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2017 COUNSEL FOR JUSTICE AWARD RECIPIENT
CHRISTOPHER P. REYNOLDS, a Managing Officer for Toyota
Motor Corporation (TMC), functions at the global parent company as
General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer and Deputy Chief Officer for the
General Administrative & Human Resources Group.
As Executive Vice President, Corporate Resources for Toyota Motor
North America (TMNA), he is responsible for the North American
functions of Accounting & Finance, Human Resources, Government
Affairs, Corporate Communications, Corporate Strategy and Legal,
among others. Mr. Reynolds also serves as Chief Diversity Officer for
TMNA.
Previously, he was General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer of TMNA
and Group Vice President, Chief Environmental Officer and Corporate
Secretary of Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc.
Prior to joining Toyota in 2007, Mr. Reynolds was a partner at the law firm of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
in New York City. While at the law firm, he also worked as manager of the New York office’s labor and
employment law group. He served as a member of the firm’s advisory board and as chair of the firm’s
diversity committee.
Earlier, Mr. Reynolds served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the criminal division of the U.S.
Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York, and as a law clerk for Judge Damon J. Keith, U.S. Court
of Appeals, 6th Circuit in Detroit.
Mr. Reynolds grew up amid the auto industry in Detroit as the son of a Ford River Rouge plant worker and
a registered nurse. He earned his bachelor’s degree in political science with honors at Kalamazoo College
and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in 1983. He received his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1986.
The Counsel for Justice Award recognizes a prominent in-house counsel
who exemplifies OAD’s commitment to justice.
Prior recipients of the Counsel for Justice Award:
STACEY R. FRIEDMAN ELLEN ORAN KADEN AUDREY STRAUSS
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