EXCLUSIVE: Texas GCs Honored for Leadership in Litigation, M&A, Pro Bono and Leadership with Magna Stella Awards

© 2013 The Texas Lawbook.By Mark Curriden, JD Senior Writer for The Texas Lawbook SAN ANTONIO (November 15) – The General Counsel Forum paid tribute Thursday night to the professional successes of chief legal officers at American Airlines, AT&T, Dell, Ericsson, Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift and CEVA Logistics at its annual Magna Stella Awards dinner. The 700 corporate general counsels who make up the organization gave Frost National Bank Stanley McCormick. Jr. its Magna Stella Lifetime Achievement Award. CEVA Chief Legal Officer Dana O’Brien was honored with the Forum’s Large Corporate Legal Department of the Year, while Paul J. Malak, the general counsel at Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift, received the same honor for a small corporate legal department. The corporate legal department with the best pro bono program went to AT&T, while Dell’s legal team was recognized for its diversity efforts. But probably the best insider story of the GC Forum awards belongs to National Aeronautics and Space Administration Assistant Chief Counsel Rebecca Bresnik, who specializes in international law at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Bresnik made national headlines in 2009 when she gave birth to her daughter while her husband, a shuttle astronaut, orbited the Earth at 220 miles in…