2025 John Essex and Guy Rounsaville In-House Counsel Diversity Award Nomination Form

2025 John Essex and Guy Rounsaville In-House Counsel Diversity Award

Awarded to the CMCP Corporate or Public Agency member that has demonstrated the strongest commitment to diversity. See definitions below for all capitalized terms.

Nominations are due by 5pm PT on Wednesday, August 6, 2025.

Nominator*

First NameLast Name

Nominator Email*

example@example.com

Nominator Organization*

Nominee*

First NameLast Name

Nominee Email*

example@example.com

Nominee Phone

Format: (000) 000-0000.

Nominee Organization*

(i) Attorney(s) refers to US-based lawyers only.

(ii) Minority attorney(s) means an individual in any of the following categories:

Black American
Hispanic American
Native American (including American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut, and Native Hawaiian)
South-Asian American (including a person whose origins are from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka)
Asian-Pacific American (including a person whose origins are from Cambodia, China, Guam, Japan, Korea, Laos, Northern Marianas, the Philippines, Samoa, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, and the United States Trust Territories of the Pacific)
A person whose origins are from the Middle East
Multi-racial

(iii) Senior management means responsibility for a section of the legal department or responsibility for supervision of an attorney who supervises other attorneys.

(iv) Minority law firms” means more than 50% of the law firm’s outstanding equity is owned by minority attorneys.

Number of ATTORNEYS in legal department (i)*

Number of MINORITY ATTORNEYS in legal department (ii)*

Number of ATTORNEYS in management positions*

Number of MINORITY ATTORNEYS in management positions*

Number of ATTORNEYS in SENIOR MANAGEMENT positions (iii)*

Number of MINORITY ATTORNEYS in SENIOR MANAGEMENT positions*

Dollar amount and/or percentage of total legal spend designated for diverse outside counsel*

Percentage of matters managed by MINORITY LAW FIRMS (iv)*

Percentage of matters lead by outside MINORITY ATTORNEYS*

Describe any programs for diversity inclusion of attorneys in department

Describe any engagements of minority outside counsel primarily resulting from CMCP

Provide a statement of the organization's support of and participation in CMCP Provide examples if possible (500 Word Limit)

Provide a statement of the organization's commitment to diversifying the legal profession Provide examples if possible (500 Word Limit)

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