Elaine Rodriguez has been a corporate general counsel, including the past 14 years at DFW Airport, longer than Cameasha Turner and Nur Kara have been alive, but all three are being honored by the Association of Corporate Counsel’s DFW Chapter and The Texas Lawbook.
ACC-DFW and The Lawbook are pleased to announce that Rodriguez is being recognized with the 2025 DFW Corporate Counsel Award for Lifetime Achievement. Past DFW Lifetime Achievement Award recipients include Gary Kennedy of American Airlines, Leanne Oliver of PepsiCo, Chris Luna of T-Mobile, Derek Lipscombe of Toyota and Marita Covarrubias of Tenet Healthcare.
Turner, who is corporate counsel at Brinker International, and Kara, who is the legal director for marketing and advertising at PepsiCo North America, are the finalists for the 2025 DFW Corporate Counsel Award for Rookie of the Year.
Bracewell partner Julie Partain nominated Rodriguez. Sidley Austin partner Courtney Gilberg nominated Turner. PepsiCo legal director Candace Uduebor nominated Kara.
Rodriguez, Kara and Turner will be honored on Jan. 29 at the DFW Corporate Counsel Awards. The Lawbook will publish in-depth profiles of all three over the next month. Click here to see the other DFW Corporate Counsel Award finalists.