Please Check Nominee Category:

 

_____  In-House Legal Department                             _____  Law Firm

 

_____  In-House Lawyer                                             _____  Private Lawyer

 

Nominee’s Name:                                                        __________________________________

 

Nominee’s Telephone Number:                                               __________________________________

 

Your Relationship to Nominee:                                               __________________________________

 

Please explain how the nominee satisfies the attached Ethical Life Award Guidelines and provide specific examples supporting the nominee’s exceptional ethical conduct:

 

Your Name:                                                     ___________________________________

 

Your Company or Law Firm Name:                ___________________________________

 

Your Telephone Number:                                ___________________________________

 

 

Please return this form by September 15, 2011 to Rich Reynolds by mail at 100 W. Houston Street, San Antonio, TX 78205; by fax at (210) 220-4941; or by email at richard.reynolds@frostbank.com.

 

Overview

 

The South/Central Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) is pleased to present the Fourth Annual Ethical Life Awards on October 27, 2011 during ACC’s 14^th Annual Ethics Conference.  The Ethical Life Award will be presented to one (1) in-house lawyer or legal department and one (1) private lawyer or law firm that exemplify ideal or exceptional ethical behavior in the practice of law.  All in-house lawyers or legal departments and private lawyers or law firms in Central and South Texas are eligible.  Past nominees and winners are also eligible.  Nominations can be made by anyone with personal knowledge of the nominee’s commitment to ethical conduct in the practice of law. 

 

All nominees and the winners will be announced at the performance on October 27, 2011.  Nomination applications can be submitted to Rich Reynolds by mail at 100 W. Houston Street, San Antonio, TX 78025; by fax at (210) 220-4041; or by email at richard.reynolds@frostbank.com.  Nominations can also be submitted online at www.ethicsfollies.com/awardapplication.  The deadline for submitting nominations is September 15, 2011.

 

Guidelines

 

The following guidelines will be used to evaluate the nominations by an independent panel of judges.  Although the list is not comprehensive, it provides a general outline of factors the judges will consider. 

 

• Nominee’s strong and clear commitment to ethics as part of the nominee’s core values.
• Nominee’s effective implementation and communication of ethical standards throughout the nominee’s practice and interactions with clients.
• Examples of the nominee’s exceptional ethical behavior or commitment.
• If the nominee is an entity:
  • The nominee’s formal ethics policy or program, mission statement or values regarding ethical behavior. For example, how does the nominee address conflicts of interest, confidentiality obligations, and encouragement of reporting any unethical or illegal behavior?
  • Examples of how the nominee’s ethics program is communicated to others both within and outside the nominee’s organization.
  • Examples of the nominee’s internal compliance measures that ensure its ethical objectives are being met.
• If the nominee is an individual:
  • The nominee’s successful management of conflicts of interest or other ethical issues. 
  • The nominee’s established reputation for integrity and ethical behavior.

 Please contact Rich Reynolds at richard.reynolds@frostbank.com or 210-220-5744 with any questions.