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.
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The In-House Counsel Awards was held on the evening of May 4 at the Beverly Hilton.
(Varon Panganiban)
Attendees enjoyed a cocktail mixer prior to the awards ceremony.
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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.
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The group from the University of West Los Angeles enjoy the dinner and awards presentation.
(Varon Panganiban)
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Robert W. Brown presents an award to Carita Shanklin Walker of Shell Recharge Solutions.
(Varon Panganiban)
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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.
(Varon Panganiban)
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Jackie Hayes of Warner Bros. Discovery accepts her award.
(Varon Panganiban)
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Attendees await the fascinating panel session and dinner.
(Varon Panganiban)
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Insights and stories of success were shared by the award winners and acceptees.
(Varon Panganiban)
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Alan Wayne Lindeke of Change Home Mortgage (left) celebrates with attendees during the In- House Counsel Awards.
(Varon Panganiban)
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Alan Z. Sussman of FAT Brands, Inc. poses with his trophy.
(Varon Panganiban)
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Prof. Diana Ding of UWLA, Yasmine Tabatabai of the Taba Law firm and Prof. Suzy Marjanian of UWLA.
(Varon Panganiban)
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Kirin Jian, Chief Legal Officer of Replica Inc.
(Varon Panganiban)
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Tanja Olano of the LA28 Olympic & Paralympic Games is the honoree for non-profit counsel.
(Varon Panganiban)
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Rob Rader of Ovation LLC joins honoree Jackie Hayes of Warner Bros. Discovery and Ismael Bautista of SoCal Gas.
(Varon Panganiban)
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Annie Cheng of Hines poses with her award.
(Varon Panganiban)