CHICAGO, July 30, 2024 — Gina Shishima, U.S. chief strategy and operations partner for Norton Rose Fulbright U.S. LLP, is a recipient of the 2024 Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award.
Shishima will receive the award, given annually by the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession, at a ceremony and reception from 3-5:30 p.m. CDT on Sunday, August 4, at the Swissotel Chicago during the ABA 2024 Annual Meeting.
In addition to Shishima, the 2024 award recipients include Dolores Atencio, Pamila J. Brown, Estelle H. Rogers and Barbara Wall.
“We applaud the achievements of this amazing group of women, who have and will continue to inspire all of us in the legal profession including the next generation of women lawyers,” said Karol Corbin-Walker, chair of the Commission on Women in the Profession.
Shishima is the U.S. chief strategy and operations partner for Norton Rose Fulbright U.S. LLP in Austin, Texas. Previously, she was the U.S. head of intellectual property and chaired the U.S. diversity, equity and inclusion committee. She is a member of the U.S. management committee, the U.S. firm’s compensation and promotion committee and the global executive committee. As a life sciences patent attorney, she works with clients to strategize and provide practical solutions related to all aspects of patent law in the areas of biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and medical technology.
Shishima previously co-chaired the Women’s Leadership Network of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA), where she also served on its board of directors as a regional governor. In addition to being on the board of Asian Americans Advancing Justice in Washington, D.C., she is on the executive committee for the Center for Women in Law. Shishima has been recognized for her efforts in the Asian American Pacific Islander legal community as a recipient of the NAPABA Daniel K. Inouye Trailblazer Award in 2021 and the Judge Wellington Chew Award in 2017 from the Texas State Bar. She was awarded the “Pathfinder” award by the Travis County Women Lawyers Association and identified as a “Texas Trailblazer” by Texas Lawyer.
After earning a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from Columbia University and a doctorate degree in molecular biology from Princeton University, Shishima received her law degree from the University of California, Berkeley.
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The Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award, established in 1991, honors outstanding women lawyers who have achieved professional excellence in their area of specialty and have actively paved the way to success for other women in the profession. The award is named for Margaret Brent, the first woman lawyer in America. Brent arrived in the colonies in 1638 and was involved in 124 court cases in more than eight years, winning every case.
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