InsideCounsel Magazine's 2012 Transformative Leadership Awards Winners Announced

NEW YORK, Dec. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- InsideCounsel magazine, the leading monthly business publication for general counsel and in-house legal executives, published by Summit Business Media, today announced the winners of the Third Annual Transformative Leadership Awards, scheduled for April 24, 2012, in Chicago, IL - www.transformativeleadershipawards.com.

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The awards, presented at a gala dinner and reception in conjunction with InsideCounsel's 12th Annual SuperConference – www.ICSuperConference.com - will honor women in-house counsel and law firm partners who have demonstrated a commitment to advancing the empowerment of women in corporate law. 

The winners were selected by a National Awards Committee, comprising general counsel from leading corporations and partners at top law firms. The committee is co-chaired by Allstate Insurance Company's Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer, Michele Coleman Mayes and InsideCounsel magazine's Editor-in-Chief, Cathleen Flahardy.    

"Our Third Annual Transformative Leadership Award winners are an impressive group of inspiring professionals. By measuring what matters, we're proud to play a role in increasing economic opportunities for women in corporate law," said Cathleen Flahardy.

2012 Award Winners:

• Economic Empowerment Awards
  • Firm-Wide Policies- SNR Denton
  • Rainmaker - Lawrie Demorest, Alston & Bird
• Pamela L. Carter Award- Vicki O'Meara, Executive Vice President and President, Pitney Bowes Services Solutions
• Anastasia D. Kelly Award- Janet Langford Kelly, Senior Vice President, Legal, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary ConocoPhillips
• Mary Ann Hynes Pioneer Award- Christine A. Edwards, Partner, Winston & Strawn
• Thomas A. Mars Pathmaker Award- Thomas Sabatino, Executive Vice President - General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, Walgreens

The winners will be honored at the April 24, 2012 Awards Ceremony in Chicago.  The 2011 awards dinner was attended by more than 250 corporate legal executives, including in-house counsel and law firm lawyers.

For more information about the awards program and winners, visit www.transformativeleadershipawards.com

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