Snell & Wilmer Partner Greg Gautam Selected for State Bar of Arizona's 2020 Member of the Year Award

PHOENIX - Oct. 19, 2020 - PRLog -- Snell & Wilmer is pleased to announce that Greg Gautam (https://www.swlaw.com/people/greg_gautam) was selected by the Board of Governors as the State Bar of Arizona's 2020 Member of the Year Award (https://www.azbar.org/about-us/board-of-governors/state-bar-annual-awards/member-of-the-year-award/).

Established in 1991, the Member of the Year Award is presented to that attorney(s) who has rendered extraordinary contributions to the programs and activities of the State Bar in the prior year. Hundreds, even thousands, of the Bar's members contribute their time and talent to the work of the Bar, but this award is limited to that individual(s) whose contributions are exceptional.

Gautam was also selected to serve on the State Bar's Task Force for Social Justice, Bias and Inclusion, which is charged with studying and making recommendations to the Board of Governors regarding current and future programs, services and initiatives addressing social justice, bias and inclusion.

Gautam has an unwavering belief in helping people from all walks of life. The practice of law has inspired him to challenge the status quo and to use his position, education, and resources to serve and improve the community in which he lives and works. He strives to recognize and foster the hard work of underrepresented groups (including people of color and individuals who identify as LGBTQ+) in the law and to help spread the message and practice of inclusivity, particularly in the large law firm setting.

Gautam earned his B.S. in political science from the University of Wisconsin – Madison and his J.D. from the Washington University School of Law. He began his career at Snell & Wilmer in 2008 and was promoted to partner in 2017. Gautam has served as co-chair of Snell & Wilmer's Diversity and Inclusion Committee since November 2016 and is the current President of the South Asian Bar Association of Arizona and serves on the Regional Board of Directors for Teach for America – Phoenix.  Gautam was Recognized by the Phoenix Business Journal as a member of its 40 Under 40 class in 2019 and has been named as a Southwest Super Lawyer®, Rising Star each year since 2014.

In his practice, Gautam focuses on various areas of executive compensation and employee benefits, including counseling corporate boards, employers, compensation committees, and individual executives on the complex tax and other issues that impact executive compensation and benefit programs.

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