Arizona Business Magazine and The Association of Corporate Counsel Honor 10 Outstanding Corporate Counsel Leaders
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Arizona Business Magazine and The Association of Corporate Counsel Honor 10 Outstanding Corporate Counsel Leaders
Event celebrates the important and vital role that in-house counsel plays in the success of a business
PHOENIX, AZ (January 12, 2012) – Arizona Business Magazine and the Association of Corporate Counsel – Arizona Chapter celebrated the importance of in-house counsel and the role it plays in the success of companies’ success at the Arizona Corporate Counsel Awards (ACC Awards). Finalists and winners were honored Thursday, January 12, 2012 during a ceremony and dinner at the Ritz Carlton Downtown Phoenix.
Finalists were profiled in the January issue of Arizona Business Magazine.
Finalists were recognized for extraordinary legal skill and achievement across a full range of in-house responsibilities, exemplary leadership, and for contributions to the Arizona community at large. This is the first time xxcellence in in-house counsel has been recognized in Arizona.
Arizona Business Magazine recognized the following recipients as the 2012 Arizona Corporate Counsel Award winners:
Government/Municipal/Public Sector In – House Counsel of the Year - Jan Alfano, Senior Executive for Salt River Project (SRP).
Nonprofit In – House Counsel of the Year - Cindy Sehr, Senior Counsel, Chandler Regional and Mercy Gilbert
Small Private Company In-House Counsel of the Year - Virginia Llewellyn, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Barrett- Jackson Auction Co., LLC
Large Private Company In-House Counsel of the Year - Christopher Kevane, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Rural/Metro Corporation
Small Public Company In-House Counsel of the Year - David Glynn, Chief Administration Officer and General Counsel, OneNeck IT Services Corporation
Large Public Company In-House Counsel of the Year – Mark Rogers, Associate General Counsel, Insight Enterprises, Inc.
Intellectual Property Attorney of the Year – Clarissa Cerda, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, LifeLock
Litigator of the Year – Mark Larson, Vice President and Chief Litigation Counsel, Honeywell International
Up-and-Comer of the Year – Lukas Grabiec, Corporate Counsel, Intel Corporation
In-House Legal Department of the Year – ON Semiconductor
The following companies were finalists for the 2012 Arizona Corporate Counsel Awards:
- AMERCO ( part of U-Haul International)
- American Traffic Solutions
- Apollo Group
- ASM America INC
- Barrett Jackson Auction Co, LLC
- Catholic Healthcare West (Chandler Regional Medical Center)
- Clear Channel Outdoor
- Danny's Family Company
- General Dynamics C4 Systems
- Go Daddy Group
- Honeywell International
- Insight Enterprises, Inc.
- Intel Corporation
- Kahala Corp
- LifeLock
- MD Helicopters
- ON Semiconductor
- OneNeck IT Services Corporation
- Redflex Traffic Systems, Inc.
- Rural/ Metro Corporation
- SRP
- Tekco Management Group, LLC
- The Dial Corporation
- U-Haul International, Inc
Photos from the award ceremony are available online at AzBusinessMagazine.com. Detailed profiles of the winners will be featured in the March/April issue of Arizona Business Magazine.
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About Arizona Business Magazine:
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