Winners of The Legends in Law Award | The Burton Awards

2024:

  • Perry Siatis, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, AbbVie
  • Kevin O’Connor, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Carrier
  • Jeff Bleich, Former Chief Legal Officer, Cruise LLC
  • Seth Krauss, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer of TKO and Chief Administrative Officer & Senior Counsel to the Board of Directors and Senior Management at Endeavor, Endeavor and TKO
  • Kerry McLean, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Intuit
  • Craig T. Beazer, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Lincoln Financial
  • Hossein Nowbar, Chief Legal Officer, Microsoft
  • Kent Pflederer, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Packaging Corporation of America
  • Steve McManus, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, State Farm
  • Bradford Berenson, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, TPG
  • Rachel Brand, Executive Vice President of Global Governance, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, Walmart

2023

  • Hubert L. Allen, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Abbott
  • Lucy Fato, Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Global Head of Communications and Government Affairs, AIG
  • Lynn R. Charytan, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Comcast Cable
  • Kimberly Pryor, General Counsel, JBS Foods USA
  • Maryanne Lavan, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Lockheed Martin
  • Elisa Garcia, Chief Legal Officer, Macy’s, Inc.
  • Jennifer Newstead, Chief Legal Officer, Meta
  • Stuart Levey, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Oracle Corporation
  • Bruce Byrd, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Palo Alto Networks
  • Wanji Walcott, Chief Legal Officer, Pinterest
  • Marc L. Kesselman, Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Purdue Pharma
  • Stuart Alderoty, Chief Legal Officer, Ripple
  • Amy Tu, President, International and Chief Administrative Officer, Tyson Foods
  • Duane Holloway, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer, U. S. Steel
  • Anne Robinson, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Vanguard

2022

  • Jonathan P. Graham, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary, Amgen
  • John S. Jenkins Jr., Executive Vice President, General Counsel, TE Connectivity
  • James Kelleher, Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, Liberty Mutual Insurance
  • James Y. Kerr II, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, Southern Company
  • George A. Massih III, General Counsel, Corporation Service Company
  • Justin Miller, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Avantor
  • Jonathan Olefson, General Counsel, Syneos Health
  • Lori A. Schechter, Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel, McKesson Corporation
  • Laura Stein, Executive Vice President – General Counsel & Corporate Affairs, The Clorox Company
  • Alan Tse, Global Chief Legal Officer, Corporate Secretary, Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated
  • Patrice Walch-Watson, Senior Managing Director, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments)
  • April Miller Boise, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Counsel, Eaton Corporation
  • Doug Lankler, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Pfizer

2019

  • Ivan Fong, Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs and General Counsel, 3M Company
  • Susan L. Lees, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, The Allstate Corporation
  • R. Hewitt Pate, Vice President and General Counsel, Chevron Corporation
  • Juliette Pryor, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Cox Enterprises, Inc.
  • Kelly McNamara Corley, Former Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Discover Financial Services, Inc.
  • Marie Oh Huber, SVP Legal Affairs, General Counsel & Secretary, eBay Inc.
  • Rena Hozore Reiss, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Marriott International
  • E. Lee Reichert, Chief Legal & Corporate Affairs Officer, Molson Coors
  • Dorian Daley, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary, Oracle Corporation
  • Tony West, Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, Uber Technologies Inc.
  • Norman M. Brothers, Jr., Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, United Parcel Service (UPS)
  • Jeffrey Carr, Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Univar Inc.

2018

  • Robert E. Bostrom, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Abercrombie & Fitch
  • David Zapolsky, Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, Amazon
  • Joseph F. Wayland, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Chubb
  • Mark Chandler, Senior Vice President, Legal Services, and General Counsel, Cisco
  • Charles J. Kalil, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, The Dow Chemical Company
  • Tye Darland, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Georgia-Pacific LLC
  • Kim Rivera, Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, HP Inc.
  • Jeffrey A. Kaplan, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, LyondellBasell Industries N.V.
  • Sheila Cheston, Corporate Vice President and General Counsel, Northrop Grumman Corporation
  • Tim Murphy, General Counsel and Chief Franchise Officer, Mastercard
  • Amy E. Weaver, President, Legal & General Counsel, Salesforce
  • John W. Kuo, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Varian Medical Systems

2017

  • Bruce Sewell, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Apple, Inc.
  • David G. Leitch, Global General Counsel, Bank of America Corporation
  • Lawrence P. Tu, Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer, CBS Corporation
  • A. James Shafter, General Counsel, COFCO International Ltd.
  • Greg Boss, Executive Vice President Legal & CSL Group General Counsel, CSL Limited
  • Craig B. Glidden, Executive Vice President & General Counsel, General Motors Company, LLC
  • Kate Adams, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Honeywell
  • Louise Pentland, Executive Vice President, Chief Business Affairs & Legal Officer, PayPal Inc.
  • Christoph Maeder, Group General Counsel & Company Secretary, Syngenta AG
  • Teresa Wynn Roseborough, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, & Corporate Secretary, The Home Depot
  •  N. Cornell Boggs, III, Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Toys “R” Us, Inc.
  • Sandra Phillips Rogers, Group Vice President, General Counsel & Chief Legal Officer, Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
  • Leslie T. Thornton, Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, WGL Holdings, Inc. and Washington Gas

2016

  •  A. Robert D. Bailey, Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, & Corporate Secretary, Allergan PLC
  • Timothy B. Phillips, General Counsel & Assistant Secretary, American Cancer Society, Inc.
  • Timothy A. Pratt, Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel, & Secretary, Boston Scientific Corporation
  •  S. Jack Balagia, Jr., Vice President & General Counsel, ExxonMobil Corporation
  • Michelle Banks, Executive Vice President, Global General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, & Chief Compliance Officer (former), Gap Inc.
  • Laura Fennell, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, & Secretary, Intuit Inc.
  • David M. Shannon, Executive vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, & Secretary, NVIDIA Corporation
  • Bjarne Tellmann, General Counsel & Chief Legal Officer, Pearson PLC
  • Kenneth S. Siegel, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel, & Head of Global Citizenship (Social Responsibility), Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
  • Jim Wang, Chief Legal Rep., ZTE (USA) Inc.

2015

  • Thomas J. Sabatino, Jr., Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel, Hertz Corporation
  • Ira P. Berman, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
  • Lisa Rickard, Executive Vice President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
  • John F. Schultz, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Hewlett-Packard Company
  • John B. Wright, General Counsel, Triumph Group
  • Chaim A. Levin, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel, Tradition Group
  • Andrea Daly, Managing Director and General Counsel, Onex
  • Kevin A. Fox, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Sharp Electronics Corporation
  • Rosland Fisher McLeod, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, SCL Health

2014

  • David F. Snively, Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Monsanto Company
  • Don H. Liu, General Counsel and Secretary, Xerox Corporation
  • Leslie M. Turner, Senior Vice President General Counsel and Secretary, The Hershey Company
  • Jack C. Silhavy, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Fresenius Kabi USA
  • Jane C. Sherburne, Senior Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, BNY Mellon
  • Marianne D. Short, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, UnitedHealth Group (NYS: UNH)
  • Kim Rucker, Executive Vice President, Corporate and Legal Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Kraft Foods Group, Inc.
  • Kellye Walker, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Secretary, American Water Works Company, Inc.
  • R. Stanton Dodge, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, DISH Network L.L.C.
  • James B. Buda, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Caterpillar, Inc.

2013

  • Betty A. Whelchel, General Counsel, BNP Paribas
  • Denise F. Keane, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Altria Group, Inc.
  • Daniel Troy, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, GlaxcoSmithKline
  • Eric G. Klein, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Kyocera International, Inc.
  • J. Michael Wilder, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Marathon Petroleum Corporation
  • D. Cameron Findlay, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Medtronic, Inc.
  • Felix Ehrat, PhD, Group General Counsel, Novartis International AG
  • Brian Eduardo Cabrera, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Synopsys, Inc.
  • Edward A. Ryan, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Marriott International, Inc.
  • Shari H. Wolkon, Managing Director and General Counsel, Thomas H. Lee Partners

2012

  • Les Parrette, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Compliance Officer, Novelis, Inc.
  • Marschall I. Smith, Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs and General Counsel, 3M Company
  • Maria Pasquale, Senior Vice President, Legal and Deputy General Counsel, Celgene Corporation
  • Susan L. Blout, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Prudential Financial, Inc.
  • James M. Strother, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Wells Fargo & Company
  • Amy Schulman, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Pfizer, Inc.

2011

  • Frank J. Baltz, Senior Vice President & Chief Legal Officer, Clark Construction Group LLC
  • Pascal W. Di Fronzo, Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, Autodesk, Inc.
  • Janet Langford Kelly, Senior Vice President Legal, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, ConocoPhillips Company
  • Thomas A. Russo, Executive Vice President Legal, Compliance, Regulatory Affairs and Governmental Affairs & General Counsel, American International Group, Inc. (AIG)
  • Larry D. Thompson, John Sibley Chair in Corporate and Business Law, University of Georgia School of Law
  • Michael Weiner, General Counsel & Chief Legal Officer, Ares Management LLC

2010

  • Thomas L. Sager, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, EI du Pont de Nemours
  • Linda F. Friedman, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Astellas US LLC
  • Amy Fliegelman Olli, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, CA Technologies
  • Peter J. Beshar, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Marsh & McLennan Companies
  • Susan E. Goldy, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Church & Dwight Co., Inc

2009

  • Linda V. Tiano, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Health Net, Inc.
  • Brackett B. Denniston III, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, General Electric Company
  • Teri P. McClure, Senior Vice President of Legal, Compliance and Public Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, United Parcel Service, Inc.
  • Michael Ettinger, Corporate Senior Vice President, Henry Schein, Inc.
  • Charles W. Matthews, Vice President and General Counsel, ExxonMobil Corporation
  • Stanley F. Baldwin, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, AMERIGROUP Corporation
  • George J. Lykos, Chief Legal Officer, Bayer Corporation
  • James J. Bender, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, The Williams Companies
  • Bart Colli, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, ARAMARK

2008

  • James W. Cicconi, Senior Executive Vice President, External and Legislative Affairs, AT&T, Inc.
  • Christopher S. Dewees, Chief Legal Officer, Corporate Development, JDS Uniphase Corporation
  • Charles A. James, Vice President and General Counsel, Chevron Corporation
  • Carrie L. Schiff, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Flextronics International Ltd.
  • Beth A. Wilkinson, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Fannie Mae

2007

  • Timothy Mayopoulos, EVP and General Counsel, Bank of America Corporation
  • Richard H. Walker, General Counsel, Deutsche Bank AG
  • Geralyn M. Presti, SVP, General Counsel & Assistant Secretary, Forest City Enterprises, Inc.
  • Michele Coleman Mayes, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Pitney Bowes, Inc.
  • James T. Hale, General Counsel, Target Corporation

Burton Award Recipients