® November/ December 2012 COURT DENNIS ARCHER A LIFETIME OF ACHIEVEMENT DIV E RSITY EXCELLENCE | EDUCATION | EQUITY 0880 MCCA NovDec.indb 1 11/6/12 1:28 PM 11062012133530 DIVERSITY – A KEY INGREDIENT Hunton & Williams LLP congratulates firm partner Fernando Alonso for his selection as a 2 012 Diversity & the Bar Law Firm Rainmaker. At Perkins Coie, diversity is an essential ingredient that helps us create the best solutions for our clients. We value and encourage diverse viewpoints and draw upon them to resolve our clients’ business and legal challenges. Diversity adds perspective and creativity to what we do. 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FEATURES 18 DENNIS ARCHER: A 24 Banking on 34 MCCA’s 2012 LIFETIME OF ACHIEVEMENT Rainmakers Award Winners Dennis Archer has an impressive For the sixth consecutive MCCA recognized five résumé: former Michigan Supreme year, MCCA profiles minority Employer of Choice companies Court justice, former mayor of Detroit, rainmakers. The honorees in 2012: Morgan Stanley, first African American president of the work in a wide array of practice Chevron Corporation, H.J. American Bar Association, and law firm areas and each has a story Heinz Company, Nationwide chairman. Any one of those achievements to tell. The top money-making Mutual Insurance Company, would be enough for a normal lifetime. attorneys share their personal and DHL. Learn more about MCCA recognizes his contributions to the pathways to success. those companies, and the legal community with its second annual BY PATRICK FOLLIARD five law firms that earned the Lifetime Achievement Award. BY NIKI MITCHELL esteemed Thomas L. Sager Award. Winners of the George B. Vashon Innovator Award are also profiled. BY DIANNE HAYES 0880 MCCA NovDec.indb 4 11/6/12 1:28 PM 11062012133531 MCCA® Board Of Directors Vernon G. Baker II Samuel M. Reeves Senior Vice President Senior Vice President, & General Counsel, General Counsel, Meritor, Inc. Walmart U.S. Legal Michelle Banks Carlos Rincon Executive Vice President, Partner, General Counsel, Rincon Law Group, P.C. Corporate Secretary & Chief Compliance Offi cer, Thomas L. Sager Gap, Inc. Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Clarissa Cerda DuPont Company Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, Robin H. Sangston LifeLock, Inc. Vice President, Chief Compliance Offi cer, A. B. Cruz III Cox Communications, Inc. Chief Legal Offi cer & Corporate Secretary, Kenneth S. Siegel Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. Chief Administrative Offi cer & General Counsel, Anthony K. Greene Starwood Hotels & Resorts Director, Worldwide, Inc. Jamison Insurance Group Mary E. Snapp Gary F. Kennedy Corporate Vice President Senior Vice President, & Deputy General Counsel General Counsel & Chief Legal & Corporate Affairs, Compliance Offi cer, Microsoft Corporation American Airlines, Inc. Lawrence P. Tu Don H. Liu Senior Vice President, Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, General Counsel, & Secretary, Dell, Inc. Xerox Corporation ELLIOTT S. HALL, VP OF GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS Neil Wilcox FOR FORD MOTOR COMPANY, SHAKES HANDS WITH U.S. Hinton J. Lucas General Counsel for the Chief COMMERCE SECRETARY RON BROWN, AS DENNIS ARCHER Vice President & Assistant Administrative Offi cer, AND PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON LOOK ON IN MARCH 1994. General Counsel, JP Morgan Chase DuPont Company Simone Wu Robbie E. B. Narcisse Senior Vice President, General Vice President-Global Ethics Counsel, Corporate Secretary & & Business Practices, Chief Compliance Offi cer, Pitney Bowes Inc. 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