The
Leadership Award was presented to individuals in the community whose personal contributions helped advance women lawyers and promote diversity in the legal profession.
Laura Schumacher
Vice Chairman, External Affairs
and Chief Legal Officer,
AbbVie
Hon. Patricia Brown Holmes
Associate Judge,
Circuit Court of Cook County
Marlene Gordon
General Counsel,
Bacardi North America Corporation
Madeleine M. McDonough
Chair and Partner,
Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
Terrence M. Murphy
Executive Director,
Chicago Bar Association
Marie Oh Huber
Senior Vice President and General Counsel, eBay, Inc.
Laurel G. Bellows
Principal,
The Bellows Law Group, P.C.
Former ABA President
Hon. Gladys Kessler
United States District Court
for the District of Columbia
(Image courtesy of the DC Bar)
Hon. Rosemary Barkett
United States Court of Appeals
for the Eleventh Circuit
(Image courtesy of Brandeis University)
Hon. Dorothy W. Nelson
United States Court of Appeals
for the Ninth Circuit
(Image courtesy of the 9th Circuit Court)
Hon. Peggy A. Quince
Supreme Court of Florida
(Image courtesy of the Florida Supreme Court)
Chief Justice Carolyn Wright
Fifth Court of Appeals of Texas
(Image courtesy of Texas Lawyer)
Roxanne Douglas
Chief Counsel,
McKesson Corporation
John C. Childs
Chief Counsel,
Georgia-Pacific LLC