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Christina Sanders is just 33 and been an assistant GC at NGP Energy less than a year, but she’s already had a big impact at the Dallas private equity firm, including a major role in a $1.65 billion acquisition and an IPO for a portfolio companies. Sanders success, according to ACC-DFW and The Texas Lawbook, make her a finalist for the 2018 Outstanding Corporate Counsel’s Rookie of the Year Award.

Despite being just 45, Dena Stroh has become one of the most influential lawyers in North Texas. She is the GC of the North Texas Tollway Authority, past president of the Dallas Women Lawyers Association, a leading voices in the Texas legal profession for gender and ethnic diversity and a “damn good lawyer.” The DFW Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel and The Texas Lawbook are pleased to announce that Stroh is a finalist for the General Counsel of the Year Award for a Small Legal Department.

Mark Berg is one of the most influential lawyers-turned-corporate executives in the entire oil and gas industry. His legal work and dealmaking acumen turned Irving’s Pioneer Natural Resources into a $30 billion energy giant. The DFW Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel and The Texas Lawbook are pleased to present Berg with its Lifetime Achievement Award at the Outstanding Corporate Counsel Awards on Jan. 24.