Behold the Lawyers of the Round Table

Lyondell Chemical has an unusual incentive program for rewarding its outside attorneys: knighting ceremonies, complete with swords and proclamations. Seventeen attorneys were inducted into the ten-year-old "Knights of the Lyondell Enterprise" at December's event, where each was recognized for helping the Houston-based company score a major litigation victory. The vision of attorneys as knights is particularly apt, according to an early honoree, who notes that trial lawyers "do share a love of jousting."