The Legal Department of the Year contest recognizes Florida’s top in-house legal departments in distinct categories. To qualify, the departments must be led by lawyers in Florida. Please include the company name and Florida In-House on the subject line. Each essay should be no more than 500 words, and please include Law Department information, as detailed below, to accompany each submission. The awards are based on success stories: how a given corporate counsel’s office, regardless of its size, came up with innovative programs, used ingenuity to solve problems or surmounted a scarcity of resources and still delivered a high quality of client service. We’re also looking for those individual GCs who made an impact on their companies and the legal community in the past year. If you know a GC or in-house counsel who had an outstanding year, let us know and tell us why.

Among the general questions you should try to address in your entry:

  • What makes your legal department special? Tell us how your department stands out from the crowd.
  • Have you faced any litigation challenges in the last year? If so, tell us about them.
  • How have you managed outside counsel?
  • Have you had any important developments in your use of technology?
  • Do you have significant pro bono programs? What kind of quality-of- life initiatives have you attempted? Law Department Information Please provide the following information
  • Company
  • Headquarters
  • Industry
  • Number of lawyers in Florida
  • Number of lawyers in the United States
  • Number of lawyers worldwide
  • Contact person (include phone and email)