You might say that this year, everyone’s a winner. Overstatement? Sure. But it sums up the hard choices Corporate Counsel judges faced this year. A crop of stellar entrants in our annual survey of legal departments led to a long, spirited debate in our staff discussions about who deserved the top prize.
A couple of things stood out. In tallying up our final grades, there wasn’t a whole lot separating the leading contenders. The gap between the winner and the runners-up was much smaller than in past years. And we decided to highlight for the first time the achievements of those that didn’t quite make the final cut, because most departments had good stories to tell about themselves.
