The Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) awarded Sandra R. McCandless with the Liberty Achievement Award at the 2010 ABA Annual Meeting.
The award, sponsored by Thomson Reuters, was established in 2008 to honor those lawyers and judges who take a leadership role in promoting diversity in the legal profession.
McCandless is committed to bringing in and retaining diverse lawyers as part of TIPS. When she was section chair, she purposely conducted meetings in Miami and San Francisco for the sake of diversity outreach opportunities as well as introduced diversity receptions at major TIPS section meetings.
As a partner at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, she heads her firm’s labor and employment practice in California and has practiced internationally, representing Asian and European companies with business in the U.S.
After the award presentation, Sandy talked with us about her strong commitment to diversity and how it felt to be named this year’s recipient, in this video clip:
John Tarpley, former chair of TIPS and head of its awards committee, also talked with us about Sandy and her achievements, and the importance of diversity in the legal profession, in this video interview:
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