Winston & Strawn Receives Transformative Leadership Award

Winston & Strawn earned a place among the 2012 Transformative Leadership Awards West Coast winners and will receive the Firm Wide Policies Award. The awards program, presented by InsideCounsel magazine, honors general counsel and law firm partners located on the West Coast who have demonstrated strong commitment to the empowerment of women in corporate law. The Firm Wide Policies category recognizes a law firm that has made significant strides in advancing women. 

The gala dinner will be held on Thursday, September 6, 2012 in San Francisco. Managing partner of the Los Angeles office Laura Petroff will be accepting the award on behalf of the firm.

2012 West Coast Award Winners include:

• Laura Stein Award - Karen Cottle, Adobe Systems Incorporated and Mary Doyle, Oracle
• James M. Strother Award - Hyun Park, PG&E Corporation
• Rainmaker Award - Pat Gillette, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
• Firm Wide Policies Award - Winston & Strawn LLP
• Sharing the Power Award - ConAgra Foods, Inc and Jackson Lewis LLP
• Debra L. Zumwalt Pioneer Award - Teveia R. Barnes, Commissioner of Financial Institutions, State of California
• Louise H. Renne Pioneer in the Public Sector Award – Charles Robinson, University of California