The Association of Corporate Counsel’s Houston Chapter and The Texas Lawbook announced Friday that in-house lawyers at Ascend Performance Material, Shell USA and Spire Resources are finalists for the 2024 Houston Corporate Counsel Award for Achievement in Diversity and Inclusion.
ACC Houston and The Lawbook partner annually for the Houston Corporate Counsel Awards, which recognize the hard work, legal successes and leadership skills of general counsel and senior counsel at Houston area businesses.
The Lawbook appoints a panel of independent judges, which are screened for conflicts, to review and evaluate the nominations. This year, ACC Houston and The Lawbook received more than 60 submissions.
The judges selected three finalists for the category of Achievement in Diversity and Inclusion. The finalists are:
Adel Sander, Ascend Performance deputy general counsel, who was nominated by Foley partner Rachel Steely;
Hector Pineda, Shell USA associate general counsel for downstream and renewables, who was nominated by Shell senior counsel Eric Maddock; and
Sean Jamieson, general counsel at Spire Resources, who was nominated by Vinson & Elkins partner Quentin Smith.
ACC Houston and The Lawbook will honor the finalists and announce the winner at the annual Houston Corporate Counsel Awards ceremony on Wednesday, May 15, at the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown Houston.
The Lawbook and ACC Houston will announce the finalists for the remaining categories, including general counsel of the year, senior counsel of the year, business litigation of the year, M&A deal of the year and achievement in pro bono and public service, during the next 10 days.
In-depth profiles of each finalist will be published in April and May.
New proceeds from the Houston Corporate Counsel Awards goes to fund The Texas Lawbook’s full-time pro bono, public service and diversity reporter and writer. More details can be found at TexasLawbookFoundation.org.