In this week’s episode of the NAWL Podcast, Kara McCarthy Perry, Founder and Consultant of Just Brilliant LLC, sits down with Ingeuneal Gray, Vice President of Inclusion and Engagement at the American Arbitration Association. Their conversation explores Alternative Dispute Resolution alongside leadership development, inclusive engagement, negotiation strategy, and taking a holistic approach to legal practice. The discussion highlights how collaboration, relationship‑building, and strong communication influence effective legal and professional outcomes. Insightful and practical, this is a conversation you won’t want to miss.
In this week’s episode of the NAWL Podcast, Kara McCarthy Perry, Founder and Consultant of Just Brilliant LLC, sits down with Ingeuneal Gray, Vice President of Inclusion and Engagement at the American Arbitration Association. Their conversation explores Alternative Dispute Resolution alongside leadership development, inclusive engagement, negotiation strategy, and taking a holistic approach to legal practice. The discussion highlights how collaboration, relationship‑building, and strong communication influence effective legal and professional outcomes. Insightful and practical, this is a conversation you won’t want to miss.
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Ingeuneal C. Gray, Esq. is Vice President of Inclusion and Engagement at the American Arbitration Association (AAA), a not-for-profit organization and the largest private global provider of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) services. Ms. Gray leads the development and implementation of strategies and initiatives that align with the AAA’s commitment to expanding the pool of qualified arbitrators and mediators to better reflect the varied backgrounds and experiences across society.
Before becoming Vice President of Inclusion and Engagement, Ms. Gray served as Commercial Vice President at the AAA, where she managed the administration of large, complex cases; oversaw regional panels of arbitrators and mediators; and provided leadership for the AAA’s national energy panel.
Recognized as one of the Top 50 Women Leaders of Houston, Ms. Gray is an attorney, arbitrator, and mediator with more than 20 years of legal experience. She is the recipient of the 2024 CPR International Institute Award for Outstanding Contribution to Diversity in ADR and was named the Houston Business Journal’s 2025 Outstanding Leader in Diversity. She is also a 2025 finalist for Ally of the Year for the ALM Women, Influence & Power in Law Awards.
Prior to joining the AAA, Ms. Gray was the principal of ICG Law Firm, where her practice focused on business transactions, compliance, conflict prevention, and ADR in the areas of government contracts and commercial and construction-related matters.
Ms. Gray is a member of the distinguished Texas Bar College of Legal Scholars. She currently serves as Chair of the ABA Business Law Section’s Dispute Resolution Committee and is the Past Chair of the State Bar of Texas ADR Section.
Ms. Gray regularly presents at legal and industry conferences nationwide, where she speaks on the critical role of inclusion in strengthening dispute resolution. Her work reflects a deep commitment to expanding access, fostering excellence, and shaping a more representative future for the field.
Kara McCarthy Perry, JD is an integrative lawyer, legal educator, speaker, and consultant working at the intersection of law and well-being. After more than two decades at large firms and in-house as a healthcare transactional lawyer, Kara now dedicates her work to examining the relational and human dimensions of legal practice.
Drawing on her legal background alongside training in yoga and meditation, she brings an intentional and reflective lens to negotiation, contracting, and professional identity in support of sustainable legal practice. Kara teaches at Quinnipiac University School of Law and Seton Hall University School of Law. As a Senior Fellow with Quinnipiac’s Center on Dispute Resolution, the Project for Integrative Law in Legal Education, and a Conscious Contracts® practitioner, she works with students and clients to design relational agreements that foster trust and adaptability.
She holds leadership roles with the Mindfulness in Law Society and the Institute for Well-Being in Law and serves as a faculty advisor to TEDLaw. Kara is also the founder of Just Brilliant LLC, a consulting and education company supporting individuals and organizations in finding purpose in their practice through values-aligned collaboration and relationship-centered leadership.
She believes that when lawyers are supported in their well-being, the profession is better positioned to build a just, resilient, and enduring legal system.