The corporate legal departments at Arcosa, Helmerich & Payne, Jacobs Solutions, SPCA of Texas and Texas Pacific Land and their outside law firms are finalists in three key categories at the 2024 DFW Corporate Counsel Awards.
The Association of Corporate Counsel’s DFW Chapter and The Texas Lawbook announced the finalists for the 2024 DFW Corporate Counsel Awards for Business Litigation of the Year, M&A Deal of the Year and Creative Partnership.
These three awards are unique because they celebrate the in-house corporate legal departments and their outside lawyers.
ACC-DFW and The Lawbook will celebrate the finalists and announce the winners at the annual DFW Corporate Counsel Awards event on Jan. 30 at the George W. Bush Institute.
All net revenues — income after costs — from the DFW Corporate Counsel Awards goes to the Texas Lawbook Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with one mission: to fund reporter positions to cover pro bono, public service and diversity in the legal profession in Texas. The objective is to celebrate firms and corporate legal departments for their achievements and commitments to pro bono, public service and diversity while also highlighting shortcomings and challenges.
There are two finalists for the 2024 DFW Business Litigation of the Year — Helmerich & Payne General Counsel Debra Stockton with Baker Botts and Texas Pacific Land Corporation General Counsel Michael Dobbs with Sidley Austin.
The 2024 DFW M&A Deal of the Year category also has two finalists. They are Jacobs Solutions General Counsel Justin Johnson and Sidley Austin, and Arcosa Inc. Chief Legal Officer Bryan Stevenson and its outside counsel, Kirkland & Ellis.
There is a single finalist for the DFW Creative Partnership Award. The honor goes to SPCA of Texas CEO Chris Luna and his lawyers at Jones Day.
The DFW Corporate Counsel Awards recognize the extraordinary legal work and successes of in-house lawyers, as well as their contributions to the legal and local communities.
The Lawbook previously announced the finalists for the 2024 DFW Lifetime Achievement Award and the DFW General Counsel of the Year for Large and Mid-sized legal departments and GC of the Year for a Public Agency or Nonprofit, as well as Rookie of the Year and Senior Counsel.
The finalists for Achievement in Diversity and Inclusion will be announced Friday.