Thomas Lauck Sager Senior Vice President and General Counsel - DuPont Legal
Thomas L. Sager is senior vice president and general counsel, DuPont Legal. He started his career with DuPont in August 1976 as an attorney in the labor and securities group.
Mr. Sager helped pioneer the DuPont Convergence and Law Firm Partnering Program and continues to have oversight responsibility. Through his leadership, this program has become a benchmark in the industry and has received national acclaim for its innovative approach to the business of practicing law. He was named associate general counsel in 1994. In January 1998 he was named chief litigation counsel where his responsibilities included oversight of all litigation and IS support for the entire function. He was named vice president and assistant general counsel in November 1999, and to his current position in July 2008.
Born May 25, 1950, in Winchester, Mass., he received his J.D. from Wake Forest University School of Law in 1976.
Mr. Sager is past chairman of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, a group that advocates for the expanded hiring, retention and promotion of minority attorneys in corporate law departments and the law firms they serve. In addition, he serves as a board member for the CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution; Appleseed; Delaware Law Related Education Center; and the Atlantic Legal Foundation. He is also a member of the CPR National Task Force on Diversity in ADR; the Board of Overseers at Widener University School of Law; Law Board of Visitors at Wake Forest University School of Law; and the NALP Foundation for Law Career Research and Education Board of Trustees.
He is the Editor-in-Chief of "The DuPont Legal Model…A New Era", c. 1996, revised edition, 1997, Editor-in-Chief of "Leaps and Bounds: Moving Ahead with the DuPont Legal Model", and Editor-in-Chief of the latest treatise on the principles and initiatives of the DuPont Legal Model, The Competitive Edge…The Growing Power of the DuPont Legal Model, c. 2005. Mr. Sager is the author of numerous articles.
In January 2005, Mr. Sager was the Distinguished Lecturer for the Corporate Counsel Technology Institute, at the Inaugural Annual Technology Lecture Series, held at Widener University School of Law.
In addition, Mr. Sager has received the following recognition:
- The Thomas L. Sager Award from the Minority Corporate Counsel Association. This award was established in his name and given in recognition of his individual efforts and achievements to promote diversity in the legal profession and will be presented annually. In 2001 he received the Spirit of Excellence Award, presented by the American Bar Association Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession. Mr. Sager also was recently recognized as one of the 20 Most Influential General Counsel in America by The National Law Journal.
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