In-House Counsel Leadership Rising Star Award
 

In-House Counsel Leadership Rising Star Award

 

The NAPABA In-House Counsel Leadership Rising Star Award honors a NAPABA member with ten (10) or fewer years of in-house legal experience who has demonstrated early-career excellence and leadership. This emerging leader has demonstrated a strong commitment to cultivating meaningful business relationships among NAPABA law firm partners and fosters advancement, diversity, and inclusion in the legal profession.

 

Award Qualifications

Please be advised that awardees must be: 

  • Current with their NAPABA membership; and
  • Present to be eligible to receive award.

 

Selection Criteria

The award recipient will be selected on the basis of the following factors:
  1. Current in-house counsel with ten (10) or fewer years of in-house legal experience
  2. Demonstrated early-career achievements and promise as a rising leader as an in-house legal professional
  3. Demonstrated efforts to collaborate with and/or elevate NAPABA member law firm partners
  4. Contributions that have fostered a more inclusive and representative legal community
  5. Commitment and service to the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islanders (AANHPI) community

 

Required Materials

The following information must be provided for the nominee in order for a nomination to be considered:

  1. Statement of support detailing the nominee's outstanding achievements and how they have met the award criteria (maximum of 5 pages);
  2. Current CV or resume of the nominee;
  3. Biography; and
  4. One or more letters of support

 

 

Nominations are Now Open

2025 Awardee | Kasey Chow

Kasey Chow is the Director of Corporate Strategy for Southern Company Gas. In this role, she is responsible for developing corporate strategy, planning, and engagement connected to policy and programs supporting the Company’s governmental, regulatory, environmental, and commercial/economic development initiatives and opportunities. This role involves directing corporate activities on a broad array of policy and economic priorities that impact the Company and recommending a strategic approach to engage business leadership in identifying and prioritizing initiatives that support key business, economic, and regulatory objectives.

Kasey joined Southern Company in 2015 as a Regulatory Attorney supporting Southern Linc. She was responsible for federal regulatory, legislative, and external affairs, including policy advocacy and business development opportunities related to spectrum, roaming, broadband, privacy, cyber and data security, and net neutrality. In 2021, she became Senior Counsel for Southern Company Gas, where she was responsible for legal support on state regulatory, governmental, and legislative matters, such as ratemaking proceedings, sustainable gas initiatives, capacity projects, legislation implementation, and regulatory compliance.

She most recently served as Assistant To the Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Grace Kolvereid and the Executive Vice President & Chief External and Public Affairs Officer Bryan Batson. In that role, she helped develop and implement vision and strategy, provided trusted advice and counsel to leaders, managed multiple complex cross- functional projects, and coordinated strategic business initiatives.

Prior to joining Southern Company, Kasey spent five years in private law practice, specializing in corporate transactional, regulatory, and telecom matters, including federal and state regulatory representation, startup consulting, business creation, compliance strategy, settlement negotiations, corporate governance, and regulatory M&A.

Kasey holds a JD and MBA from Emory University’s School of Law and Goizueta Business School. She received a BA in International Studies and Psychology from Emory University as well. She studied abroad at Oxford University and Singapore Management University. Kasey is licensed to practice law in Georgia and currently serves on the boards of the Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association (GAPABA) and the GAPABA Law Foundation.

Kasey has a passion for community and service. She was Founding Chair of Southern Linc’s Inclusion Action Team, served on SCS Operations’ Inclusion Advisory Council and Southern Company’s DE+I Working Group, and has served as an ERG leader since 2016. She’s a member of GAPABA, GAWL, LCLD, NAAAP-Atlanta, WEN, and OnBoard, and is an avid supporter of AAAJ-Atlanta, GAIN, We Love BuHi, and PAWS Atlanta.

Originally from Huntsville, AL, Kasey has been in Atlanta since 2003. Kasey lives in Decatur, GA with her partner, Daniel, and their rescue dog, Koya.

 


Previous Recipients

2024 Awardee: Stephanie Chu Clausen


2019 Awardee: Laurie Rose Lubiano

2017 Awardee: Janet Kim Lin

       
 

 

Questions? Contact membership@napaba.org

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