PITTSBURGH, April 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- United States
Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) today announced that its in-house
legal department has been named the winner for both General
Excellence and for Diversity in The Legal Intelligencer's
Best Legal Departments contest. Led by Suzanne Rich Folsom, general counsel, chief
compliance officer and senior vice president – government affairs,
U. S. Steel was the only company to be recognized as a multiple
category winner.
"I am immensely proud of our legal team, for winning this
recognition and for deserving it. They have proved, and this award
confirms, that our in-house counsel are full and equal participants
in the historic transformation of global business in which we are
engaged. Suzanne and her staff are true partners to our Board, to
our C-Suite, and to me," said Mario
Longhi, president and chief executive officer.
In honoring U. S. Steel as the General Excellence winner, The
Legal Intelligencer recognized the legal department's
significant achievements throughout the last year in corporate
compliance, outside counsel management and in-house legal
work.
"As a U. S. Steel director, I am honored to be associated with
the great professionals who have been not just legal advisors, but
indispensable counselors in helping to chart a new direction for
this iconic American business. I believe that vital change must be
achieved within, as an expression of an organizational vision and
determination. This award is an important reminder that such change
is eminently possible," said Dick
Gephardt, former U.S. Representative and president and chief
executive officer of Gephardt Group.
In addition to being a core value at U. S. Steel, diversity has
assumed an increased profile in the legal department under Folsom's
direction. As the company's first female general counsel, she
has ensured an adherence to a holistic approach to hiring –
evaluating candidates not only for racial and gender diversity, but
for diversity of backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.
"What the U. S. Steel legal department has accomplished recently
in terms of diversity is nothing short of remarkable. It is a
direct reflection on the unstinted commitment U. S. Steel
leadership has made, and on the record numbers that Suzanne Folsom has personally set throughout her
career in turning diversity goals into diversity results. I am
grateful to The Legal Intelligencer for so conspicuously
recognizing the achievements of this great law department," said
Patricia Diaz Dennis, former member
of the National Labor Relations Board and member of the U. S. Steel
board of directors.
Full coverage of U. S. Steel's achievements and an interview
with Suzanne Rich Folsom will appear
in the May 12 issue of The Legal
Intelligencer.
United States Steel Corporation, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pa., is a leading integrated steel
producer and Fortune 200 company with major production operations
in the United States and
Central Europe and an annual raw
steelmaking capability of 24.4 million net tons. The company
manufactures a wide range of value-added steel sheet and tubular
products for the automotive, appliance, container, industrial
machinery, construction, and oil and gas industries. For more
information about U. S. Steel, please visit www.ussteel.com.
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