Diversity & Inclusion Champion Award
2013 Diversity Champion Award winners:
Larry Chanen
Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel, JPMorgan Chase
Asim Rehman
President, Muslim Bar Association of New York & Corporate Counsel, MetLife, Inc.
Alita T. Wingfield
Executive Director, Morgan Stanley
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2013 Nomination Form
On June 5, 2012 the City Bar honored four award winners recognizing the critical role they have played in initiating and sustaining change within their organizations and the New York legal community.
The New York City Bar Association presented its 2012 Diversity & Inclusion Champion Awards at a ceremony and luncheon on June 5, 2012. Four attorneys were honored for their demonstrated commitment to improving diversity throughout the legal profession: Steven Banks, Eric J. Friedman, Don H. Liu and Lorraine S. McGowen.
2012 Diversity Champion Award winners:
Steven Banks
Attorney-in-Chief, The Legal Aid Society
Eric J. Friedman
Executive Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Don H. Liu
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, Xerox Corporation
Lorraine S. McGowen
Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
2011 Diversity Champion Award winners:
Sheila S. Boston
Partner, Kaye Scholer LLP
Vincent T. Chang
Partner, Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch LLP
S. Jeanine Conley
Partner, Baker & Hostetler LLP
Andrew T. Hahn, Sr.
Partner, Duane Morris LLP
2010 Diversity Champion Award winners:
George Cheeks & Andra Shapiro
Executive Vice-Presidents, Co-General Counsels, MTV Networks
Duane L. Hughes
Executive Director, Morgan Stanley
Marissa C. Wesely
Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
2009 Diversity Champion Award winners:
LaShann DeArcy
Associate, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Hon. Charles J. Hynes
Kings County District Attorney
James R. Silkenat
Partner, Arent Fox LLP
2008 Diversity Champion Award winners:
Michael A. Cardozo
Corporation Counsel, New York City Law Department
Hon. Juanita Bing Newton
Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for Justice Initiatives; Administrative Judge, Criminal Court of the City of New York
James B. O’Neal
Co-Founder & Executive Director, Legal Outreach, Inc.
2007 Diversity Champion Award winners:
Sharon Y. Bowen
Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP
Laurie N. Robinson
Assistant General Counsel, CBS Broadcasting Inc.
Hon. John E.H. Stackhouse
Judge, New York Supreme Court
2006 Diversity Champion Award winners:
Hon. Daniel M. Donovan, Jr
District Attorney, Richmond County
William Malpica
Associate, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP
Elizabeth D. Moore
Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP










