Pictured for Adams and Reese with the Corporate Counsel award are, from left, Diversity Chair Deborah Rouen and Adams and Reese attorneys Jaimmé Collins, Michelle Craig, Kim Madison and Sharon Bridges.

The law firm of Adams and Reese received the Corporate Counsel Women of Color® Diversity Award of Excellence, an inaugural award given by the CCWC as a recognition of the firm’s initiatives, outstanding achievement in commitment to diversity and advancement of women attorneys of color. The award was presented at the 7th Annual Career Strategies Conference in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Oct. 6.

The CCWC is an international organization of women of color attorneys who work primarily for Fortune 1000 and Forbes 2000 companies, and work to foster diversity in the legal profession.Adams and Reese is one of four companies to receive the award, along with the law firm of Hughes Hubbard & Reed, and two corporations, Southern California Edison and American Airlines.