Corporate Counsel’s editorial department is pleased to announce the finalists of our 2023 Best Legal Departments awards. We have selected outstanding corporate legal departments and legal leaders that stood out this past year.

The ­winners will be announced live at The American Lawyer Industry Awards on Nov. 15. Full profiles of the winners will run on Corporate Counsel in November. 

Congratulations to all the finalists!

Finalists for Best Deputy or Associate GC

  • Tanya Dedo, Assistant General Counsel, Labor and Employment, Cornerstone Building Brands
  • Chris Geyer, Deputy General Counsel, Appian Corporation
  • Ricky Raven, Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Allstate Corporation
  • Andru Wall, Director and Associate General Counsel, Global Legal Privacy Incident Management, Meta Platforms

Finalists for Best Legal Ops Team

  • Adtalem Global Education
  • Cengage Group
  • Lacework
  • Marsh McLennan – LIT Lab

Finalists for Best Mentor: In-House Legal Department

  • Gina Burgin, Managing Counsel, Dominion Energy
  • Patty Elias, General Counsel, Datasite
  • Cynthia “Cindi” Smith, Head of Procurement Legal COE, Nokia of America Corporation
  • Patrick Flaherty, Senior Managing Associate General Counsel, Verizon

Finalists for Best Use of Technology

  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise
  • Marsh McLennan
  • Meta Platforms
  • PNC Financial Services Group

Finalists for Champion of Diversity Award

  • Carlos Brown, Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel, Dominion Energy
  • Suzanne Rich Folsom, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Philip Morris International
  • Matt Lepore, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, BASF
  • Shana Simmons, Chief Legal Officer, Everlaw

Finalists for Compliance Dept. of the Year

  • Accenture
  • GSK
  • Herbalife
  • Nokia

Finalists for the Purpose and Wellbeing Award

  • James Chosy, Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel, U.S. Bank
  • Daniel P. Mascaro, Chief Legal Officer, Vice President and Secretary, The Progressive Corporation
  • Esa V. Niinimaki, Chief Legal Officer, Nokia Oyj/Nokia of America Corporation
  • Julie Rottenberg, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Visa

Finalists for Startup Solo GC of the Year

  • Kate Karas, General Counsel, Chime Financial
  • Deitzah Raby, General Counsel, AppliedVR
  • Austin Weaver, General Counsel, Association of Pickleball Players

Finalists for General Counsel of the Year

  • Paul Grewal, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, Coinbase
  • Monica Howard Douglas, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, The Coca-Cola Company
  • Lynne Puckett, General Counsel, Celanese Corporation
  • Laura Stevens, General Counsel, Cengage Group
  • Tony West, Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, Uber

Finalists for U.S. Legal Department of the Year

  • Celanese Corporation
  • Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • OpenAI
  • United Airlines

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