Holland & Knight Boston Executive Partner Steven H. Wright Receives First Outstanding Outside Counsel of the Year Award by the National Bar Association Commercial Law Section
May 6, 2009
Steven Wright - Boston
BOSTON – Holland & Knight is pleased to announce that Steven H. Wright, Executive Partner in the firm's Boston office, has been selected as the first recipient of the Outstanding Outside Counsel of the Year Award by the National Bar Association Commercial Law Section.
Nominated by John Lewis, Senior Litigation Counsel for Coca-Cola, Wright received this award for demonstrating significant achievements in his substantive legal career and his commitment to encouraging corporate legal departments to develop professional relationships with African-American attorneys. Before a packed audience of more than 250 attendees, Lewis introduced Wright at the National Bar Association Commercial Law Conference in Henderson, Nevada, where he praised Wright's skills as a trusted advisor, leader, and developer of attorneys of color.
"I am delighted to receive this award from the National Bar Association," said Wright. "It is a team award and I am proud to share it with my colleagues at Holland & Knight. It is truly an honor that my professional achievements and commitment to diversity have been recognized by my peers. I am also pleased to share the award with The Coca-Cola Company, and its General Counsel, Geoff Kelly, and Senior Litigation Counsel, John Lewis, and thank them for their legal department’s support and leadership in corporate diversity."
Wright has been Executive Partner in the firm's Boston office since 2008. He serves as lead counsel and strategic advisor for several Fortune 500 companies, where he represents senior in-house counsel and corporate executives in complex commercial, corporate, intellectual property, litigation and regulatory matters. He also chairs the Boston office's New England Executive Steering Committee and Compensation Committee. Wright received his B.S. in Business Administration from East Carolina University and his J.D. from Boston College Law School.
The National Bar Association, first organized in 1925, has a network of 44,000 members representing African-American members of the bar who are lawyers, judges, law professors and law students. The organization seeks to advance the science of jurisprudence, preserve the independence of the judiciary and to uphold the honor and integrity of the legal profession.
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