Winners All

Participating in the recent WMACCA Third Annual Corporate Counsel Awards ceremony were, from left, Robert S. Lavet, senior vice president and general counsel, SLM Corporation, who received the Corporate Counsel Career Achievement Award; Kristin P. Walinski, senior corporate counsel, Circuit City Stores, Inc., who received the Community Service Award; Mary E. Kennard, vice president and general counsel, American University, and WMACCA president; Deborah Fox, senior vice president, general counsel and secretary, QinetiQ North AmericaOperations LLC, who received the award as Outstanding Chief Legal Officer; Manik K. Rath, vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary, LMI, and WMACCA vice president for external relations and chair of the WMACCA Corporate Counsel Awards, and Samuel A. Flax, executive vice president and general counsel, American Capital Strategies, Ltd., whose team received the award for Outstanding Law Department. Andrew E. Shipley, assistant general counsel, Northrup Grumman Corporation, received the award for Outstanding In-House, but was unable to attend the reception. See page 79 of the National Edition of the December issue of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel for more details.