Juanita DeLoach Named to Minority Corporate Counsel Association’s 2024 Sources of Success Cohort

The Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) has selected Juanita DeLoach, a partner in Barnes & Thornburg’s Dallas office, to participate in its prestigious 2024 Sources of Success (SOS) cohort.

DeLoach is one of 33 attorneys from legal departments and law firms across the U.S. named to this year’s highly competitive professional development program. SOS is geared for high-potential talent and designed to help mid-career attorneys excel as leaders within their organizations.

DeLoach is an intellectual property litigator who advises on safeguarding and protecting IP rights through trademarks and patents, patent and trade secret litigation, and inter partes review proceedings. She holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and worked as a process engineer before becoming a lawyer. Her frontline experience as an engineer allows her to understand client challenges from their distinct perspective, an advantage to those she serves across many technological disciplines.

For over 27 years, MCCA has championed diversity in the legal profession through industry-shaping publications, research, training, pipeline initiatives and curated events. MCCA serves as “the preeminent voice on diversity, equity, and inclusion from the counsel’s office to the C-suite and across corporate America.”

With more than 800 attorneys and other legal professionals, Barnes & Thornburg is one of the largest law firms in the country. The firm serves clients worldwide from offices in Atlanta, Boston, California, Chicago, Delaware, Indiana, Michigan, Minneapolis, Nashville, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Philadelphia, Raleigh, Salt Lake City, South Florida, Texas, and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit us online at www.btlaw.com.