INDUSTRY*
A Electronics, Offi ce Equipment (A) B Insurance (B) C
D Food & Drug Stores (D) F
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Energy, Gas, Petroleum Refi ning, Pipelines, Etc. (C) 13.4 0
E General Merchandisers, Speciality Retailers, Wholesalers: Diversifi ed, etc. (E)
Financial Services: Diversifi ed Financials, Securities, Banks (F)
G Transportation & Logistics (G) H Telecommunications (H) I
J
K Motor Vehicles (K) L
M Airlines (M)
N Real Estate, Hotels & Casinos (N) O Chemicals (O) P
Forest & Paper Products (P)
Q Publishing, Printing (Q) R S
Scientifi c, Photo Control Equipment (R) Railroads (S)
T Mail, Packaging, Freight (T) Z Other (Z) Total
15.8 9.8
Pharmaceuticals, Medical Products & Equipment, Healthcare (I)
Food Services, Consumer Food Products (J) Industrial & Farm Equipment (L)
2.4 1.2 7.3
3.7 3.7 1.2 0
4.9 4.9 1.2 3.7 0 0
1.2
13.4 100
9 1
11 0
13 8
2 1 6
3 3 1 0 4 4 1 3 0 0 1
11 82
*Percentage of all Fortune 500 Companies with women general counsel
BY RACE/ETHNICITY Race/Ethnicity*
Asian American/Pacifi c Islander Hispanic
African American Middle Eastern Caucasian Total
ASIAN AMERICAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER 2% HISPANIC 3% AFRICAN AMERICAN 8.9%
MIDDLE EASTERN 1% *Percentage of all Fortune 500 Companies with women general counsel
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and Ford Motor at 10. T e other U.S.-based auto company, Chrysler Group [59], returned to the Fortune 500 list this year after falling out of it, one of 19 companies to do so. Another 10 companies made the list for the very fi rst time.
PROMISING SIGNS T is year, 101 women served as top legal offi cers in Fortune 500 companies, matching the increase of eight from the previous survey. T e 2011 roster consists of 86 non-Hispanic whites/Caucasians (six more than last year), nine African Americans (two more than last year), three Hispanics, two Asian Pacifi c Americans, and one woman of Middle Eastern (Lebanese) origin. T ese consecutive year increases in the number of women GCs at the nation’s 500 largest companies off er a promising sign that women legal offi cers will continue to prosper in the nation’s biggest companies. T ese corporate leaders run the legal offi ces of companies
throughout the continental United States, but four states represent over 40 percent of this year’s list. Leading the way is California, which hosts 12 companies with women general counsel despite a drop of two from the previous year. New York is second with 11 companies with women general counsel, Texas is third with 10, and Illinois fourth with seven. All three states had each added one company employing a woman as general counsel in the last year. T e area of the country with the most women GCs on
% # 2 3
8.9 1
85.1 100
2 3 9 1
86 100
this list is the Midwest with 32 in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio, and Wisconsin. T e South accounted for 25 women GCs among Fortune 500 companies in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. Next is the Northeast, with 23 women GC in Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Washington, D.C. Finally, the West con- tributed 21 women GC hailing from Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. T ere are 19 new women general counsel in the Fortune
500 this year. T irteen of these newcomers were named to existing Fortune 500 companies and six lead the legal departments of companies new to the Fortune 500: Holly Leese at Chrysler Group, Stephanie C. Hildebrandt at Enterprise Products Partners, Amy Tangeman of Expeditors International of Washington, Pamela Craven at Avaya, Sheri Edison at Bemis, and Mary Anne Harlan at J.M. Smucker. Of the 13 women named general counsel at Fortune
500 companies, 10 replaced men. T ey are Deborah Platt Majoras at Procter & Gamble, Sylvia Kerrigan at Marathon Oil, Sheila Cheston at Northrup Grumman, Hilary Krane
CAUCASIAN 85.1% Continued on page 29
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