This document profiles 5 nominees for an in-house counsel of the year award, summarizing their accomplishments over the past year: 1. Jerry Xia of Honeywell International who seized counterfeit products and assisted with police raids in China. 2. Craig Stone of Phillips 66 who helped transfer IP assets to the new company and develop a brand strategy. 3. Michelle Ravn Appelqvist of SanDisk Corporation who manages trademark issues for the company with a lean team. 4. Casey Mangan of Allstate Insurance Company who manages the IP team and advocates for the wider IP community. 5. Kathryn Barrett Park of General Electric who supervises a large trademark team and