Corporate Counsel Best Legal Departments
Best Legal Ops Team
WINNER: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Finalist: Maxim Integrated
Best Use of Technology
WINNER: Microsoft
Finalist: DXC Technology Company
Champion of Diversity Award
WINNER: April Miller Boise, EVP and GC, Eaton, Corp.
Finalist: Craig Glidden, EVP and GC, General Motors
Compliance Department of the Year
WINNER: The Kraft Heinz Company
Finalist: Blackstone Inc.
Outstanding Community Service Award:
WINNER: Kimberly-Clark, Corp. (Joint effort of In-house counsel of AT&T, Toyota, Rosewood Corp. and Kimberly-Clark Corp.)
Finalist: Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Startup Solo GC of the Year
WINNER: Kenneth R. Carter, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Bitmovin, Inc.
Finalist: Steve O’Brien, General Counsel and Head of Compliance, AutoFi, Inc.
Legal Department of the Year Finalists
- Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
- Instacart, Inc.
- The Clorox Company
- Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.
GC of the Year Finalists
- Don Rosenberg: Qualcomm, Inc.
- Aparna Bawa: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
- Dana Rao: Adobe
- Morgan Fong: Instacart, Inc.
Best Deputy or Associate GC Finalists
- Kristine Nagy: Avant, LLC
- Steve Chariyasatit: Instacart, Inc.
- Stacey Doynow: Intuit, Inc.
- A. Tift Shepherd: Nouryon
The American Lawyer's Industry Awards
Law Firm of the Year Finalists
- Covington & Burling
- WINNER: Davis Polk & Wardwell
- Fenwick & West
- Kirkland & Ellis
- McDermott Will & Emery
- Ropes & Gray
Tony Mauro Award Winners
- Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
- WINNER: Tom Leatherbury of Vinson & Elkins
Best Business Team Finalists
- WINNER: Barnes & Thornburg
- Goodwin Procter
- Latham & Watkins
- Mayer Brown
- McDermott Will & Emery
- Reed Smith
- Winston & Strawn
Best Client-Law Firm Team Finalists
- Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner and Unilever
- WINNER: Goodwin Procter and Moderna
- Greenberg Traurig and Becton, Dickinson & Co.
- Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton and Levi Strauss & Co.
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and Zynga
Best Diversity Initiative Finalists
- Ballard Spahr
- Hunton Andrews Kurth
- Goodwin Procter
- WINNER: Kaplan Hecker & Fink
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
- Winston & Strawn
Best Mentor: In-House Finalists
- WINNER: Kenita Barrow, Otsuka US
- Brooks Beard, VMWare
- Ben Shively, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Best Mentor: Law Firm Finalists
- Lisa Bebchick, Ropes & Gray
- Lisa Collins, Baker Hostetler
- Rachel Cowen, McDermott Will & Emery
- WINNER: Chanler Langham, Susman Godfrey
- Michelle Reed, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
- Linda Swartz, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
Best Provider Collaboration Finalists
- WINNER: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Level Legal
- Jenner & Block, Nishimura & Asahi, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
- Hogan Lovells LIBOR Advanced Delivery Toolkit
- LexFusion, Agiloft and Factor
- McGuireWoods, Bank of America, Duke Energy, Husqvarna Group, Wells Fargo, Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy, Legal Aid of NC—Charlotte, Moore & Van Allen
- Perkins Coie and ElevateFlex
Best Use of Technology Finalists
- Holland & Knight
- WINNER: Latham & Watkins
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
- Robins Kaplan
- Seyfarth Shaw
- Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders
Legal Services Innovation Finalists
- Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
- Ballard Spahr
- Konexo / Eversheds Sutherland
- Holland & Knight
- WINNER: Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders
Young Lawyers of the Year WINNERS
- Jennifer Cheng, Reed Smith
- Leah Godesky, O’Melveny & Myers
- TJ Graham, Cooley
- Alexia Korberg, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
- Joshua Matz, Kaplan Hecker & Fink
- Joanna Wright, Boies Schiller Flexner
National Boutique / Specialty Litigation Department of the Year Finalists
- Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll
- WINNER: Irell & Manella
- Keker, Van Nest & Peters
- McKool Smith
- MoloLamken
- Reid Collins & Tsai
Regional Litigation Departments of the Year Finalists
California
- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
- WINNER: Latham & Watkins
- O’Melveny & Myers
- Susman Godfrey
- Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Florida
- Boies Schiller Flexner
- WINNER: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
Georgia
- WINNER: Greenberg Traurig
- King & Spalding
Pennsylvania
- Lynch Carpenter
- WINNER: Cozen O’Connor
- Reed Smith
Texas
- Haynes and Boone
- WINNER: Jones Day
- Susman Godfrey
Distinguished Law Firm Leader
- Larry Sonsini, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Attorney of the Year Finalists
- Shon Hopwood, Georgetown Law
- Michael Jones, Kirkland & Ellis
- WINNER: Jelena Madir, Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance
Litigators of the Year WINNERS
- Helen Cantwell, Debevoise & Plimpton
- Morgan Chu, Irell & Manella
- Karen Dunn, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
- Adam Hakki, Shearman & Sterling
- Josh Krevitt, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
- Jonathan Polkes, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
- Michael Rhodes, Cooley
- GRAND PRIZE WINNER: Lisa Blatt, Williams & Connolly
Lifetime Achievement WINNERS
- Jeh Johnson, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
- Peter Neufeld and Barry Scheck, The Innocence Project
- Leah Ward Sears, Smith, Gambrell & Russell
- Kathleen Sullivan, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
- Seth Waxman, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
- Ben Wilson, Beveridge & Diamond
The American Lawyer's Litigation Departments of the Year
Litigation Department of the Year — General Litigation Finalists
- Cooley
- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
- WINNER: Kirkland & Ellis
- Munger, Tolles & Olson
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
- Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
Litigation Department of the Year, Insurance Finalists
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
- WINNER: Reed Smith
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Litigation Department of the Year, Intellectual Property Finalists
- WINNER: Irell & Manella
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Perkins Coie
- Sidley Austin
Litigation Department of the Year, Labor and Employment Finalists
- WINNER: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
- Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Litigation Department of the Year, Product Liability Finalists
- Dechert
- WINNER: O’Melveny & Myers
- Shook Hardy & Bacon
- Williams & Connolly