Center for Women in Law Founding Members Melanie Gray and Christine LaFollette will be inducted into the Greater Houston Women’s Chamber of Commerce’s Hall of Fame. The Greater Houston Women’s Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit business organization of highly influential and diverse women and men dedicated to the advancement of women through leadership, education, and advocacy.
Melanie Gray is a partner with Winston & Strawn, LLP and specializes in complex commercial litigation, with a focus on complex bankruptcy cases. She manages complicated cases requiring diverse teams of lawyers in different practice areas and was deeply involved in her firm’s representation of Enron in its chapter 11 case. Melanie was also recognized as one of the Lone Star All-Star’s “effective litigators and communicators with great judgment” by Litigation Management and has earned numerous recognitions of professional excellence.
Christine LaFollette is the partner in charge of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP’s Houston office and a member of the firm-wide management committee. Christine has more than 30 years of experience representing issuers and underwriters in public offerings and private placements of equity and debt securities, restructurings and financing, including master limited partnerships, as well as federal and state securities laws matters. Additionally, she has served as a director of the Houston World Affairs Council and serves as a director for the National Association of Corporate Directors–Houston Chapter and the Texas General Counsel Forum
CWIL congratulates Melanie and Christine on this well-deserved honor.