifying license agreements for nonlegal professionals. “It Early on his journey to becoming shouldn’t be so daunting. Getting through a 400-page agreement a rainmaker, Pablo Ferrante turned a can actually be fun. It’s all how you approach it,” she says with potential drawback into a definite asset. infectious enthusiasm. “Being from a foreign country could Whatever the matter, says Cox, she takes her clients’ urgencies be a disadvantage when trying to grow a practice doing domes- as her own. “I try to keep up with my inbox. You never know when tic work in the U.S. Instead, I’ve used my cultural diversity, dual something big might come up.” civil law and common law education and language skills to de- Looking ahead, Cox concedes five-year plans are admirable; in velop a niche practice,” explains the native Argentinian. “I focus fact, she recommends them. But nothing is more valuable than on cross-border oil and gas project development and transactional the unexpected referral. “Everything comes down to chemistry work for companies doing business in Latin America, particularly and timing,” she says. “You can’t predict new work. But you need in the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America, such as Mexico, to be ready for it.” Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Argentina.” Energy and Latin America are strategic and important practice VIVIAN C. DE LAS areas for the global firm Mayer Brown. As a partner focusing on CUEVAS-DIAZ the energy industry in Latin America, Ferrante plays a major role Partner in developing and sustaining business and high-profile engage- Holland & Knight LLP ments for the firm. Real Estate Ferrante began his career as a lawyer in Buenos Aires. He came Miami, Fla. to the U.S. to earn an LL.M at Northwestern University School of Years Practicing: 15 Law, thinking he would return to Argentina to continue his prac- tice there. Instead, he accepted an internship at a firm in Houston Early in her legal career, Vivian and decided to stay on. Further encouraged, he successfully sat C. de las Cuevas-Diaz was asked to for the bar and remained in the United States. After working for devote herself exclusively to business a smaller regional firm in Houston, he moved to Mayer Brown development. Partners wanted her to bring in new clients and let five years ago. other attorneys do the substantive work. She refused. “I can sell “To be really successful, you have to make sure your clients’ my colleagues and let clients know we have a good product. But I goals are your top priority. My main driver is for my clients to can sell better when I’m doing the work. Sure, rainmaking would achieve their goals and be successful. If they succeed, so do I.” be a great life. But I don’t think it would work out in the long run

MCCA.COM NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014 DIVERSITY & THE BAR 37 JERRY D. HAMILTON Within two-and-a-half years he made partner, focusing on sports Managing Shareholder and entertainment law. “I’m not about the hard sell,” says Hanna. Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel, “If a client wants to work with us, we will do the best job at the LLP best rate, and we will grow together.” Civil Trial Litigation An avid golfer, he combines his love for the game with business Miami, Fla. development and philanthropy. In 2008, Hanna founded Bunkers Years Practicing: 22 in Baghdad Inc., a nonprofit that collects and ships golf equipment for rehabilitative and recreational purposes to U.S. troops through- Third generation lawyer Jerry out the world. Bunkers has collected more than 5.2 million golf Hamilton founded Hamilton, Miller balls and 250,000 golf clubs for wounded warriors, veterans and & Birthisel in 2006. He opened the active duty military members. original Miami office with three attorneys. Today, there are 40. But Hanna doesn’t spend all of his time on the links. “I’m Half of the firm’s partners are minorities, and a third are women. involved with both business development and the substantive “There’s dynamism to our diversity,” says Hamilton, whose civil lit- work. I’m always around for my clients and here to help whenever igation practice focuses on defending major insurers and corporations. they call upon me. It is all about relationship building and being “Everyone brings a different and valuable perspective to the firm.” comfortable with one another. At the end of the day, if there is a Hamilton came to Florida from Jamaica as a teenager. He problem, my clients call me first because they know that I will be earned his JD at the University of Florida. Rainmaking started there for them and will not stop until they are happy.” to happen early—sometime between his fifth and seventh year. “When I started trying cases, it turned for me,” he remembers. S. MANOJ JEGASOTHY “I became the decision-maker and the problem-solver for my cli- Managing Partner—Pittsburgh ents, and I loved that role. And then clients started coming to me Office directly. A light went off. I had built solid relationships and could Gordon Rees Scully now go out and develop more business.” Mansukhani, LLP The firm has offices throughout Florida, New York, Virginia, Commercial Litigation the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Bahamas and Jamaica. “Our Carib- Pittsburgh, Penn. bean presence differentiates us from the competition. When cor- Years Practicing: 17 porations have a matter in the islands, we are the go-to law firm. This has contributed a lot to our growth.” When asked by associates how Hamilton’s philosophy is to make business development a rou- best to make partner, rainmaking at- tine part of his life. For him, that means working on relationships torney Manoj Jegasothy tells them, “Make it so the firm has to make with his present clients, whom he considers friends, and building you partner. Usually that’s the result when you have unique legal new relationships with potential clients. “We’re dealing with real skills or you’ve developed enough business that the firm has to rec- people who stay awake at night worrying about their businesses. I ognize it. Once you’re in that place, you control your own fate. You want to give them peace of mind. I want them to think of me as have your own clients and your own work. That’s real autonomy. the insurance they can always rely on.” “At firms, successful business development means a greater degree of contribution, which leads to a greater degree of respect JOSEPH M. HANNA and compensation. But the biggest thing it means is autonomy. Partner A commercial litigator with a specialty in breach-of-contract Goldberg Segalla disputes, class-action matters and antitrust, Jegasothy is managing Sports and Entertainment partner of Gordon Rees’s Pittsburgh office. Buffalo, N.Y. He says responsiveness and quality legal work are vital to sus- Years Practicing: 9 taining existing clients—an essential part of rainmaking. In addi- tion to keeping clients happy, he seeks out potential business on At age six, Joseph Hanna set his a regular basis, so there are always balls in the air. When meeting sights on becoming president of the potential clients, he says, “I like to sit with them and hear their United States, and he believed the problems and come up with potential solutions, rather than recite only way to get there was to become my own résumé.” a lawyer. “I wanted to be the president, and I thought becoming The son of Sri Lankan immigrants (both doctors), Jegasothy a lawyer would help. I come from a blue collar family in Buffalo, says most of his clients have become his friends over time. “It’s N.Y. There were no lawyers in my family, but I was determined.” more than the client-attorney relationship,” he adds. “And—knock Hanna met his goal of becoming an attorney and seems to be on wood—mixing friendship with business has never been prob- well on his way to becoming president. After graduating from the lematic for me. They always rely on me for advice, whether it’s SUNY Buffalo Law School in 2005, he was hired by Goldberg what they want to hear or not.” Segalla, the firm’s first associate hired directly from law school.

38 DIVERSITY & THE BAR NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014 MCCA.COM ALLEGRA J. ness and commitment will sell itself. “Although I am an intellectual LAWRENCE-HARDY property lawyer,” she says, “I also focus on understanding the client’s Partner overall business and what our firm can do to add value. As a result, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan most of my new clients come from referrals from former or existing LLP clients. I sometimes get referrals from lawyers and CEOs to whom Business and Commercial I have been adverse in the past. I take that as a great compliment.” Litigation Passion, hard work and a great team make rainmaking possible. Atlanta, Ga. The elements combined, she says, are the key to her career. Merani Years Practicing: 18 also credits the meritocratic environment of her firm as an essential foundation for rainmaking. Allegra Lawrence-Hardy has had “We were immigrants, and like many immigrants, education the same business phone number her entire career. “I joined was of paramount importance,” says Merani, who duly obliged her Sutherland when I finished my judicial clerkship for Judge Black Indian born parents’ expectations. She was awarded a doctorate on the Eleventh Circuit. As a young lawyer, I had wonderful men- in neuroscience after completing her undergraduate degree in ge- tors who encouraged me to spend as much time as I could with netics at McGill University in Montreal and subsequently earned my clients to understand their business concerns. I still represent her law degree at Berkeley. Merani’s first legal job was as a summer some of those same clients today.” intern at Knobbe Martens—the same firm she is with today. “As a She also lives in the same neighborhood as the house where she summer intern,” says Merani, “I realized I had found a firm with grew up in Atlanta. The daughter of successful professionals, she an uncompromising dedication to entrepreneurism, excellence and was encouraged to achieve academically and professionally. “All of encouragement, so I had no reason to look elsewhere.” the women in my family attended Spelman College, so that was an easy choice for me. When I entered Yale Law School, my sister FUSAE NARA was already attending graduate school at MIT and was headed to Partner Harvard as a post-doc. My parents set the bar very high.” Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP As a partner at Sutherland, Lawrence-Hardy co-heads both Litigation the business litigation team and the labor and employment team. New York, N.Y. She also is a member of the firm’s management committee. She Years Practicing: 21 credits her rainmaking success to her focus on understanding her clients’ businesses. “Really knowing the business is the best way I Before coming to the U.S., Fusae can give comprehensive advice. And I’m more interested in serving Nara, a rainmaking partner in Pills- as a trusted, continuing advisor than giving an ivory tower answer bury’s Manhattan office, worked as an to a particular question. Knowing their business allows me to un- unlicensed lawyer for a corporation in derstand my clients’ needs and take them into consideration when her native Japan. Nara explains that the developing an ongoing legal strategy. number of licensed lawyers in Japan is small compared to the U.S. “I like to get on a plane and go to clients, to get out and walk Her situation was good, but Nara wanted to take her knowledge the manufacturing floor, to really understand the technology,” she of Japan’s legal culture and go to work for an American firm rep- adds. “The business piece impacts a great deal of the legal strategy. resenting Japanese companies. Every good relationship requires an investment.” So Nara packed up and moved to the U.S., earned a JD at Hof- stra University and subsequently joined a firm where she inherited SALIMA A. MERANI, PhD a book of business from her mentor. For seven years, Nara worked Partner with him representing Japanese companies. When he unexpectedly Knobbe, Martens, Olson & died from a massive heart attack, his business went directly to Nara Bear LLP with the firm’s full support. Consequently, she had some business Intellectual Property before she ever made partner. Orange County, Calif. “However the work comes to you, you still must prove your Years Practicing: 14 skillset and commitment. I had to show colleagues that I was for real, willing to work as hard as it takes to get things done.” An IP partner in Knobbe Marten’s Today, Nara represents Japanese companies in complex liti- Orange County office, Salima Merani gation and multiplied the business over the past decade. “When divides her time representing startup I first started, my clients liked that I was Japanese but not that I companies and venture capital firms. Because her clients are primari- was young and female. Initially, it was difficult for me to be taken ly in the health care and wellness field, Salima leverages her technical seriously by the Japanese businessmen I encountered. But after background daily. “It is a thrill to be able to speak an inventor’s lan- I proved myself and they overcame their initial resistance, they guage when developing patent strategy; it is incredibly rewarding.” remained loyal. I’ve had many of the same clients my entire career.” Merani believes that excellent work, high-level strategy, responsive-

MCCA.COM NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014 DIVERSITY & THE BAR 39 JAMES J. OH sciences and patent law. “Here, I didn’t have to get through 15 Partner committees when I wanted to do something. Instead, I just went Littler direct to the managing partner and they’d let me run with it. The Chicago, Ill. culture is very entrepreneurial, which reflects the values we see in Class Actions our clients. That culture shines brightly and provides me a point Years Practicing: 22 of differentiation and introduction.” Sorocco was born with spina bifida, a condition that caused Early on, James Oh learned an en- paralysis. “Coming out of law school, I lost some jobs because during lesson in rainmaking when there were firms that didn’t want an attorney with a physical dis- the merged firm where he worked as ability representing them. On the other hand, I was chairman of a young associate imploded. “Those the Spina Bifida Association of America at a young age. The way with a book of business landed on their feet. They were writing I see it, getting up and making a statement in front of an FDA their own tickets. Those without had a harder time. That expe- panel or providing testimony to Congress isn’t so different from rience was a big motivator; it taught me the importance of rain- pitching an RFP—it’s advocacy in different clothing. Overall, my making to job security.” disability taught me the value of empathy, the touchstone for all A partner in Littler’s Chicago office, Oh’s practice focuses on repre- aspects of my career.” senting management in class action and employment litigation of all kinds. In alternating spurts, he concentrates on business development LIISA M. THOMAS and substantive work. “Both are essential elements,” he says. “Rain- Partner making isn’t only about getting new clients. It’s also about keeping Winston & Strawn LLP the ones you already have. And that requires doing excellent work.” Privacy and Data Security Rainmaking takes guts. Oh recalls a time early in his career Chicago, Ill. when he moved from a large Chicago firm to a boutique employ- Years Practicing: 18 ment and labor firm and made a play for a client to come with him. He flew across country to ask the client in person. “It worked. The key to building a book of busi- He sent some business my way,” says Oh. “But you never will bat ness is finding how you can help a thousand, and it’s never good to push too hard.” your clients, says Liisa Thomas, a Oh describes his business development style as being opportunis- rainmaking partner in Winston & Strawn’s Chicago office. “We tic and patient at the same time. “Sometimes you need to back off are in the service industry; we need to deliver to clients things and wait until an opportunity comes up and be confident that the that they need.” On her road to becoming a rainmaker, she says, prospective client will contact you after you have made your initial she “worked at finding what clients needed and making sure I pitch,” he explains. “Ultimately, rainmaking is another word for delivered it. If there was no market for the things I did, I wouldn’t selling, and the key to selling is having the right product to sell. With have succeeded at being a rainmaker.” a great team, which I have at my firm, it’s a lot easier to make rain.” Thomas began her career at a small trademark litigation boutique firm. After two years, she knew that full-time litigation was not for DOUGLAS J. SOROCCO her. So she changed firms and worked on finding an area of expertise. Shareholder “At the time, nobody wanted to deal with the internet. So I Dunlap Codding got to do all the online enforcement work. That led me to privacy, Intellectual Property which I really liked,” she remembers. “I got great advice from one Oklahoma City, Okla. of the partners I worked with as a young associate. She told me Years Practicing: 18 to develop an area of expertise, something that set me apart from everyone else in the group, something no one else was doing, but In attaining rainmaker status, chal- tied into and related to the rest of the work we did. She suggested lenges make the best advantages, says picking something in which I had a passion. I picked privacy.” Doug Sorocco a shareholder in Dun- Today, Thomas is the chair of the firm’s privacy and data security lap Codding’s Oklahoma City office. practice, an area that didn’t exist when she started her career. When Sorocco’s wife was offered a graduate position in Oklahoma, In business development, high-quality work and sustaining rela- he followed, trading a career in familiar Chicago for the unknown. tionships are a given, says Thomas. “What I try to do to set myself “Having not grown up or gone to school here, I didn’t know apart is to truly listen to my clients and their underlying business anyone. I had to rely on my national and international friends and needs. I feel I have succeeded if I can provide high-quality legal contacts, which pushed me to build a broader book of business. advice that helps my clients achieve their goals.” To Thomas, this Being able to sell a boutique IP practice coming out of Oklahoma is the key to having a successful practice and to being a rainmaker. on an international stage was a challenge, but I was able to do it.” Finding a niche sent Thomas on her way to rainmaking. She advises, Ultimately, the move proved a boon for Sorocco, whose prac- “Find something that sets you apart and what you really enjoy. Other- tice area includes intellectual property, technology, licensing, life wise, you’ll get burned out and not be in the profession in a few years.”

40 DIVERSITY & THE BAR NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014 MCCA.COM ANITA VARMA As a litigator, he is accustomed to being in court, but Wayser Partner says his greatest strength is counseling clients on complex mat- Ropes & Gray LLP ters. “This doesn’t always mean winning in litigation. The goal is Intellectual Property to make a client look their very best, and sometimes that means Boston, Mass. stepping away from a controversy. To achieve this, you have to get Years Practicing: 18 very granular. You really need to understand your client’s business.” Understanding business is also invaluable in sustaining rain- For Anita Varma, rainmaking comes making status, he adds. In advising clients, many of whom he’s down to client service. “If you jump represented for 20 years, Wayser really needs to know how their through hoops to position a client for business ticks. Only then can he instruct them on the best way to success, they will stick with you. They’ll refer you to other clients. proceed or how to strengthen their bottom line. If you work with in-house lawyers, when they change jobs they will Wayser and his husband have six adopted children ages 14 and come back to you.” younger. “It’s been interesting. Before the kids, I was the smart gay law- As co-head of Ropes & Gray Intellectual Property Rights yer. Now, I’m the smart gay lawyer with kids. I’ve become concerned Management Practice, Varma focuses her practice on develop- with public schools, and you can find me at Little League games on ing, analyzing and managing patent portfolios in diverse areas weekends. Having children has built bridges with my straight colleagues of technology for life sciences companies. She counsels clients on who have children and also opened up new opportunities for network- transactional matters in connection with financial investments, ing and business development. That’s something I never expected.” M&A and collaborations. Varma combines her patent experience with an understanding of regulatory exclusivities to help clients RAFAEL X. ZAHRALDDIN evaluate target portfolios and conduct worldwide due diligence as- Shareholder and Director sessments. “Early in my career I asked myself, ‘What do you want Elliott Greenleaf to be known for?’. In a big space like patents, it’s very important to Wilmington, Del. create a niche. I decided on due diligence and opinion, two areas Years practicing: 15 that I’ve always enjoyed, and I built on that. It’s really helped in putting together a successful book of business.” Rafael Zahralddin’s road to rain- Prior to law school, Varma, who was born in the U.S. but making was not typical. After grad- spent most of her youth in India, worked as a patent officer at uating from Widener University, he the United States Patent and Trademark Office. During her time went on to receive his LL.M in international and comparative law there, she enjoyed the science but fell in love with the legal aspects, from Georgetown University Law Center. There, he spent a year as prompting her to earn a law degree. Today she is also UK solicitor, a senior writing fellow, providing academic support to the 200–300 which qualifies her to practice before the European Patent Office. foreign lawyers in the common law studies LL.M program, then “The world is shrinking. When I started my career, my work was spent several years as an assistant and then associate law professor U.S.-centric. That’s no longer the case.” at Chapman University in Orange, Calif. “Having been a professor Varma describes her leadership style as very hands-on. “I work provides me with a unique network,” says Zahralddin, a founding with a big team of technical advisors and associates, but ultimately shareholder of Elliott Greenleaf’s Delaware office and its first man- the responsibility is mine. I need to know everything that’s hap- aging shareholder. “There are four or five years of students who I pening. My clients expect it.” taught and mentored. Today, you can find them in-house and other places. They’re all sources of businesses opportunities.” JOSHUA D. WAYSER As chair of the firm’s national commercial bankruptcy and re- Managing Partner structuring practice, he deals with bankruptcy, litigation and cross- Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP border issues. Being resident in his firm’s Delaware office rounds Litigation and Dispute out his practice with entity formation, opinion letters, corporate Resolution litigation and intellectual property litigation. Los Angeles, Calif. “Our business development model is that partners work during Years Practicing: 26 the day, and in the evenings we spend time engaged in the commu- nity,” Zahralddin explains. “When people see you demonstrating “Rainmaker definitely describes your leadership skills on a board or coaching their kids, they may me,” says Joshua Wayser, managing be likely to trust you handling their legal matters, too.” partner in Katten’s Los Angeles office. “It’s a nice title to have, but With rainmaking comes responsibility, honed by the fact that he it’s also pressure. It means you have to maintain business, keep and several colleagues in the Delaware office are Six Sigma Green- people busy and help your firm.” belts. “When someone hires the firm, they know they’re hiring me, Wayser represents financial institutions in a wide range of litigation, too. We believe that clients get better value when a partner works focusing on real estate and other assets, and deals with a wide array of closely and actively with associates and paralegals. There’s a better issues and concerns faced by financial institutions and hedge funds. product and at the end of the day, a better bottom line.” D&B

MCCA.COM NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014 DIVERSITY & THE BAR 41 How BY MELANIE PADGETT POWERS Law Schools Are Improving Diversity

IVERSITY IN THE LAW LAGS BEHIND Faculty members also consider a person’s community other professions, such as medicine, business service record and other accomplishments that may point D and academia, with minorities making up to success. only 11.9 percent of lawyers, according to the 2010 U.S. “The Carlisle faculty has decided we’re not going to let Census. the LSAT and undergraduate GPA be the exclusive factors Furthermore, admission to law school has decreased for for determining and defining merit,” Pratt says. “We take some minority groups in recent years. A 2010 Columbia a holistic view of the applicant’s file to decide who would Law School study showed a 7.5 percent decrease in the be the ideal student to educate and prepare for admission proportion of African-Americans who entered law school to the practice of law.” in 2008 compared with the 1993 class. For the same years, Schools such as the Massachusetts School of Law in there was a 11.7 percent decrease in the proportion of Andover and Charlotte School of Law in North Carolina Mexican-Americans. are using alternatives to the LSAT scores. Too many law However, some law schools have committed to admit- schools prioritize LSAT scores because they covet a high ting a more diverse student population and are cultivating U.S. News & World Report ranking, which is based on the an atmosphere that leads to success not only in law school incoming class’s GPAs and LSAT performance, says Char- but with the bar and the profession. These schools are in- lotte President Donald Lively. stituting new programs on recruitment and retention and But Lively and others argue that the LSAT system per- reevaluating admissions policies—in some cases, throwing petuates a legacy of exclusion because minorities dispro- out LSAT scores. portionately score lower on the test. “The LSAT measures “Diversity is imperative for law schools because we are analytics and reasoning, which, by themselves, are inad- the gateway to the profession,” says Carla Pratt, associate equate predictors of professional and personal success,” dean for academic affairs and educational equity at Penn Lively says. State’s Dickinson School of Law in Carlisle. “So to the Charlotte uses the Alternative Admission Model Pro- extent that we value diversity in the profession, then law gram for Legal Education. Applicants who do not meet schools have to do our part in making sure the doors to the traditional requirements for the JD program but who our institutions are open to people from all walks of life.” demonstrate potential based on GPA, LSAT or other rel- Penn State’s two campuses were approved as two evant factors will be offered an opportunity to participate separate law schools in June 2014 by the American Bar in AAMPLE. Students must successfully complete two Association’s Council of the Section of Legal Education online courses—“Introduction to the 4th Amendment” and Admissions to the Bar. Carlisle’s pursuit of separate and “Negotiable Instruments”—to be offered a seat in the accreditation included a strategic planning process that law school. The program provides the most accurate in- emphasized diversity. dication of a student’s potential to succeed in law school, In the fall of 2013, Carlisle had no black students in its says Keith Howard, director of the AAMPLE program incoming class. This year, nine of the 65 first-year students at Charlotte. self-identified as black. In all, 23 percent of this fall’s first- The Massachusetts School of Law has 500 students, 20 year students are Hispanic or black. percent of whom are minorities, primarily blacks. Instead Carlisle’s faculty admissions committee considers diver- of using the LSAT to presumptively deny or admit stu- sity of race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, sexual dents, the school interviews every applicant in person and orientation and more in choosing incoming students. administers its own essay-style entrance exam, says Admis-

42 DIVERSITY & THE BAR NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014 MCCA.COM sions Director Paula Colby-Clements. Student transcripts, Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles takes advantage GPA, employment and life experience, and recommenda- of the mentoring program offered through the Leadership tions are also considered. Council on Legal Diversity, an organization of more than How “We are allowing people a real and true shot to expose 200 corporate chief legal officers and law firm managing their talents and show why they would make a good law- partners dedicated to creating a diverse legal profession. yer,” Colby-Clements says. “The fact that attorneys are giving their time to mentor At Carlisle, the faculty hopes to secure grant funding to a law student has been tremendous and has given law stu- Law Schools Are institute an online conditional admissions program in the dents, especially first-generation law students, the ability to next few years. An online program would be cheaper than think bigger,” says Nyree Gray, dean of students and diver- the traditional brick-and-mortar model and would come sity affairs. Southwestern is an independent law school of with no stigma attached to how a student was admitted— 1,086 students; 47 percent of its new class are minorities. Improving Diversity online, students would have anonymity. Gray also instituted a Dean’s Fellows program that pairs top upper-division student mentors with first-year We are allowing people a real students, teaching them review methods specific to the study of law. In addition, the school has summer academic and true shot to expose their support workshops available to students prior to their first fall semester and bar preparation courses in their final year. talents and show why they would Massachusetts School of Law also offers an academic make a good lawyer. support office that includes tutoring, review sessions, in- house mentoring (upperclassmen to underclassmen) and a Ensuring Success on Campus writing lab. Once students enter law school, it’s important to ensure These schools have committed to diversity and recog- they succeed and are well prepared for the bar and prac- nize that achieving it requires a comprehensive program. tice. At Penn State, every student is assigned an alumni “Law schools are on the frontlines of diversifying the mentor. The program is being tweaked in Carlisle to be legal profession,” Pratt says, “and we really do harbor the more thoughtful in the matches, Pratt says. For example, lion’s share of responsibility for ensuring diversity in the if a student wants a mentor of the same race or ethnicity, ­profession.” D&B or would rather have a patent or corporate attorney mentor, the school will aim to accommo- MELANIE PADGETT POWERS is a freelance date that. writer and editor in the Washington, DC, area. She can be contacted at [email protected] or @MelEdits on Twitter.

MCCA.COM NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014 DIVERSITY & THE BAR 43 Tracking the Integration of the Federal Judiciary

JUST THE BEGINNING-A PIPELINE ORGANIZATION when President Harry S. Truman appointed was born in 1992, when the Chicago legal him to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. In community and a group of federal judges gath- 1961, James Benton Parsons became the first ered to celebrate the integration of the federal African-American appointed to a federal district judiciary upon the retirement of Judge James court when President John F. Kennedy appoint- Benton Parsons, the first African-American U.S. ed him to the Northern District of Illinois in District Court judge. Inspired by the events of Chicago. Fourteen years later, Judge Parsons that weekend, attendees pledged to encourage became the first African-American chief judge students of color and those from underrepre- of a federal district court. sented groups to pursue careers in the law and That same year also marked a milestone for on the bench. That same year, as part of its the Latino community with the appointment efforts to increase the representation of minori- of Reynaldo G. Garza to the Southern Dis- ties on the bench, JTB-APO created a report trict of Texas. Judge Garza was the first Latino with the goal of tracking the appointment appointed to the federal bench, and in 1979 he of judges of color to the bench. For over two became the first Latino appointed to the court of appeals. This is remarkable because just six Currently, there are 1,366 active judges, of which years before his appointment, the State of Texas was before the U.S. Supreme Court defending only 269 are judges of color. There are two Native its exclusion of Mexican-Americans from jury Americans, 142 African-Americans, 97 Latinos, service in the 1954 case Hernandez v. Texas. 28 Asian Americans, and one Pacific Islander James De Anda, the Mexican-American lawyer representing the appellant, Pedro Hernandez, serving in Article III judgeships. was not only one of the first Latinos to argue before the Supreme Court, but he would also decades, the “Report on the Integration of the go on to be appointed to the Southern District Federal Judiciary” has charted the appointment of Texas in 1979, and in 1988, he was elevated and elevation of minority lawyers to the federal to serve as its chief judge. bench. Beginning this year, the Minority Cor- In 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson porate Counsel Association, in partnership with appointed the first woman of color to the JTB-APO, will track and publish this report on federal bench. That year, Constance Baker an annual basis. Motley was appointed to serve on the U.S. Article III of the Constitution created the District Court for the Southern District of U.S. Supreme Court and gave Congress the New York. Although Judge Motley was the first power to create the federal courts of appeals African-American woman to serve, it would be and district courts. Since 1789, more than another 14 years before the Latino community Editor’s Note: The 3,427 judges have served on Article III courts; would see its first woman on the federal bench statistics are based on however, only 359 have been judges of color. In and another 32 years before the Asian-American information collected through July 31, 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appoint- community would have its first female appoin- 2014. A more detailed ed William H. Hastie as the first African-Amer- tee. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter appointed narrative and full ican to serve a term on the federal court in the Carmen C. Cerezo to the District Court for report can be found Virgin Islands. In 1949, Judge Hastie went on Puerto Rico, while in 1998, President Bill Clin- at www.mcca.com/ to become the first African-American to hold ton appointed the first Asian-American woman, research. lifetime tenure as an Article III federal judge Susan Oki Mollway, to the U.S. District Court

44 DIVERSITY & THE BAR NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014 MCCA.COM Tracking the Integration of the Federal Judiciary

Supreme Court by Race/Ethnicity for the District of Hawaii. It would be another Latina African-American Caucasian 14 years before the first Native American wom- (1) (1) (7) an was appointed to the federal bench. In 2014, President Barack Obama appointed the first Native American woman, Diane Humetewa, to the federal bench, the U.S. District Court of Arizona. Just 13 years after the decision in the Brown v. Board of Education case, the first judge of col- or was appointed to this country’s highest court. In 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson appoint- ed civil rights icon, former solicitor general and lead counsel in Brown, Thurgood Marshall, to serve as an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2009, President Obama appointed Court of Appeals by Race/Ethnicity Sonia Sotomayor to serve as an associate justice Latino African-American (17) Asian- (27) White of the U.S. Supreme Court, making her only American (234) the third woman and the first Latino to serve on & Pacific Islander the Supreme Court. (5) This year not only marks the 11th edition of this report, it also reflects the ongoing need to compile statistics on the appointment of judges of color to the federal bench. Currently, there are 1,366 active judges, of which only 269 are judges of color. There are two Native Americans, 142 African-Americans, 97 Latinos, 28 Asian-Americans and one Pacific Islander serving in Article III judgeships. For the first 160 years of our nation’s federal judiciary, there were no Article III judges of color. Nearly 70 District Court by Race/Ethnicity years ago, the first Article III judge of color was Latino African-American (79) Asian- (114) White appointed. American (857) & Pacific Native- Although there has been significant progress, American it is still just a beginning, as there are many Islander (23) (2) more firsts to be achieved. As Seventh Circuit Judge Ann Claire Williams, a co-founder of JTB-APO says, “The key is to someday get to the point where there will be no more ‘firsts’ and the focus will be on the many who follow.” D&B

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MCCA.COM NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014 DIVERSITY & THE BAR 45 DIVERSITY NEWS DIVERSITY: SEEN AND UNSEEN

BY WILLIAM T. “TOBY” EVELAND, LITIGATION PARTNER, ARNSTEIN & LEHR LLP, CHICAGO When counseling clients, attorneys are often reminded “why in the world” the bar association would choose a (or should be) to know what we do not know. We need to white male to chair the Diversity Leadership Council. appreciate that there may be external factors or business I paused and then responded that although I may be a goals the client has not shared with us as we negotiate a white male, I am also an openly gay white male. settlement or transaction. The same can be said as we work The attorney smiled and wished me well during my to expand diversity and inclusion in the legal profession, term of service. Whether it was an awkward smile because we need to know, or at least appreciate, what we do not the attorney was uncomfortable or embarrassed, a smile know and cannot see. of relief that the state bar association had in I recently had the honor of serving a term fact selected a member of an underrepresented as chair of the Illinois State Bar Association’s group to serve as chair of the Diversity Leader- Diversity Leadership Council. The council is ship Council or some other smile, I will never comprised of a number of state bar association know. But that moment has stuck with me. committees that address such initiatives as dis- That exchange is a reminder that diversity ability law, a diversity pipeline, racial and eth- is both seen and unseen. As we strive to create nic minorities in the law, sexual orientation, a more inclusive profession, we need to be gender identity, women in the law, human mindful that we cannot always see diversity. rights, and international and immigration law, For instance, we may see a “female” attorney, to name a few. but we do not know whether the attorney has As chair of the Diversity Leadership had gender reassignment surgery. Or we may Council, I had the privilege of speaking about the state see a “white” attorney, but we do not know whether the bar association’s diversity initiatives at the annual meeting. attorney is an African-American born with the recessive During my presentation, we discussed the Illinois Law trait of albinism. And we may see an attorney who oth- and Leadership Institute, a summer enrichment program erwise appears not to be “disabled” but is subject to the for students entering the ninth grade designed to increase Americans with Disabilities Act because the attorney has academic aspirations by exposing students to interesting HIV, depression, or is battling cancer. aspects of the law and introducing them to a variety of Diversity is all around us. It encompasses everything careers in the legal field. We also discussed the Diversity from gender to gender identity, from race and ethnicity Leadership Fellows program, which was created to increase to skin color and background, from religion and faith diversity in state bar association membership to educate to agnosticism and atheism, from known disabilities to young lawyers about the work, structure and policies of unknown disabilities, and from heterosexuals to homosex- the association; and ultimately develop a diverse group of uals. The list is endless. future leaders of the practice of law. And we applauded Diversity is that which is seen and that which is not the creation of two new seats on the state bar association’s seen. Just being you and expanding the profession to board of governors to be filled by members reflecting allow others to be themselves broadens the collective tent under-represented groups. of law practice. And so to all my diverse brothers and At the conclusion of my speech, I was approached by sisters of the law—and that means all of you—thank you a small group of attorneys. They expressed their gratitude for furthering the MCCA’s diversity initiatives and for that the state bar association valued diversity so much that welcoming me, and all others, in the pursuit of this effort. it made diversity a cornerstone of the annual meeting. The The MCCA Creating Pathways to Diversity Conference attorneys also applauded the state bar association’s vast and Gala in Washington, D.C. this past summer were my diversity-related initiatives and the innovative approaches first MCCA events, but they certainly will not be my last, the organization has undertaken to create a more inclusive for there is still much work to be done. D&B environment. I was honored to be the “face” of diversity that day for the state bar association. William T. “Toby” Eveland can be contacted at wteveland@ However, at the conclusion of my conversation with arnstein.com. the group of attorneys that day, one attorney asked me

46 DIVERSITY & THE BAR NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014 MCCA.COM MOVERS & SHAKERS

SANDY RIZZO THEODORE A. HOWARD KIMYA S.P. JOHNSON

Arnold & Porter LLP has added energy regu- Wiley Rein has named THEODORE A. HOW- Cozen O’Connor announced the creation latory attorney SANDY RIZZO to the firm as a ARD, a partner in the firm’s insurance prac- of the firm’s first director of diversity, Inclu- partner in the Washington, D.C., office. Rizzo tice, as the first full-time pro bono partner sion and pro bono and appointed KIMYA counsels energy sector clients on regulatory of the firm. In his new capacity, Howard will S.P. JOHNSON to fill this position. Johnson, and compliance matters and represents oversee and build upon the firm’s current of counsel within the Labor & Employment them in enforcement and administrative pro bono programs and initiatives, further group and co-chair of the firm’s Diversity proceedings before the Federal Energy Regu- strengthening Wiley Rein’s already significant Committee, will direct the firm’s diversity and latory Commission, federal and state courts commitment to public service. pro bono efforts and provide leadership to and other agencies. With more than 20 years Howard has a national reputation as a the firm’s Diversity and Pro Bono commit- of experience as an advisor to major market litigator, both in insurance law and within tees. As director, Johnson will develop and participants in the electricity industry, Rizzo the pro bono community. He was recognized direct policies to attract and retain employ- has clients in the areas of utilities, power by the Legal Aid Society of the District of ees from all segments of society and further marketers, independent power producers and Columbia with the Servant of Justice Award ensure that the firm’s goals of diversity and funds with energy holdings. in honor of his numerous pro bono contribu- inclusion remain an essential value. She will Rizzo joins a growing energy practice fo- tions. Howard’s pro bono practice has includ- also direct firm initiatives to ensure Cozen cused on transactions, litigation, and regula- ed death penalty cases, housing and family O’Connor attorneys fulfill their professional tory work affecting utilities, including matters law matters, and important impact litigation and moral obligation to provide pro bono before the U.S. Commodities Futures Trading involving prisoners’ rights issues. Howard legal services to underserved or under­ Commission. serves as co-chair of the board of directors resourced individuals and organizations. Rizzo earned her JD degree from The of the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Johnson has co-chaired the firm’s Diversi- College of William & Mary, Marshall-Wythe Civil Rights and Urban Affairs and previously ty Committee for the past two years, initially School of Law and her BA from the George served as president and chairman of the with Scott Reid, and most recently with Lyn- Washington University in Washington, D.C. board of directors for the District of Columbia nette Espy-Williams. Prisoners’ Legal Services Project. He also After receiving her JD cum laude from serves on the Advisory Council of the Legal Case Western Reserve University School of Aid Justice Center in Virginia. Law, Johnson practiced in New York before Wiley Rein and its lawyers have been rec- joining the firm’s Labor & Employment De- ognized numerous times over the firm’s 30- partment in Philadelphia in 2008. Johnson, year history for their pro bono contributions. who also serves as first lady of the Bright In 2013 alone, Wiley Rein supported more Hope Baptist Church in North Philadelphia, than 35 organizations related to public ser- has been active in firm committees, bar vice efforts, and its lawyers contributed more association and civic organizations, both than 12,000 hours to pro bono projects. statewide and nationally. Johnson has been recognized by The Legal Intelligencer as a “Lawyer on the Fast Track,” a “Pennsylvania Rising Star” by SuperLawyers magazine and as an “Influential Woman” by the Philadel- phia NAACP.

MCCA.COM NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014 DIVERSITY & THE BAR 47 MOVERS & SHAKERS

CYNDIE M. CHANG ROBERT H. EDWARDS JR. JENNIFER B. RUBIN

Duane Morris has promoted CYNDIE M. Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton has added Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo CHANG to managing partner of its Los Ange- ROBERT H. EDWARDS JR. to its Washington, PC has added JENNIFER B. RUBIN to the firm’s les office. Chang litigates complex business D.C., office. He will serve as co-leader of the Employment, Labor and Benefits Section in and commercial disputes involving contracts, firm’s Energy, Project Finance & Technology San Diego. She also practices in Mintz’s New unfair competition, trademark, trade secrets, Team and will be a member of the Mergers & York and Stamford, Conn., offices. products liability, broker disputes, entertain- Acquisitions, Securities and Corporate Gover- With extensive experience in executive ment and real estate law. nance Practice Group. compensation matters and a bi-coastal NAPABA named Chang one of its 2010 During his career, Edwards has served practice representing C-suite executives, “Best Lawyers Under 40,” awarded to 20 as lead counsel on more than $10 billion in Rubin focuses on meeting the increasingly lawyers across the country. In 2014, she was energy, infrastructure and auto industry proj- complex employment needs of executives named a “Super Lawyer” in the Southern ect financings. of public and private corporations. She reg- California Super Lawyers publication, after Edwards is a leader in the legal commu- ularly negotiates employment, equity and being recognized as a “Rising Star” from nity. He has been active in the American Bar severance arrangements and has worked on 2010–2013 and as one of the “Top LA Wom- Association’s Section of International Law, a broad range of employment litigation mat- en Lawyers” in 2012–2014. Chang was also where he Co-Chaired the International Invest- ters, including wage and hour class actions, named in the 2013 Lawyers of Color Inaugu- ment, Development and Privatization Commit- privacy litigation, non-compete agreements ral Hot List. tee, and in the ABA’s Section of Environment, and trade secret matters. Rubin is a co-chair She is the immediate past president of Energy and Resources, where he served as a of the firm’s Employment Mobility Practice, a the Southern California Chinese Lawyers vice chair of both the Committee on Carbon cross-disciplinary practice that includes attor- Association. She is also an executive officer and Energy Trading and the Special Commit- neys in the firm’s San Diego and San Francis- of the National Asian Pacific American Bar tee on Energy and Environmental Finance. co office and from the Boston, New York and Association. Chang has also participated in He has been active in the Climate Finance Washington, D.C., offices. the American Bar Association’s Tort Trial & Global Working Group, led by the Rt. Honor- In 2013, Rubin was recognized as a Cli- Insurance Practice Section 2010 Leadership able Greg Barker, United Kingdom minister of ent Service All-Star by BTI Consulting Group. Academy, selected with a group of approxi- state for climate change, and His Excellency She also serves as chair of Mintz Levin’s Di- mately 20 lawyers in the nation identified to Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, UAE minister of state and versity Committee, leading a number of initia- be emerging bar leaders. In addition, she is CEO of Masdar. He serves on the Advisory tives aimed at promoting diversity both in the her firm’s office pro bono coordinator and an Committee of the World Bank Public-Private firm and across the legal profession. inaugural fellow to the Leadership Council on Partnership in Infrastructure Resource Center Legal Diversity, a dynamic leadership training for Contracts, Laws and Regulation. program comprising high-potential attorneys Edwards is also a civic leader, currently from major law firms and corporations in the serving on the board of trustees of the country. Landon School and was appointed by County Executive Ike Leggett and confirmed by the Montgomery County (Maryland) Council as a member of the Board of Energy and Air Quality.

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