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
  • Adams, Kate, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Honeywell (2017)
  • Alderoty, Stuart, Chief Legal Officer, Ripple (2023)
  • Allen, Hubert L., Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Abbott (2023)
  • Bailey, A. Robert D., Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, & Corporate Secretary, Allergan PLC (2016)
  • Balagia Jr., Jack, Vice President & General Counsel, ExxonMobil Corporation (2016)
  • Baldwin, Stanley F., Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, AMERIGROUP Corporation (2009)
  • Baltz, Frank J., Senior Vice President & Chief Legal Officer, Clark Construction Group LLC (2011)
  • Banks, Michelle, Executive Vice President, Global General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, & Chief Compliance Officer (former), Gap Inc. (2016)
  • Beazer Craig T., Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Lincoln Financial (2024)
  • Bender, James J., Senior Vice President and General Counsel, The Williams Companies (2009)
  • Berenson, Bradford, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, TPG (2024)
  • Berman, Ira P., Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation (2015)
  • Beshar, Peter J., Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Marsh & McLennan Companies (2010)
  • Bleich, Jeff, Former Chief Legal Officer, Cruise LLC (2024)
  • Blout, Susan L., Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Prudential Financial, Inc. (2012)
  • Boggs III, N. Cornell, Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Toys “R” Us, Inc. (2017)
  • Boss, Greg, Executive Vice President Legal & CSL Group General Counsel, CSL Limited (2017)
  • Bostrom, Robert E., Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Abercrombie & Fitch (2018)
  • Brand, Rachel, Executive Vice President of Global Governance, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, Walmart (2024)
  • Brothers, Jr., Norman M., Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, United Parcel Service (UPS) (2019)
  • Buda, James B., Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Caterpillar, Inc. (2014)
  • Byrd, Bruce, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Palo Alto Networks (2023)
  • Cabrera, Brian Eduardo, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Synopsys, Inc. (2013)
  • Carr, Jeffrey, Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Univar Inc. (2019)
  • Chandler, Mark, Senior Vice President, Legal Services, and General Counsel, Cisco (2018)
  • Charytan, Lynn R., Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Comcast Cable (2023)
  • Cheston, Sheila, Corporate Vice President and General Counsel, Northrop Grumman Corporation (2018)
  • Cicconi, James W., Senior Executive Vice President, External and Legislative Affairs, AT&T, Inc. (2008)
  • Coleman, Mayes Michele, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Pitney Bowes, Inc. (2007)
  • Colli, Bart, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, ARAMARK (2009)
  • Daly, Andrea, Managing Director and General Counsel, Onex (2015)
  • Darland, Tye, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Georgia-Pacific LLC (2018)
  • Denniston III, Brackett B., Senior Vice President and General Counsel, General Electric Company (2009)
  • Dewees, Christopher S., Chief Legal Officer, Corporate Development, JDS Uniphase Corporation (2008)
  • Di Fronzo, Pascal W., Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, Autodesk, Inc. (2011)
  • Dodge, R. Stanton, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, DISH Network L.L.C. (2014)
  • Dorian, Daley, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary, Oracle Corporation (2019)
  • Ehrat, Felix, PhD, Group General Counsel, Novartis International AG (2013)
  • Ettinger, Michael, Corporate Senior Vice President, Henry Schein, Inc. (2009)
  • Fato, Lucy, Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Global Head of Communications and Government Affairs, AIG (2023)
  • Fennell, Laura, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, & Secretary, Intuit Inc. (2016)
  • Findlay, D. Cameron, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Medtronic, Inc. (2013)
  • Fisher, McLeod Rosland, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, SCL Health (2015)
  • Fliegelman, Olli Amy, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, CA Technologies (2010)
  • Fong, Ivan, Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs and General Counsel, 3M Company (2019)
  • Fox, Kevin A., Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Sharp Electronics Corporation (2015)
  • Friedman, Linda F., Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Astellas US LLC (2010)
  • Garcia, Elisa, Chief Legal Officer, Macy’s, Inc. (2023)
  • Glidden, Craig B., Executive Vice President & General Counsel, General Motors Company, LLC (2017)
  • Goldy, Susan E., Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Church & Dwight Co., Inc (2010)
  • Graham, Jonathan P., Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary, Amgen (2022)
  • Hale, James T., General Counsel, Target Corporation (2007)
  • Holloway, Duane, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer, U. S. Steel (2023)
  • Hozore, Reiss Rena, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Marriott International (2019)
  • James, Charles A., Vice President and General Counsel, Chevron Corporation (2008)
  • Jenkins Jr., John S., Executive Vice President, General Counsel, TE Connectivity (2022)
  • Kalil, Charles J., Executive Vice President and General Counsel, The Dow Chemical Company (2018)
  • Kaplan, Jeffrey A., Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (2018)
  • Keane , Denise F., Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Altria Group, Inc. (2013)
  • Kelleher, James, Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, Liberty Mutual Insurance (2022)
  • Kerr II, James Y., Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, Southern Company (2022)
  • Kesselman, Marc L., Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Purdue Pharma (2023)
  • Klein, Eric G., General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Kyocera International, Inc. (2013)
  • Krauss, Seth, 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 (2024)
  • Kuo, John W., Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Varian Medical Systems (2018)
  • Langford, Kelly Janet, Senior Vice President Legal, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, ConocoPhillips Company (2011)
  • Lankler, Doug, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Pfizer (2022)
  • Lavan, Maryanne, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Lockheed Martin (2023)
  • Lees, Susan L., Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, The Allstate Corporation (2019)
  • Leitch , David G., Global General Counsel, Bank of America Corporation (2017)
  • Levey, Stuart, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Oracle Corporation (2023)
  • Levin, Chaim A., Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel, Tradition Group (2015)
  • Liu, Don H., General Counsel and Secretary, Xerox Corporation (2014)
  • Lykos, George J., Chief Legal Officer, Bayer Corporation (2009)
  • Maeder, Christoph, Group General Counsel & Company Secretary, Syngenta AG (2017)
  • Massih III, George A., General Counsel, Corporation Service Company (2022)
  • Matthews, Charles W., Vice President and General Counsel, ExxonMobil Corporation (2009)
  • Mayopoulos, Timothy, EVP and General Counsel, Bank of America Corporation (2007)
  • McClure, Teri P., Senior Vice President of Legal, Compliance and Public Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, United Parcel Service, Inc. (2009)
  • McLean, Kerry, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Intuit (2024)
  • McManus, Steve, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, State Farm (2024)
  • McNamara, Corley Kelly, Former Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Discover Financial Services, Inc. (2019)
  • Miller, Justin, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Avantor (2022)
  • Miller Boise, April, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Counsel, Eaton Corporation (2022)
  • Murphy, Tim, General Counsel and Chief Franchise Officer, Mastercard (2018)
  • Newstead, Jennifer, Chief Legal Officer, Meta (2023)
  • Nowbar, Hossein, Chief Legal Officer, Microsoft (2024)
  • O’Connor Kevin, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Carrier (2024)
  • Oh Huber, Marie, SVP Legal Affairs, General Counsel & Secretary, eBay Inc. (2019)
  • Olefson, Jonathan, General Counsel, Syneos Health (2022)
  • Parrette, Les, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Compliance Officer, Novelis, Inc. (2012)
  • Pate, R. Hewitt, Vice President and General Counsel, Chevron Corporation (2019)
  • Pentland, Louise, Executive Vice President, Chief Business Affairs & Legal Officer, PayPal Inc. (2017)
  • Pflederer, Kent, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Packaging Corporation of America (2024)
  • Phillips, Timothy B., General Counsel & Assistant Secretary, American Cancer Society, Inc. (2016)
  • Phillips Rogers, Sandra, Group Vice President, General Counsel & Chief Legal Officer, Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (2017)
  • Pratt, Timothy A., Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel, & Secretary, Boston Scientific Corporation (2016)
  • Presti, Geralyn M., SVP, General Counsel & Assistant Secretary, Forest City Enterprises, Inc. (2007)
  • Pryor, Juliette, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Cox Enterprises, Inc. (2019)
  • Pryor, Kimberly, General Counsel, JBS Foods USA (2023)
  • Psaquale, Maria, Senior Vice President, Legal and Deputy General Counsel, Celgene Corporation (2012)
  • Reichert, E. Lee, Chief Legal & Corporate Affairs Officer, Molson Coors (2019)
  • Rickard, Lisa, Executive Vice President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce (2015)
  • Rivera, Kim, Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, HP Inc. (2018)
  • Robinson, Anne, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Vanguard (2023)
  • Teresa Wynn, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, & Corporate Secretary, The Home Depot (2017)
  • Rucker, Kim, Executive Vice President, Corporate and Legal Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Kraft Foods Group, Inc. (2014)
  • Russo, Thomas A., Executive Vice President Legal, Compliance, Regulatory Affairs and Governmental Affairs & General Counsel, American International Group, Inc. (AIG) (2011)
  • Ryan, Edward A., Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Marriott International, Inc. (2013)
  • Sabatino, Thomas J., Jr., Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel, Hertz Corporation (2015)
  • Sager, Thomas L., Senior Vice President and General Counsel, EI du Pont de Nemours (2010)
  • Schechter, Lori A., Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel, McKesson Corporation (2022)
  • Schiff, Carrie L., Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Flextronics International Ltd. (2008)
  • Schulman Amy, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Pfizer, Inc. (2012)
  • Schultz, John F., Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Hewlett-Packard Company (2015)
  • Sewell, Bruce, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Apple, Inc. (2017)
  • Shafter, A. James, General Counsel, COFCO International Ltd. (2017)
  • Shannon, David M., Executive vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, & Secretary, NVIDIA Corporation (2016)
  • Sherburne, Jane C., Senior Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, BNY Mellon (2014)
  • Short, Marianne D., Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, UnitedHealth Group (NYS: UNH) (2014)
  • Siatis, Perry, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, AbbVie (2024)
  • Siegel, Kenneth S., Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel, & Head of Global Citizenship (Social Responsibility), Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (2016)
  • Silhavy, Jack C., Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Fresenius Kabi USA (2014)
  • Smith, Marschall I., Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs and General Counsel, 3M Company (2012)
  • Snively, David F., Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Monsanto Company (2014)
  • Stein, Laura, Executive Vice President – General Counsel & Corporate Affairs, The Clorox Company (2022)
  • Strother, James M., Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Wells Fargo & Company (2012)
  • Tellmann, Bjarne, General Counsel & Chief Legal Officer, Pearson PLC (2016)
  • Thompson, Larry D., John Sibley Chair in Corporate and Business Law, University of Georgia School of Law (2011)
  • Thornton, Leslie T., Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, WGL Holdings, Inc. and Washington Gas (2017)
  • Tiano, Linda V., Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Health Net, Inc. (2009)
  • Troy, Daniel, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, GlaxcoSmithKline (2013)
  • Tse, Alan, Global Chief Legal Officer, Corporate Secretary, Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (2022)
  • Tu, Amy, President, International and Chief Administrative Officer, Tyson Foods (2023)
  • Tu, Lawrence P., Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer, CBS Corporation (2017)
  • Turner Leslie M., Senior Vice President General Counsel and Secretary, The Hershey Company (2014)
  • Walch-Watson, Patrice, Senior Managing Director, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) (2022)
  • Walcott, Wanji, Chief Legal Officer, Pinterest (2023)
  • Walker, Kellye, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Secretary, American Water Works Company, Inc. (2014)
  • Walker, Richard H., General Counsel, Deutsche Bank AG (2007)
  • Wang, Jim, Chief Legal Rep., ZTE (USA) Inc. (2016)
  • Wayland, Joseph F., Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Chubb (2018)
  • Weaver, Amy E., President, Legal & General Counsel, Salesforce (2018)
  • Weiner, Michael, General Counsel & Chief Legal Officer, Ares Management LLC (2011)
  • West, Tony, Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, Uber Technologies Inc. (2019)
  • Whelchel, Betty A., General Counsel, BNP Paribas (2013)
  • Wilder, J. Michael, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Marathon Petroleum Corporation (2013)
  • Wilkinson, Beth A., Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Fannie Mae (2008)
  • Wolkon, Shari H., Managing Director and General Counsel, Thomas H. Lee Partners (2013)
  • Wright, John B., General Counsel, Triumph Group (2015)
  • Zapolsky, David, Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, Amazon (2018)
  • Abbott, Hubert L. Allen, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary (2023)
  • AbbVie, Perry Siatis, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary (2024)
  • Abercrombie & Fitch, Robert E. Bostrom, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary (2018)
  • AIG, Lucy Fato, Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Global Head of Communications and Government Affairs (2023)
  • Allergan PLC,  A. Robert D. Bailey, Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, & Corporate Secretary (2016)
  • Altria Group, Inc., Denise F. Keane, Executive Vice President and General Counsel (2013)
  • Amazon, David Zapolsky, Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary (2018)
  • American Cancer Society, Inc., Timothy B. Phillips, General Counsel & Assistant Secretary (2016)
  • American International Group, Inc. (AIG), Thomas A. Russo, Executive Vice President Legal, Compliance, Regulatory Affairs and Governmental Affairs & General Counsel (2011)
  • American Water Works Company, Inc., Kellye Walker, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Secretary (2014)
  • AMERIGROUP Corporation, Stanley F. Baldwin, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary (2009)
  • Amgen, Jonathan P. Graham, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary (2022)
  • Apple, Inc., Bruce Sewell, Senior Vice President and General Counsel (2017)
  • ARAMARK, Bart Colli, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary (2009)
  • Ares Management LLC, Michael Weiner, General Counsel & Chief Legal Officer (2011)
  • Astellas US LLC, Linda F. Friedman, Senior Vice President and General Counsel (2010)
  • AT&T, Inc., James W. Cicconi, Senior Executive Vice President, External and Legislative Affairs (2008)
  • Autodesk, Inc., Pascal W. Di Fronzo, Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary (2011)
  • Avantor, Justin Miller, Executive Vice President, General Counsel (2022)
  • Bank of America Corporation, David G. Leitch, Global General Counsel (2017)
  • Bank of America Corporation, Timothy Mayopoulos, EVP and General Counsel (2007)
  • Bayer Corporation, George J. Lykos, Chief Legal Officer (2009)
  • BNP Paribas, Betty A. Whelchel, General Counsel (2013)
  • BNY Mellon, Jane C. Sherburne, Senior Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary (2014)
  • Boston Scientific Corporation, Timothy A. Pratt, Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel, & Secretary (2016)
  • CA Technologies, Amy Fliegelman Olli, Executive Vice President and General Counsel (2010)
  • Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), Patrice Walch-Watson, Senior Managing Director, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary (2022)
  • Carrier, Kevin O’Connor, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer (2024)
  • Caterpillar, Inc., James B. Buda, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer (2014)
  • CBS Corporation, Lawrence P. Tu, Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer (2017)
  • Celgene Corporation, Maria Pasquale, Senior Vice President, Legal and Deputy General Counsel (2012)
  • Chamber of Commerce, Lisa Rickard, Executive Vice President (2015)
  • Chevron Corporation, R. Hewitt Pate, Vice President and General Counsel (2019)
  • Chevron Corporation, Charles A. James, Vice President and General Counsel (2008)
  • Chubb, Joseph F. Wayland, Executive Vice President and General Counsel (2018)
  • Church & Dwight Co., Inc, Susan E. Goldy, Executive Vice President and General Counsel (2010)
  • Cisco, Mark Chandler, Senior Vice President, Legal Services, and General Counsel (2018)
  • Clark Construction Group LLC, Frank J. Baltz, Senior Vice President & Chief Legal Officer (2011)
  • COFCO International Ltd., A. James Shafter, General Counsel (2017)
  • Comcast Cable, Lynn, R. Charytan, Executive Vice President and General Counsel (2024)
  • ConocoPhillips Company, Janet Langford Kelly, Senior Vice President Legal, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary (2011)
  • Corporation Service Company, George A. Massih III, General Counsel (2022)
  • Cox Enterprises, Inc., Juliette Pryor, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary (2019)
  • Cruise LLC, Jeff Bleich, Former Chief Legal Officer (2024)
  • CSL Limited, Greg Boss, Executive Vice President Legal & CSL Group General Counsel (2017)
  • Deutsche Bank AG, Richard H. Walker, General Counsel (2007)
  • Discover Financial Services, Inc., Kelly McNamara Corley, Former Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary (2019)
  • DISH Network L.L.C., R. Stanton Dodge, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary (2014)
  • Eaton Corporation, April Miller Boise, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Counsel (2022)
  • eBay Inc., Marie Oh Huber, SVP Legal Affairs, General Counsel & Secretary (2019)
  • EI du Pont de Nemours, Thomas L. Sager, Senior Vice President and General Counsel (2010)
  • Endeavor and TKO, 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 (2024)
  • ExxonMobil Corporation, S. Jack Balagia, Jr., Vice President & General Counsel (2016)
  • ExxonMobil Corporation, Charles W. Matthews, Vice President and General Counsel (2009)
  • Fannie Mae, Beth A. Wilkinson, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary (2008)
  • Flextronics International Ltd., Carrie L. Schiff, Senior Vice President and General Counsel (2008)
  • Forest City Enterprises, Inc., Geralyn M. Presti, SVP, General Counsel & Assistant Secretary (2007)
  • Fresenius Kabi USA, Jack C. Silhavy, Executive Vice President and General Counsel (2014)
  • Gap Inc., Michelle Banks, Executive Vice President, Global General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, & Chief Compliance Officer (former) (2016)
  • General Electric Company, Brackett B. Denniston III, Senior Vice President and General Counsel (2009)
  • General Motors Company, LLC, Craig B. Glidden, Executive Vice President & General Counsel (2017)
  • Georgia-Pacific LLC, Tye Darland, Senior Vice President and General Counsel (2018)
  • GlaxcoSmithKline, Daniel Troy, Senior Vice President and General Counsel (2013)
  • Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, Ira P. Berman, Senior Vice President and General Counsel (2015)
  • Health Net, Inc., Linda V. Tiano, Senior Vice President and General Counsel (2009)
  • Henry Schein, Inc., Michael Ettinger, Corporate Senior Vice President (2009)
  • Hertz Corporation, Thomas J. Sabatino, Jr., Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel (2015)
  • Hewlett-Packard Company, John F. Schultz, Executive Vice President and General Counsel (2015)
  • Honeywell, Kate Adams, Senior Vice President & General Counsel (2017)
  • HP Inc., Kim Rivera, Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary (2018)
  • Intuit, Kerry McLean, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary (2024)
  • Intuit Inc., Laura Fennell, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, & Secretary (2016)
  • JBS Foods USA, Kimberly Pryor, General Counsel (2023)
  • JDS Uniphase Corporation, Christopher S. Dewees, Chief Legal Officer, Corporate Development (2008)
  • Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated, Alan Tse, Global Chief Legal Officer, Corporate Secretary (2022)
  • Kraft Foods Group, Inc., Kim Rucker, Executive Vice President, Corporate and Legal Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary (2014)
  • Kyocera International, Inc., Eric G. Klein, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary (2013)
  • Liberty Mutual Insurance, James Kelleher, Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer (2022)
  • Lincoln Financial, Craig T. Beazer, Executive Vice President and General Counsel (2024)
  • Lockheed Martin, Maryanne Lavan, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary (2023)
  • LyondellBasell Industries N.V. , Jeffrey A. Kaplan, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer (2018)
  • Macy’s, Inc., Elisa Garcia, Chief Legal Officer (2023)
  • Marathon Petroleum Corporation, J. Michael Wilder, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary (2013)
  • Marriott International, Rena Hozore Reiss, Executive Vice President and General Counsel (2019)
  • Marriott International, Inc., Edward A. Ryan, Executive Vice President and General Counsel (2013)
  • Marsh & McLennan Companies, Peter J. Beshar, Executive Vice President and General Counsel (2010)
  • Mastercard, Tim Murphy, General Counsel and Chief Franchise Officer (2018)
  • McKesson Corporation, Lori A. Schechter, Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel (2022)
  • Medtronic, Inc., D. Cameron Findlay, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary (2013)
  • Meta, Jennifer Newstead, Chief Legal Officer (2023)
  • Microsoft, Hossein Nowbar, Chief Legal Officer (2024)
  • Molson Coors, E. Lee Reichert, Chief Legal & Corporate Affairs Officer (2019)
  • Monsanto Company, David F. Snively, Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel (2014)
  • Northrop Grumman Corporation, Sheila Cheston, Corporate Vice President and General Counsel (2018)
  • Novartis International AG, Felix Ehrat, PhD, Group General Counsel (2013)
  • Novelis, Inc., Les Parrette, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Compliance Officer (2012)
  • NVIDIA Corporation, David M. Shannon, Executive vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, & Secretary (2016)
  • Onex, Andrea Daly, Managing Director and General Counsel (2015)
  • Oracle Corporation, Stuart Levey, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer (2023)
  • Oracle Corporation, Dorian Daley, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary (2019)
  • Packaging Corporation of America, Kent Pflederer, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary (2024)
  • Palo Alto Networks, Bruce Byrd, Executive Vice President and General Counsel (2023)
  • PayPal Inc., Louise Pentland, Executive Vice President, Chief Business Affairs & Legal Officer (2017)
  • Pearson PLC, Bjarne Tellmann, General Counsel & Chief Legal Officer (2016)
  • Pfizer, Doug Lankler, Executive Vice President and General Counsel (2022)
  • Pfizer, Inc., Amy Schulman, Executive Vice President and General Counsel (2012)
  • Pinterest, Wanji Walcott, Chief Legal Officer (2023)
  • Pitney Bowes, Inc., Michele Coleman Mayes, Senior Vice President and General Counsel (2007)
  • Prudential Financial, Inc., Susan L. Blout, Senior Vice President and General Counsel (2012)
  • Purdue Pharma, Marc L. Kesselman, Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary (2023)
  • Ripple, Stuart Alderoty, Chief Legal Officer (2023)
  • Salesforce, Amy E. Weaver, President, Legal & General Counsel (2018)
  • SCL Health, Rosland Fisher McLeod, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer (2015)
  • Sharp Electronics Corporation, Kevin A. Fox, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary (2015)
  • Southern Company, James Y. Kerr II, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer (2022)
  • Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., Kenneth S. Siegel, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel, & Head of Global Citizenship (Social Responsibility) (2016)
  • State Farm, Steve McManus, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer (2024)
  • Syneos Health, Jonathan Olefson, General Counsel (2022)
  • Syngenta AG, Christoph Maeder, Group General Counsel & Company Secretary (2017)
  • Synopsys, Inc., Brian Eduardo Cabrera, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary (2013)
  • Target Corporation, James T. Hale, General Counsel (2007)
  • TE Connectivity, John S. Jenkins Jr., Executive Vice President, General Counsel (2022)
  • The Allstate Corporation, Susan L. Lees, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary (2019)
  • The Clorox Company, Laura Stein, Executive Vice President – General Counsel & Corporate Affairs (2022)
  • The Dow Chemical Company, Charles J. Kalil, Executive Vice President and General Counsel (2018)
  • The Hershey Company, Leslie M. Turner, Senior Vice President General Counsel and Secretary (2014)
  • The Home Depot, Teresa Wynn Roseborough, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, & Corporate Secretary (2017)
  • The Williams Companies, James J. Bender, Senior Vice President and General Counsel (2009)
  • Thomas H. Lee Partners, Shari H. Wolkon, Managing Director and General Counsel (2013)
  • 3M Company, Ivan Fong, Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs and General Counsel (2019)
  • 3M Company, Marschall I. Smith, Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs and General Counsel (2012)
  • Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Sandra Phillips Rogers, Group Vice President, General Counsel & Chief Legal Officer (2017)
  • Toys “R” Us, Inc., N. Cornell Boggs, III, Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary (2017)
  • TPG, Bradford Berenson, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary (2024)
  • Tradition Group, Chaim A. Levin, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel (2015)
  • Triumph Group, John B. Wright, General Counsel (2015)
  • Tyson Foods, Amy Tu, President, International and Chief Administrative Officer (2023)
  • S. Steel, Duane Holloway, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer (2023)
  • Uber Technologies Inc., Tony West, Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary (2019)
  • United Parcel Service (UPS), Norman M. Brothers, Jr., Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary (2019)
  • United Parcel Service, Inc., Teri P. McClure, Senior Vice President of Legal, Compliance and Public Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary (2009)
  • UnitedHealth Group (NYS: UNH), Marianne D. Short, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer (2014))
  • Univar Inc., Jeffrey Carr, Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary (2019)
  • University of Georgia School of Law, Larry D. Thompson, John Sibley Chair in Corporate and Business Law (2011)
  • Vanguard, Anne Robinson, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary (2023)
  • Varian Medical Systems, John W. Kuo, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary (2018)
  • Walmart, Rachel Brand, Executive Vice President of Global Governance, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary (2024)
  • Wells Fargo & Company, James M. Strother, Executive Vice President and General Counsel (2012)
  • WGL Holdings, Inc. and Washington Gas, Leslie T. Thornton, Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary (2017)
  • Xerox Corporation, Don H. Liu, General Counsel and Secretary (2014)
  • ZTE (USA) Inc., Jim Wang, Chief Legal Rep. (2016)

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