Trinity Industries: Their Hard-Fought Fifth Circuit Win Yields Three Outstanding Corporate Counsel Finalists

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Finalist: Business Litigation of the Year
Finalist: General Counsel of the Year for a Mid-sized Legal Department
Finalist: Non-GC of the Year for a Mid-sized Legal Department

By Mark Curriden

(Jan. 17) – Sarah Teachout was in the carpool lane picking up her 15-year-old son from Jesuit on a fall day in 2017 when her phone buzzed. A PACER notice popped up that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit had issued a decision in a major business dispute involving Trinity Industries, where she is deputy general counsel.