Professional Activities
American Bar Association Task Force on Preservation of the Justice System
Business Advisor to Business Law Section of the ABA
Distinguished Lecturer, Corporate Counsel Technology Institute's Inaugural Annual Technology Lecture Series, held at Widener University School of Law, 2005
Ballard Spahr's Diversity and Inclusion Council
Recognition & Accomplishments
Recipient, James H. Gilliam, Jr. Award, American Heart Association, 2016
Recipient, Lawyers of Color Legacy Award, 2015
Named in 2015 to the Lawdragon Hall of Fame as an Innovator
Recipient, Louis L. Redding Lifetime Achievement Honorarium, Delaware Barristers Association
Recipient, Lifetime Achievement Award, Philadelphia Business Journal's 2014 Corporate Counsel Awards
Recipient, The American Lawyer's 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award
Named in 2013 as one of the Top 50 Innovators in Big Law in the Last 50 Years, The American Lawyer
Recipient, 2011 Founders' Award, Community Legal Aid Society
Named in 2010 as one of the 40 most influential attorneys, The National Law Journal
Recipient, 2009 CPR Corporate Leadership Award
Recipient, American Bar Association Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession's 2001 Spirit of Excellence Award
Publications
"The Legal Profession Needs More Givers Than Takers," The Legal Intelligencer, February 18, 2015
"Creating a Climate of Trust Before Crisis Emerges," The Legal Intelligencer, November 12, 2014
Speaking Engagements
"Cutting-Edge Legal Departments: Creating a Loss Recovery Program to Generate Revenue and Preserve Assets," Canadian Corporate Counsel Association, Toronto, ON, February 7, 2019
Board Memberships
Advisory Board, DirectWomen
Past Chairman, Minority Corporate Counsel Association
Chairman of Finance Committee, Delaware Historical Society
Past Board Member, CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution
Past Board Member, Delaware Law Related Education Center
Past Board Member, Atlantic Legal Foundation
Board Member, Executive Committee, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Past Board of Trustees Chairman, National Association for Law Placement (NALP) Foundation
Chairman, Delaware Community Foundation
Board of Trustees, Widener University
Advisory Board Member, University of Delaware Weinberg Center
Law Board of Visitors, Wake Forest University School of Law
Trustee, Christiana Care