What Happened?
Wilmington, DE-based DuPont has Retired Thomas L. Sager as General Counsel
About the Company
DuPont is a science-based products and services company. Founded in 1802, DuPont puts science to work by creating sustainable solutions essential to a better, safer, healthier life for people everywhere. Operating in more than 90 countries, DuPont offers a wide range of innovative products and services for markets including agriculture and food; building and construction; communications; and transportation.
About the Person
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 IT 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 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; Delaware Law Related Education Center; Delaware Community Foundation and the Atlantic Legal Foundation. He is also a member of the Widener University Board of Trustees; Advisory Board of the University of Delaware Weinberg Center; Law Board of Visitors at Wake Forest University School of Law; the Board of Trustees of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; chairman of the National Association for Law Placement (NALP) Foundation Board of Trustees; and Trustee, Christiana Care. In 2010, Mr. Sager was named to the ABA Task Force on Preservation of the Justice System. 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. In 2009 Mr. Sager received the CPR Corporate Leadership Award. Mr. Sager also was recently recognized by The National Law Journal as one of the 40 most influential attorneys in the past decade, and was featured in American Lawyer Magazine as one of the top 50 Legal Innovators. In November 2011, Mr. Sager received the Community Legal Aid Society’s Founders’ Award in recognition of his contributions to the cause of equal access to justice.
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