Houston Corporate Counsel Award

The Texas Lawbook and the Houston Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel are now accepting nominations for the 2025 Houston Corporate Counsel Awards, which honors the extraordinary work of corporate in-house counsel in Houston from the past year. 

The finalists for each category will be profiled by The Lawbook in April and May. The awards ceremony will take place Thursday, May 22 at the Four Seasons Hotel downtown.

USE THIS LINK TO SUBMIT A NOMINATION

The nominations deadline is Monday, March 17, 2025.

Here are a few tips to make your nominations more compelling:

1. The more detailed the nomination, the better chance it has to win. 

2. Explain in detail the successful work of the in-house counsel, the challenges the nominee faced and why the nominee deserves the award.

3. Include the bio of the in-house counsel you are nominating and any past articles regarding her or his success.

4. Winning past awards is interesting, but it is not evidence of success or achievement.

5. Tell us about the nominee's background and any personal stories about the nominee's life and career that readers might find interesting.

Note: Information provided in the submissions will be used in the articles by The Texas Lawbook. 

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. My email is mark.curriden@texaslawbook.net. My cell phone is 214.232.6783. 

Click here to submit your nominations. Please contact brooks.igo@texaslawbook.net for information on sponsoring the awards program.

The 2025 Houston Corporate Counsel Awards recognizes the successes and achievements of general counsel and senior counsel during 2024.  The awards ceremony is set for Thursday, May 22, 2025.

There are 14 award categories, which are listed and described below.  Three of the categories (Business Litigation of the Year, Transaction of the Year and Creative Partnership) are awarded jointly to in-house counsel and their outside lawyers.

Join us in congratulating the 2024 Houston Corporate Counsel Awards finalists.

Lifetime Achievement:

Tana Pool, TGS

General Counsel of the Year for a Solo Legal Department:

Sara-Ashley Moreno, Cardinal System Holdings 

Thomas Gottsegen, PURIS

General Counsel of the Year for a Small Legal Department: 

Hugo Teste, Vopak

General Counsel of the Year for a Midsized Legal Department:

Rachel Clingman, McDermott

Linda Primrose, Mitsui & Co.

General Counsel of the Year for a Large Legal Department 

Vanessa Allen Sutherland, Phillips 66

Senior Counsel of the Year for a Small Legal Department 

Leslie Hillendahl, Virage Capital Management

Senior Counsel of the Year for a Midsized Legal Department 

Jordan Chester, DistributionNOW

Senior Counsel of the Year for a Large Legal Department 

Kristina McQuaid, Phillips 66

Brittany Ringel Walton, LyondellBasell

M&A Transaction of the Year

Gindi Vincent, Honeywell International

Robert Task, Maine Goodfellow, Jenarae Garland – Phillips 66 

Business Litigation of the Year

Erica Radcliffe, First Reserve 

John Ivascu, Forum Energy

Jennifer Cadena, SilverBow Resources 

Achievement in Diversity and Inclusion

Adel Sander, Ascend Performance 

Hector Pineda, Shell USA 

Sean Jamieson, Spire Resources

Rookie of the Year:

Cindy Dinh, Sumitomo Corporation of Americas