Norton Rose Fulbright’s US Chief Technique and Operations Companion Gina Shishima has been named a recipient of the 2024 Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award by the American Bar Association (ABA).
This award, established in 1991, acknowledges girls attorneys who carry ahead the legacy of Margaret Brent, the primary girl lawyer within the US. Honorees are chosen for his or her skilled excellence and their work in actively paving the best way to success for different girls attorneys.
Gina (Austin) is an mental property associate with a PhD in molecular biology who focuses her patent observe on pharmaceutical and biotechnology firm and analysis hospitals and universities. She is the primary girl of colour to be a member of the agency’s US Administration Committee and in addition serves on its International Government Committee.
Jeff Cody, Norton Rose Fulbright’s US Managing Companion, stated:
“Our agency is tremendously pleased with Gina and the affect she has made with us and throughout the authorized business. She is a extremely completed IP lawyer in addition to a strategist, a pacesetter, a mom and a champion for different girls attorneys.”
Gina, who beforehand served because the agency’s US Head of Mental Property in addition to the US Chief Variety Officer, stated:
“I’m deeply honored to obtain the Margaret Brent Award, becoming a member of a gaggle of unimaginable girls who’ve completed a lot and helped so many. To be acknowledged for advancing alternatives for girls within the authorized occupation could be very particular.”
All through her profession, Gina has paved the best way for numerous attorneys and created a extra equitable office. As a member of agency administration, she has performed a key position in a wide range of agency initiatives that assist girls attorneys on the agency. As well as, she co-chaired the Girls’s Management Community of the Nationwide Asian Pacific American Bar Affiliation (NAPABA) after serving on its Board of Governors. She can be on the Government Committee for the Heart for Girls in Regulation, along with being on the Board of Administrators for Advancing Justice | AAJC in Washington DC.
The 2024 class of honorees might be acknowledged on the ABA’s Annual Assembly in Chicago in August.
Gina is the second recipient on the agency to be acknowledged with the Margaret Brent Award, as Previous Managing Companion Linda Addison was honored in 2009.
