The general counsel at First Reserve, the general counsel at Forum Energy Technology and the associate GC at SilverBow Resources all scored big courtroom victories for their companies last year and have been selected by the Association of Corporate Counsel’s Houston Chapter and The Texas Lawbook as finalists for the 2024 Houston Corporate Counsel Award for Business Litigation of the Year.
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.
A panel of independent judges reviewed and evaluated the nominations and chose finalists and winners. This year, ACC Houston and The Lawbook received more than 60 submissions.
The three finalists for the 2024 Houston Corporation Counsel Award for Business Litigation of the Year are:
- First Reserve General Counsel Erica Radcliffe, who was nominated by Vinson & Elkins;
- Forum Energy General Counsel John Ivascu, who was nominated by Yetter Coleman; and
- SilverBow Resources Associate General Counsel Jennifer Cadena, who was nominated by the AZA law firm.
The Business Litigation of the Year Award is one of three honors that recognize the achievements of in-house counsel and their outside lawyers in the litigation.
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.
Net proceeds from the Houston Corporate Counsel Awards fund The Texas Lawbook’s full-time pro bono, public service and diversity reporter and writer. More details can be found at TexasLawbookFoundtion.org.
The Texas Lawbook on Friday announced the three finalists for the category of Achievement in Diversity and Inclusion. They 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.