The In-House Counsel Leadership Awards was held on May 4, 2023 at the Beverly Hilton. Here are some select photos from the night’s festivities, which featured a cocktail mixer, an informative and fascinating panel, and the leadership awards ceremony honoring dedicated legal professionals.
The In-House Counsel Awards was held on the evening of May 4 at the Beverly Hilton.
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Attendees enjoyed a cocktail mixer prior to the awards ceremony.
Dan Czerwonka of Varda Space Industries, Joshua Walker of System Legal and Robert W. Brown of UWLA discussed AI and how it could change the legal industry during a fascinating panel moderated by Gloria Lee of Rutan & Tucker LLP.
The group from the University of West Los Angeles enjoy the dinner and awards presentation.
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Robert W. Brown presents an award to Carita Shanklin Walker of Shell Recharge Solutions.
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Erin Fay of Atrispek and Arun Kurichety of Petalfast join nominee counsel Rasika Vasant Rathi of Specialty Enzymes & Probiotics and Anuj Bhalla of MIT.
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Jackie Hayes of Warner Bros. Discovery accepts her award.
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Attendees await the fascinating panel session and dinner.
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Insights and stories of success were shared by the award winners and acceptees.
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Alan Wayne Lindeke of Change Home Mortgage (left) celebrates with attendees during the In- House Counsel Awards.
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Alan Z. Sussman of FAT Brands, Inc. poses with his trophy.
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Prof. Diana Ding of UWLA, Yasmine Tabatabai of the Taba Law firm and Prof. Suzy Marjanian of UWLA.
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Kirin Jian, Chief Legal Officer of Replica Inc.
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Tanja Olano of the LA28 Olympic & Paralympic Games is the honoree for non-profit counsel.
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Rob Rader of Ovation LLC joins honoree Jackie Hayes of Warner Bros. Discovery and Ismael Bautista of SoCal Gas.
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Annie Cheng of Hines poses with her award.
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