Magna Stella Awards Dinner on 8-Nov-12 6:00 PM

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Magna Stella Awards Dinner
Start Date: 8-Nov-12 6:00 PM
End Time: 8-Nov-12 9:30 PM
Location: JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa, San Antonio, TX 78261
Event Details:

The General Counsel Forum is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2012 Magna Stella Awards for in-house excellence in leadership and management. The 25 nominees will be honored and the winners will be announced at the awards dinner on November 8. The dinner will be held in conjunction with the Forum's 14th Annual Conference of General Counsel at the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa.

The Forum is a community of 600+ general counsel and selected senior managing counsel representing 350 companies. It provides its members with networking and information exchange on best practices, leadership and management. More than 100 meetings and events are held each year through chapters in Atlanta, Austin, Chicago, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio, including the annual conference in November, and the Forum Institute for Leadership in the Law (a six-day management program offered each spring in conjunction with the business school at SMU).

The Forum is privileged to have had a distinguished judging panel that selected this year's finalist and winners. Our judges are Charlie Lotter (retired GC, J.C. Penney), John Glancy (retired GC, Holly Corp), Mike Godfrey (GC, Texas A&M University Health Services Center), Mike Nichols (retired GC, Sysco Inc.) and Elaine Whitbeck (SVP, CLO, GC & Corp Secretary, Alcon Laboratories, Inc.).

This year's finalists are:

Lifetime Achievement Award
Elaine E. Whitbeck
Alcon Laboratories, Inc.

Major Litigation

Mary B. Nichols

Texas Mutual Insurance Company

John E. Tschirhart

ATP Oil & Gas Corporation

Christopher S. Willis

Interstate Battery System International

Major Transaction

Bryan C. Barksdale

Bazaarvoice Inc.

Stuart J. Chasanoff

The Weir Group PLC

Mark Kleinman & David Simpson

Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc

Thomas P. Mason

Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.

Non-Profit/Gov't

Christopher D. Bowers

City of Dallas

Dona Cornell

University of Houston

Outstanding AGC

Jack Lewis

Chevron North America

Richard J. Walsh

Valero Energy

Solo General Counsel
Mark S. Antonvich

Vinmar International, LTD

Lisa Tomiko Blackburn
Cypress Equities

Gregory Brown

Beusa Energy, LLC

Jason P. Maxwell
Hines Advisors

Small Legal Department

E.V. ("Chip") Bonner, Jr.

Susser Holdings Corp.

Roberta Lang

Whole Foods Market Inc.

Kathleen H. Rowley

e-Rewards, Inc.

Large Legal Department

Stephanie C. Hildebrandt

Enterprise Products Partners L.P.

Steven J. Kemps

Dean Foods Company

Jack Lewis

Chevron North America

*Pro Bono

DELL, INC.
HALLIBURTON
MARATHON OIL COMPANY

* This category was judged separately by the Texas Access for
Justice Commissin and awarded to the entire legal department

(Click on the image for the list of previous winners)

Reception (6-7:30pm)

Dinner (7:30-9:30pm)

Attire: Black-tie optional

Table Sales

Prestige $3,000

Elite $2,500

Premier $2,000

General $1,500

Individual ticket $150

For table or ticket sales information, contact the Forum office at 214.999.4317

JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa

23808 Resort Parkway

San Antonio, TX 78261

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Magna Stella Awards Dinner on 8-Nov-12 6:00 PM