About 350 attorneys and business executives attended the final Business Journal event of the year, the 14th annual General Counsel Awards, held on Nov. 14 at the Irvine Marriott.
Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, again hosted the event as the master of ceremonies.
There was no shortage of jokes that evening, touching on topics from the election to the Los Angeles Dodgers’ World Series win.
This year’s five winners covered a wide array of industries—from medical aesthetics to auto services—and were selected out of more than 50 individuals and companies, many of whom were past students of Chemerinsky.
The Five Honorees
This year’s five honorees are:
• Jeffrey Plumer, general counsel and corporate secretary of Evolus Inc., in the Public Company category.
• Jeffrey Shieh, executive vice president, general counsel and head of business affairs of Sega of America, in the Private Company category.
• John Beckley, deputy general counsel and head of litigation of Automobile Club of Southern California, in the Specialty Counsel category.
• Yashina Burns, senior vice president of privacy and legal affairs of DeepIntent Inc., in the Rising Star category.
• Terumo Neuro in the In-House Legal Team category.
For more on this year’s event, as well as write-ups on each of the winners, see next week’s print edition of the Business Journal.
