The Alliance’s Flex Success® Award recognizes partners or shareholders at Alliance member organizations who are successfully working reduced hours schedules, the most stigmatized form of flexible working. The Award acknowledges the crucial role clients play in making workplace flexibility a reality and honors attorney/client relationships that best exemplify how, with client support, attorneys can achieve greater work-life control and still have extraordinarily successful careers.
The Flex Success® Award is more than individual recognition of flex success, it’s also the acknowledgement of the successful relationship between a partner and a client supporting flexibility and advancing inclusive cultures.
The 2022 Flex Success® Award Honorees
The 2022 Awards will be presented during the Alliance’s virtual annual conference: Cultivating A Holistic Work Culture: The Power of People, Purpose & Productivity on November 3, 2022.
The 2022 Flex Success® Award honorees are Sarah D. Rodriguez, Partner at Shutts & Bowen LLP, and her client Jamie Smith, Partner at MHP Management, LLC, and Sheehan Sullivan, Partner at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, and her client Carolyn Glenn, Senior Counsel at Kaiser Foundation Health Plan.
“These highly-respected law firm leaders are a true testament to the value that flexibility can bring to an organization. With the support of their clients and firms, these exceptional partners have managed high-profile case loads, held leadership positions within their firms, mentored colleagues, and volunteered their time, while also devoting time to their personal commitments.”
– Manar Morales
President & CEO
Diversity & Flexibility Alliance
Read the full press release here.
Sarah D. Rodriguez, Partner at Shutts & Bowen LLP, and her client Jamie Smith, Partner at MHP Management, LLC
Sheehan Sullivan, Partner at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, and her client Carolyn Glenn, Senior Counsel at Kaiser Foundation Health Plan
Past Honorees
2021 Honorees
The 2021 Flex Success® Awards were presented during the Alliance’s virtual Annual Conference, Reflect. Reimagine. Recalibrate. Paving the Way to Inclusive Flexibility on Wednesday, November 3, 2021.
The 2021 Flex Success® Award honorees were:
Liz Dillon, Partner and Franchise Practice Group Leader, Lathrop GPM LLP, and her client Iris Rosario, Senior Counsel, Choice Hotels
Sarah Kuehnel, Partner, Ogletree Deakins, and her client Bonnie Smith, CEO of Studio B Entertainment
2020 Honorees
The 2020 Flex Success® Awards were presented during the Alliance’s virtual Annual Conference, Moments of Impact: Transforming Organizational Culture on Thursday, November 5, 2020.
The 2020 Flex Success® Award honorees were:
Sharon Newlon, Member, Dickinson Wright and her client Sara von Bernthal, Senior Counsel, Real Estate, Office of the General Counsel, FCA USA LLC
Lucy Bickford, Partner, Schiff Hardin LLP and her client Andrea Coloff, Regional Fiduciary Officer, Bank of America Private Bank
Emma Mata, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP and her client Suzanne Davies, Vice President, Legal & Corporate Secretary, Ensign Energy Services Inc
2019 Honorees
The 2019 Flex Success® Awards were presented at the Alliance’s Annual Conference Inspire. Innovate. Ignite! on Thursday, November 7, 2019 in Washington, DC.
Stacy Bunck, Kansas City Office Managing Shareholder at Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart and her client Rafael Medina, Managing Counsel for Labor & Employment, McDonald’s Corporation were selected as 2019 Flex Success® Award Honorees. Sadly Mr. Medina passed away unexpectedly before receiving his award.
Danielle Katzir, Partner at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, and her client Darren Drake of Stockbridge Real Estate Funds were also selected as 2019 Flex Success® Award Honorees.
2018 Honorees
Partner
Dentons
Vice President of Medical Education
Summa Health
2017 Honorees
Felicia Gerber Perlman
Partner
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Charles Baker
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Ball Corporation
Phyllis Wan
Partner
Hogan Lovells US LLP
Carol McDaniel
Vice President of Administration & Operations
AXS TV LLC & HDNet Movies LLC
2016 Honorees
Danielle Frappier
Partner & Co-Chair, Communications Practice Group
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Steven Fenker
President
Nexus Communications, Inc.
Jenna Mooney
Partner
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Joe Mattoon
Chief Legal Officer
CLEAResult Consulting Inc.
2015 Honorees
Toni-Ann Citera
Partner
Jones Day
Maria E. Pasquale
Senior Vice President, Legal & Deputy General Counsel
Celgene Corporation
Ailyn Abin
Senior Corporate Counsel
Celgene Corporation
Kelly S. Hughes
Shareholder
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Jill Lewandowski
Vice President, People
Carlisle & Gallagher Consulting Group
Joy Sturm
Partner
Hogan Lovells
Debbie Walters-Francique
Vice President & Assistant General Counsel
Pfizer Inc.
Sabrina Yohai
Assistant General Counsel
Pfizer Inc.
2014 Honorees
Victoria Lee
Partner
DLA Piper
Karen M. McGee
General Counsel & Privacy Officer
ID Analytics, Inc.
Julia E. Markley
Partner
Perkins Coie LLP
Laura E. Proctor
Associate General Counsel
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation
2013 Honorees
Eve N. Howard
Partner
Hogan Lovells
Susan Herlick
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Marci Rose Levine
Partner
Dentons
Janine Friede
Senior Associate General Counsel
Walmart
2012 Honorees
Laura M. Barzilai
Partner
Sidley Austin LLP
Christine Griff
Director of Tax Planning
PepsiCo
Elaine Herrmann Blais
Partner
Goodwin Procter LLP
David M. Stark
Vice President and General Counsel
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA
Here’s what past Flex Success® Honorees have said…
“As a corporate restructuring partner and a mother, workplace flexibility has been critical in allowing me to succeed and achieve my goals both inside and outside the office. Our mutual understanding [with client, Charles Baker of Ball Corporation] when it comes to balancing work and family responsibilities enhances our work relationship because we know and respect each other beyond the lawyer-client relationship.”
– Felicia Gerber Perlman
Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Chicago
Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Chicago
“It is a tremendous honor to receive the Flex Success® Award with my client, Carol McDaniel of AXS TV, a client who has supported my flexible working arrangement for the past 14 years and valued my contributions, regardless of whether they found me working at the office, my home, or on the go with my children. AXS TV embodies the values and benefits of supporting teams and their agile working arrangements to create the best company culture and results.”
– Phyllis Wan
Partner, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Denver
Partner, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Denver