Thomas L. Sager Award

The Thomas L. Sager Award (“Sager Award”) is presented to large Am Law 200 law firms (500+ attorneys) that champion a more diverse and inclusive workforce and have demonstrated a sustained commitment to improving the hiring, retention and promotion of diverse attorneys. The Sager Award was first presented in 1999 and is named after former DuPont Senior Vice President and General Counsel Thomas L. Sager, a widely-respected leader in diversity.

Unlike previous years, this year, the MCCA determined the honorees for the Sager Award based on its extensive review of the 2021 MCCA Law Firm Diversity Survey submissions. Based on that extensive analysis of the firms’ demographic data as well as the corresponding quantitative trend data of each firm’s recruiting, retention and promotion efforts we selected our 2021 Thomas L. Sager Award finalists and national winner. The 2021 Sager finalists and national winner were recognized on October 13, 2021 at our Virtual Diversity Gala. Please join us in celebrating their commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.

About Thomas L. Sager

For more than two decades, DuPont has worked to achieve a stronger, more equitable balance of race, ethnicity and gender throughout the organization. Like environmental stewardship or on-the-job safety, the company has made diversity a corporate value — and driven it into every segment of its operation, from recruiting to training to professional development.

In DuPont’s legal department, Senior Vice President and General Counsel Tom Sager is a driving force for improving the hiring, retention, promotion, and involvement of minorities and women. Sager helped pioneer DuPont’s Convergence and Law Firm Partnering Program and continues oversight of the program today. Through his leadership, the DuPont Legal Model has received national acclaim for infusing business principles into the practice of law.

Award Accepted by:
Kathleen O’Sullivan,
Chair, Firmwide Executive Committee

2021 Thomas L. Sager Award National Finalists

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2020 Thomas L. Sager Award National Winner

Award Accepted by: Mitch Zuklie,
Chairman

2020 Thomas L. Sager Award National Finalists

2019 Thomas L. Sager Award National Winner

Award Accepted by: Guy Halgren,
Chairman

2019 Thomas L. Sager Award National Finalists

Click on the logos below to view the finalists’ videos presented at the 2019 Diversity Gala awards ceremony.

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2018 Thomas L. Sager Award National Winners

Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP and Proskauer Rose LLP tied for the national winner of the 2018 Thomas L. Sager Award.

Award Accepted by: Jami Wintz McKeon,
Chair of the Firm

Award Accepted by: Joe Leccese,
Chairman of the Firm

2018 Thomas L. Sager Award National Finalists

Click on the logos below to view the finalists’ videos presented at the 2018 Diversity Gala awards ceremony.

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Past Honorees

MCCA is proud to honor and distinguish firms that have demonstrated a sustained commitment to diversity, inclusion and equity and tried something new and succeeded, whether in recruitment and retention, mentoring, pipeline programs, or LGBT initiatives. Click below to view the complete list of our past Thomas L. Sager Award honorees.

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