SUMMER

2017

UPCOMING MEMBER EVENTS June 13, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Monthly Luncheon Sponsored by Bryan Cave LLP

June 15, 4 p.m. – 7 p.m. Women's Initiative Event

July 9, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Nonprofit Legal CheckupSponsored by Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta

July 11, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Monthly Luncheon Sponsored by Fish & Richardson P.C.

August 8, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Monthly Luncheon Sponsored by Kilpatrick Townsend

October 15-18ACC Annual MeetingWashington, D.C.

IN THIS ISSUEPresident's Letter ...................................1Member Spotlight:Sloane Perras ...........................................2Member Spotlight:Nathan Harwell .......................................3Thank You To Our Sponsors .................3ACC Value Challenge ............................4Sponsor Articles ......................................5Event Photos............................................62017 Corporate Counsel Awards ..........7

DEAR ACC GEORGIA MEMBERS:Welcome to summer! It’s amazing that 2017 is already in full swing.

ACC Georgia has been busy. We have hosted a number of events, including monthly luncheons, deep dive luncheons, a networking CLE, the Mini-MBA program, the ACC Value Challenge, a monthly CLE and Women’s Initiative events. Thank you to our sponsors, without whom we would never have been able to deliver such quality programming!

Continuing to focus on how ACC Georgia can support our members' career development needs, we'd like to highlight the following events. These events are in addition to the valuable programming we already offer.

• A first for ACC Georgia this year was our Mini-MBA Program, which was held on May 12, 2017. ACC Georgia, in partnership with Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP, focused on important business skills that in-house counsel need to succeed in today’s competitive environment.

• Women’s Initiative will host a career development event on June 15, 2017, with Deborah Epstein Henry. This program is designed to appeal to both women and men in-house counsel.

To all members who volunteered to review resumes and interview candidates for our 2017 Lori Ann Haydu Memorial Summer Internship Program, thank you very much! Not only are we interested in developing the careers of current members of the bar, but we also focus on developing the careers of future members. Our 2017 Lori Ann Haydu Memorial Summer Internship Program will provide four law students the opportunity to spend their summers working in a corporate legal department and get first-hand experience of what it is like to be in-house counsel. At the same time, the corporate legal department benefits from the fresh perspectives these talented, young legal professionals offer when working closely with the corporate legal team. Congratulations to our 2017 summer interns! We look forward to hearing about their summer internship experiences and seeing them at our upcoming ACC luncheons and events!

Nancy KumarACC Georgia President

2017 Lori Ann Haydu Memorial Summer Internship Program

The ACC Georgia chapter has awarded four fully paid summer internships to rising second-year law students who come from diverse and/or challenging backgrounds to seek success in the legal profession. This year’s interns are:

• Carmelle Alipio, Emory University School of Law• Andrea Clark, Mercer University School of Law• Kathryn Hagerman, University of Georgia School of Law• Ben Torres, University of Georgia School of Law

ACC Georgia salutes the companies that are hosting this year’s interns:• ACS Group• Beazer Homes USA • Carter's Inc.• Crawford & Company• Equifax• Internap• NCR Corporation• Randstad USA

Nancy Kumar

Q. What attracted you to corporate law?I took my first in-house position because I wanted to be more than a voice on the other end of the phone. I wanted to manage and directly contribute to a company’s success.

Q. What keeps you up at night?What doesn’t right now? We are living in a charged social environment where issues – even small ones – have the potential to go viral and become brand-threatening matters. My primary role is to mitigate risk for my brands, and where the next issue will come from is anyone’s guess.

Q: What is your biggest legal challenge? Looking around the right corners to anticipate challenges and threats. Balancing our brand’s need to develop our technology and increase customer interactions with privacy and data security concerns.

Q: What is the most important thing you’re working on right now? Our people. As the guardians of Krystal, our executive team is strongly focused on our employees and guests across all areas of the business, including Legal & Risk.

Q: What makes a successful leader? Balancing focus between the development of your team and the goals and vision of the company (or your own). Success is hiring and developing someone who eventually will take my job – and to accomplish all of this, we all have to learn and grow from failure.

Q: What’s your best advice for outside lawyers? It's a marathon, not a sprint. I’m looking to partner with someone I trust and rely on. Accurately assess my style and manage expectations accordingly. And, yes, I do think diversity, in all its shapes and colors, should be an absolute expectation for ALL in-house attorneys.

Q: What are you most proud of? My 11-year-old niece recently told me that when she grows up, she is going to be a lawyer just like me.

Q: What words of wisdom? The “golden rule” still applies – always treat others as you would want to be treated!

Q: Who is your mentor or personal hero? I’d be so honored to be mentored by U.S. Sen. Kamla Harris. (I'm not.)

Q: What book, article or movie is on your mind? I read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks years ago, and I can’t wait to see whether the movie does it justice.

Q: What’s your favorite legal movie or television show? I’d rather spend my time outside.

Q: What travel destinations do you hope to visit? Alaska and South America are still on my bucket list.

Q: What family do you have? My rescued, one-eyed fur-baby – a pit bull/whippet mix named Torra.

Q: If you weren’t a lawyer, what would you be? Most days, I’m more of a business executive than the general counsel. I love being part of managing our business, so I think that means I’d still want to be in business as an executive driving tangible and intangible successes!

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MEMBER SPOTLIGHTSloane S. PerrasVice President, Chief Legal Officer, Corporate Secretary & Risk, The Krystal Company

IN MEMORIAM: TRINH HUYNHBy Scott Casey, UPS Vice President, Legal, and Andrew Cooper, UPS Corporate Counsel

Trinh Huynh was a respected colleague and dear friend. She was one of the best attorneys in the UPS Legal Department, and she was an even better person. Our lives were touched deeply by Trinh’s positive spirit, her remarkable service to those in need, her comforting warmth and her infectious sense of humor.

Trinh lived each day with a powerful light that always shone brightly, no matter the circumstances. Her light also illuminated where we could improve, and it inspired those around her. Her laughter and smile lifted spirits. Trinh was accomplished, talented and motivated. She also possessed a rare degree of humility, inner peace and a profound sense of self that kept her balanced.

She was one of the most authentic people we have ever known, and she was unwavering in her commitment to remain true to herself and her values. She leaves an indelible mark on us, and she will be profoundly missed.

“Trinh was one of the most extraordinary, caring, compassionate and selfless friends I've ever had the opportunity to know. She was here on earth for only a short time, but her memory and spirit will have an everlasting impact.” Jason Cook, longtime friend of Trinh Huynh

Q: What attracted you to corporate law? I always have had more of an entrepreneurial mindset, so the move to an in-house role early in my legal career suited me well. The opportunity to operate within a sophisticated corporate legal practice while also being heavily involved in pure business decisions has always appealed to me.

Q: What keeps you up at night? Besides too much coffee? The one thing that keeps me up at night is concern about managing the appropriate level of work/life balance. As a married father of three young children, I sometimes worry about the demanding nature of my job. I try to make it a priority to be available and responsive to my business colleagues at all times, which sometimes conflicts with my family time.

Q: What is your biggest legal challenge? The biggest challenge has been building the legal department at Rinnai from the ground up. As the company’s first general counsel, trying to decide how to “eat the elephant” has been daunting at times. However, this has also been the biggest opportunity. It is exciting to come into a situation where I can add immediate value to an already-successful company.

Q: What is the most important thing you’re working on right now? The design and construction of our new North American headquarters, and the associated site selection and design/build contract negotiations.

Q: What makes a successful leader? To be a successful leader, a general counsel must bring more to the table than just legal expertise. Acting as a legal and business adviser to the senior leadership team and having the ability to draw upon broader business knowledge are of paramount importance. Having the legal pedigree is a given. Differentiating yourself as a leader comes from being more than just a lawyer. The key is to be someone who is not only a good attorney, but also someone who has an appropriate influence on the overall activities of the business – someone whose advice is sought out and followed.

Q: What’s your best advice for outside lawyers? Communication, communication, communication. I appreciate the attorneys who keep me fully apprised on the status of matters as they progress. I am probably more “hands on” than many in-house attorneys, but I prefer to have outside counsel call or write me with updates without me having to ask first.

Q: Who are your mentors or personal heroes? Personally, it’s my father. He was a homebuilder when I was younger, and he still has an amazing work ethic. He is also one of the most generous people I know. Professionally, it’s Tucker Hobgood. I worked for Tucker as a young associate. He has taught me as much about life – arguably more – as he has about being a great lawyer.

Q: What do you do outside of work? I stay busy being a good husband and father. I also enjoy sports. I am a die-hard Georgia Tech fan, but I am pretty much a fanatic of all sports. I have been told on many occasions that my true calling was to be a sports radio show host.

Q: What’s the last good book you’ve read? “Wonder” by R. J. Palacio. I stole it from my son, and I couldn’t put it down.

Q: What’s your favorite lawyer joke? Before he passed away a few years ago, my grandfather would tell me practically every time we were together: “The difference between doctors and lawyers is that doctors get to bury their mistakes, but lawyers have to live with theirs.” Perhaps not the funniest joke, but one I remember for sentimental reasons.

Q: If you weren’t a lawyer, what would you be? I would probably be a football coach. I played football in college and actually considered coaching for a period of time. I get the itch every fall.

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MEMBER SPOTLIGHTNathan HarwellGeneral Counsel, Rinnai America Corporation

Thank You toOur Sponsors!

Thank you to our recent luncheon and event sponsors:

February 28 – CLE & Networking – PwC and Poston Communications – “Crisis Management & Communications Workshop for the Legal Department.”

March 14 – Monthly Luncheon – Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP – “Attorney-Client Privilege and Work-Product Doctrine.”

April 26 – ACC Georgia Value Challenge – Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP, Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP, Kilpatrick Townsend, PwC and Taylor English.

May 9 – Monthly Luncheon – Baker Donelson and Legal Shift – “Project Management for Lawyers and Legal Professions – Back to Basics.”

May 12 – Mini-MBA Program – Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP.

In addition, thank you to Alison Danaceau of the law firm of Bodker, Ramsey, Andrews, Winograd & Wildstein, P.C., for serving as our chapter photographer, and Poston Communications, for production of our newsletter, public relations and other activities.

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2017 ACC Value ChallengeWith the goals of reducing legal spending, achieving better outcomes and ensuring greater predictability, more than 100 in-house counsel and other lawyers attended the seventh annual ACC Georgia Value Challenge to hear from corporate counsel and law firms who are at the forefront of the changing legal environment.

The April 26 event at Kilpatrick Townsend featured four 30-minute presentations and eight roundtable sessions for in-depth discussion, offering ACC Georgia chapter members the opportunity to network and exchange ideas with peers. The first panel, moderated by Taylor English managing partner Marc Taylor, examined innovations in legal operations and how to optimize as a business. Sharing their experiences were Robbie Kamerschen, general counsel at Aaron’s, Inc; Aileen Leventon, principal at Edge International; and Matthew Kristufek, attorney at UPS.

Current trends in cybersecurity incidents and response was the focus of the second panel with Jon Neiditz, partner at Kilpatrick Townsend; David Stainback, principal at PwC; and Will Bracker, senior director of privacy at Cox Communications.

The third panel tackled legal remedies to negative public comments with Edward Domansky, vice president of Watkins McGowan; Scott McClain, managing director and associate general counsel of Delta Air Lines; and Tiana S. Mykkeltvedt, partner at Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP.

Finally, providing tips on avoiding privilege pitfalls and other traps when conducting an internal investigation were Amelia Toy Rudolph and Patricia A. Gorham, partners at Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP.

Breakout sessions offered deeper dives on additional topics, including:

• Top Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Settlements of 2016 and What to Expect in 2017• Words Matter: Important Contract Language in Litigation• Using Legal Project Management to Increase Your Bottom Line• Securing Economic Incentives as Part of Mergers, Acquisitions, Expansions and Reductions in

Force: How to Maximize Value While Avoiding Legal and Public Relations Pitfalls. • The Odd Couple: The Unlikely Mix of HR and IP Issues in the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016

ACC Georgia thanks 2017 Value Challenge sponsors Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP, Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP, Kilpatrick Townsend, PwC and Taylor English.

The event raised $35,000 for the Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta, whose mission is to provide legal services through lawyers in law firms and corporate legal departments to nonprofit agencies in Georgia.

Alternative Fee Arrangements: Moving Toward Better Valuation of Lawyer ServicesBy Susan HackettSenior Vice President and General Counsel, Association of Corporate Counsel

We can all agree that our clients believe that the cost of a legal problem should not be assessed simply by how much a lawyer would like to be paid to spend time solving it. As we struggle to deal with tighter budgets and as clients become increasingly disenchanted with many law firms’ lack of focus on value, we get more and more interested in alternative fee relationships.

Both clients and firms struggle when figuring out how to value legal services they previously “costed” exclusively on an “hourly rate X time spent” basis. Some of our frustration with finding other ways to value a lawyer’s contribution is inexperience or a lack of comfort with reassessing risk or quantifying the unknown, supported by a lack of good data that would point to the actual cost of a matter (rather than the cost of a lawyer’s time).

The result is that clients are guilty of not managing their outside counsel with clear directives and understanding of what value is and how they want it quantified. At the same time, many outside counsel with experience in doing certain kinds of matters really well somehow haven’t yet figured out how much the next matter will cost.

What is needed to move us forward?

Law firms need to better “mine” their own business knowledge and align their practices to their clients’ needs—in terms of pricing and expertise. But no law firm will agree to throw out what are largely proven and successful business practices (in terms of profit and their current experience) without clients willing to reward them for trying something different and somewhat more risky (from their perspective).

In-house counsel can best drive value in firms by better understanding and communicating their expectations and their assessment of the value of the work they are outsourcing. Too many clients ask firms to think creatively in making a bid for work or in yearly assessments, and then award their work to firms that continue to bill by the hour and simply offer a discount.

My experience with the ACC Value Challenge project suggests that firms will do whatever you want them to do. So if moving your firm to an alternative fee or staffing structure is important to you, all you need to do is show your firms that you will reward those who step forward with such solutions.

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How to Work Efficiently with Outside Counsel on Litigation and ArbitrationBy Greg Hecht, PrincipalHecht Walker, P.C.

As lead counsel in more than 300 trials and 1,000 court hearings, we’ve found certain critical truths to avoiding liability exposure and excessive fees in litigation and arbitration matters. Here are some tips for working efficiently with outside counsel:

• Determine up front in writing whether the matter is in anticipation of litigation to avoid a waiver of privilege. See Binks Manufacturing Company v. National Presto Industries, Inc. 709 F2d. 1109, 1112-113.1120 (7th Cir. 1983), where privilege was waived though the opposing party had sent a letter of contest on a massive heavy-equipment purchase prior to the attorney’s investigation.

• After a positive written anticipation of litigation opinion, have the client team draft comprehensive work product/attorney-client privileged chronologies, a witness list and an inventory of documents, communications and tangible evidence to avoid excessive hours of attorney time taking notes with client representatives.

. • Make an early deep dive into electronic communications, chats and social

media entries before answering a complaint, responding to interrogatories and making a decision on litigation and trial strategy versus settlement. You may find communications that will determine whether you want to resolve the case before discovery or whether you want to defend at summary judgment or trial.

• Don’t mix the transaction counsel with the litigation counsel. Most likely, the transaction firm has a conflict if the transaction is being litigated. Even with an indemnification agreement, get an outside litigation firm and ask the transaction firm to pay for it, if necessary. See St. Simons Waterfront LLC v. (Firm Name Omitted) 293 Ga. 419 (2013), State Bar Rules and Regulations rule 4-102(d), Rule 1.10.

• Make sure someone is checking the criminal ramifications in taking certain strategies. If you demand your outside counsel to threaten arrest if payment is not made or agree to withdraw criminal proceedings to resolve a case without consent of the prosecutor or the judge in the criminal case, you may have become a party to a crime. OCGA 16-10-90; OCGA 16-8-16. Also, you may have violated a bar rule. State Bar Rule 4-102, RPC Rule 3.4

• Beware sanctioning requests by outside counsel of misrepresentative discovery answers. Just because outside counsel takes the shortcut, a general counsel’s approval may result in sanctions for both attorneys, even if unknowing approval occurs. Your emails may end up in court, even though you thought they were privileged. Certain exceptions, including the crime fraud exception may open up those communications to the court and your opponent. See Ford Motor Company v. Conley, 294 Ga. 530 (2014). See Pihlman v. The State, 292 Ga. App. 612 (2008); Begner v. State Ethics Commission, 250 Ga. App. 327 (2001)

Greg Hecht, principal of Hecht Walker, P.C., specializes in representing businesses, banks and employers in commercial, employment, real estate, business tort and property tax matters in court and in arbitration settings.

Watch for Ethical Traps with Attorney-Client Privilege and Work ProductBy Amelia Toy Rudolph and Patricia A. Gorham, PartnersEversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

The attorney-client privilege protects confidential communications between an attorney and a client for purposes of securing legal advice. The work-product doctrine protects documents and tangible things prepared in anticipation of litigation. These obligations can contain particular traps for unwary in-house counsel:

Trap No. 1: Mixing business and legal advice. Because in-house counsel can wear multiple hats, it can sometimes be challenging to distinguish advice given on a legal issue, which is privileged, from advice given on a business matter, which is not. It can be helpful to train business colleagues to expressly state they are seeking legal advice and to label the resulting legal advice as such when delivering it. Consider separating business discussions, referring to applicable legal concepts, and even citing to applicable cases, statutes and regulations.

Trap No. 2: Communications outside the privileged circle. Legal advice must stay within the group of corporate employees who need to know its contents to remain privileged. This can be difficult when someone in the group forwards counsel’s email to people outside the group (including outside consultants) or adds new people to the “reply all” email chain. Training employees to limit circulation of in-house counsel communications is helpful but is not always guaranteed to work. Prominently displaying cautions against undue circulation of legal advice in the body of an email also can be helpful.

Trap No. 3: Legal functions led by nonlawyers. The more an internal investigation appears to be led or conducted by business departments, such as human resources or compliance, the less likely a court is to find that the information gained during the investigation is privileged. To protect information gained in internal investigations, a lawyer should lead the investigation. There also should be contemporaneous documentation stating that the investigation is being performed to enable counsel to address a claim anticipated or already filed, and therefore the materials generated during the investigation are considered to be protected work product.

Trap No. 4: Waiver. When governmental entities and third parties, as well as auditors, seek disclosure of information that otherwise would be privileged, there is a risk of waiver. Counsels need to be aware of this risk so they can take appropriate precautions and ensure that waivers are limited and knowing.

Based on the collective wisdom of Heather Howdeshell, general attorney, Delta Air Lines, Inc., and Anjuli Kelotra, senior counsel, The Coca-Cola Company

Amelia Toy Rudolph and Patricia A. GorhamGreg Hecht

2017 ACC Annual MeetingAttend the ACC Annual Meeting (October 15-18, Washington, D.C.), the largest gathering of in-house counsel and an unparalleled value in legal education. In less than three days you can choose from more than 100 substantive sessions to fulfill your annual CLE/CPD requirements, meet leading legal service providers and network with your in-house peers from around the world. This meeting is the event that you cannot afford to miss. Register today at am.acc.com.

Second Tuesday Webcast SeriesJoin us on the second Tuesday of every month to learn about ACC online resources and how to maximize the value you receive from your membership. We will demonstrate how to identify and act upon key in-house legal practice trends and emerging law department issues, and access the knowledge and expertise of thousands of in-house counsel through benchmarking data, policy and contract templates, best practices and other legal materials across key practice areas. Register today at www.acc.com/SecondTuesday

NANCY KUMARPRESIDENT

LEAD ATTORNEY, GEORGIA POWER COMPANY

ANGELA FRAZIERPRESIDENT ELECT

ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL,COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

STEPHANIE ALLENVP SPECIAL PROGRAMSSENIOR IP COUNSEL, COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

MELLONEY DOUCEVP PRACTICE GROUPS

GENERAL LEGAL COUNSEL, ROLTA ADVIZEX TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

EVAN GLOVERVP COMMUNICATION & MEMBERSHIP

CHIEF COUNSEL, SOFTWARE & SERVICES, NCR

KIMBERLY HOLLADAYVP SPECIAL PROGRAMS

SENIOR COUNSEL-CORPORATE, VERITIV CORPORATION

MONIQUE MCNEILLVP STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

COMMERCIAL COUNSEL, NOVELIS CORPORATION

ELIZABETH THOMASVP OUTREACH INITIATIVES

CORPORATE COUNSEL, SAGE NORTH AMERICA

SHAUN WILLIEVP SPONSORSHIPS & PROGRAMS

MEMBER IN TRANSITION

NATHANIEL MARKSECRETARY

CORPORATE COUNSEL, RANDSTAD

THEO CIUPITUTREASURER

GENERAL COUNSEL, JACK COOPER TRANSPORT COMPANY, INC.

CREIGHTON FROMMERIMMEDIATE PAST

PRESIDENT CORPORATE COUNSEL, INTELLECTUAL

PROPERTY, RELX GROUP

NATHAN HARWELLBOARD OF DIRECTORS

AT LARGEGENERAL COUNSEL, RINNAI

AMERICA CORPORATION

NICOLE KIBERTBOARD OF DIRECTORS

AT LARGE ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL,

BEAZER HOMES USA, INC.

ANU SEAMBOARD OF DIRECTORS

AT LARGE GENERAL ATTORNEY, AT&T LEGAL

DEPARTMENT

CONNIE SWINDELL-HARDINGCHAPTER ADMINISTRATOR

BOARD MEMBERS

EVENT PHOTOS

We look forward to seeingyou at our events!

Photo Credit: Alison Danaceau,Bodker, Ramsey, Andrews, Winograd & Wildstein, P.C.

Call for Topics and Speakers!

We are here to serve and would love to know what programming topics you would like to hear about! Any and all suggestions are welcome.

Also, we have started collecting names of chapter members who like to join CLE panels, be interviewed for newspaper and magazine articles, or otherwise accept opportunities to share their wealth of knowledge on a legal topic and/or experience in-house. And ACC National has identified they will offer opportunities for national or international exposure and participation from time to time.

Have topic ideas or interested on being on this list of chapter thought-leaders? Please contact Connie at Georgia@accglobal.com with your preferred topics, and/or contact info and subject(s) of interest.

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2017 CORPORATE COUNSEL AWARDS

2017 Corporate Counsel AwardsPresented by Atlanta Business Chronicle and Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP, in partnership with ACC Georgia

Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Corporate Counsel Awards honor outstanding in-house corporate attorneys who guide companies in compliance, regulatory, legal operations, litigation, privacy and corporate governance issues.

Now in their sixth year, the awards were presented May 10 before a luncheon audience of about 140 at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Atlanta. Winners were chosen by Atlanta Business Chronicle and the ACC Georgia chapter from nominations submitted by the public.

• Lifetime Achievement – Craig Prusher, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer at Church’s Chicken. The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes someone who has practiced for 20 years or more, has shown great leadership inside and outside of his or her organization, given generously of his or her time and talents to the legal community, and served the broader community through pro bono work and/or community outreach initiatives.

• Community Champion – Shiriki Cavitt, Corporate Counsel, Equifax Inc. This award honors someone who dedicates time and talents to serving the less fortunate, preserving the environment, saving the arts and other causes that make our world a better place.

• Rising Star – Katina Lett, Corporation Counsel, American Cancer Society Inc. The Rising Star Award honors a corporate counsel who has shown great promise and exponential potential in the first five years of practice.

• Specialist Counsel – Elizabeth Lester, Assistant General Counsel, intellectual property, Equifax Inc. The Specialist Counsel Award honors a corporate counsel who specializes in a field such as employment, tax, privacy, IP or real estate.

• Dealmaker Award – Jeffrey Cooper, Senior Counsel, PGi. The Dealmaker Award honors an outstanding transactional attorney.

• General Counsel – Small Legal Department — Chris Prince, General Counsel, Priority Payment Systems. This award honors a general counsel who oversees a small legal department with fewer than nine attorneys.

• General Counsel – Large Legal Department — Audrey Boone Tillman, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Aflac Inc. This award honors a general counsel who oversees a large legal department with more than nine attorneys.

The winners of the 2017 Corporate Counsel Awards are, from left, Chris Prince, Elizabeth Lester, Craig Prusher, Katina Lett, Audrey Boone Tillman and Shiriki Cavitt. (Not pictured: Jeffrey Cooper)

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