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The American Lawyer Industry Award Finalists

Best Business Team

  • Eversheds’ Key Account Program — WINNER
  • Frost Brown Todd
  • Honigman
  • Latham & Watkins
  • Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
  • Norton Rose Fulbright
  • Troutman Pepper

Best Client-Law Firm Team

  • Eversheds Sutherland and Meta GLPIM
  • Sullivan & Cromwell and Volkswagen
  • King & Spalding and Blackstone Credit  — WINNER
  • Dechert and Flo Health
  • Kirkland & Ellis and Huntsman
  • Spencer Fane and JBS Foods
  • Morgan, Lewis & Bockius and DaVita Inc.
  • Ropes & Gray and TPG Capital

Best Diversity Initiative

  • O’Melveny & Myers
  • Finnegan
  • Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
  • Latham & Watkins and Yale Law School Launchpad Scholars Program — WINNER
  • Nixon Peabody
  • WilmerHale

Best Law Firm of the Year

  • Holland & Knight  Highly Commended
  • Husch Blackwell
  • King & Spalding — WINNER
  • O’Melveny & Myers
  • Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
  • Spencer Fane
  • Susman Godfrey

Best Mentor: Law Firm

  • Senayt Rahwa, Foley & Lardner
  • Shari Klevens, Dentons
  • Katya Jestin, Jenner & Block  — WINNER
  • Ernest Greer, Greenberg Traurig
  • Carrie Cohen, Morrison & Foerster
  • Ron Machen, WilmerHale
  • George Keith Martin, McGuireWoods

Best Provider Collaboration

  • DaVita Trial Team: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius; McDermott Will & Emery; WilmerHale; Winston & Strawn; Fish & Richardson; and King & Spalding
  • IncuBaker of Baker Hostetler and Relativity
  • Latham & Watkins and Andreessen Horowitz  — WINNER
  • DLA Piper, The International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ) Afghan Support Committee and Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson

Best Use of Technology

  • Berry Appleman & Leiden
  • Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
  • Eversheds Sutherland
  • Baker McKenzie
  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison  — WINNER
  • Foley & Lardner
  • Reed Smith
  • Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Corporate Purpose Award

  • Ballard Spahr
  • Davis Wright Tremaine
  • Latham & Watkins
  • McGuireWoods
  • Morrison & Foerster  — WINNER
  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
  • Ropes & Gray
  • WilmerHale

Legal Services Innovation Award

  • Akin  — WINNER
  • Debevoise & Plimpton
  • Faegre Drinker
  • Fragomen
  • McGuireWoods
  • Norton Rose Fulbright
  • WilmerHale

Managing Partner of the Year

  • Steven Sonberg, Holland & Knight
  • Brad Karp, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
  • Robert Hays of King & Spalding
  • Barbara Becker of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher  — WINNER
  • Hailyn Chen and Malcolm Heinicke of Munger Tolles & Olson

The Tony Mauro Award (Winners)

  • The New York Times
  • Covington & Burling

Young Lawyer of the Year—Beyond Practice

  • Ronak Desai, Paul Hastings  — WINNER
  • Alicia Grant, Norton Rose Fulbright;
  • Caitlin Halpern, Gibbs & Bruns
  • Tom R. Pack, Greenberg Traurig
  • Erika Simonson, Schulte Roth & Zabel
  • Colleen Smith, Stris & Maher
  • Patrick Yingling, Reed Smith

Young Lawyer of the Year—Litigation

  • Lara Samet Buchwald, Davis Polk
  • Rose Ehler, Munger Tolles & Olson
  • Alex Iftimie, Morrison & Forester
  • Joseph Mahady, Reed Smith
  • Jimmy McEntee, Hogan Lovells
  • Morgan Ratner, Sullivan & Cromwell
  • Brian Schnapp, Vinson & Elkins
  • Camille Vasquez, Brown Rudnick  — WINNER

Young Lawyer of the Year—Corporate

  • Joseph Armenti, Cole Schotz
  • Anne Barrett, Willkie, Farr & Gallagher
  • Dohyun Kim, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
  • Jake Kling, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz  — WINNER
  • Saee Muzumdar, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
  • Emily Oldshue, Ropes & Gray
  • Amanda Rose, Fenwick & West

Lifetime Achievement Honorees

  • Rosemary Alito, K&L Gates
  • W. Neil Eggleston, Kirkland & Ellis
  • Kenneth Frazier, former chairman and CEO, Merck
  • John Gleeson, Debevoise & Plimpton
  • Roberta Liebenberg, Fine, Kaplan and Black

Law Firm Distinguished Leader Honoree

  • Gary Naftalis, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel 

Attorney of the Year Finalists

  • David Cross, Morrison & Foerster
  • Michael Gottlieb, Willkie Farr & Gallagher
  • Brian Wallach, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Highly Commended
  • Sally Yates, King & Spalding  — WINNER

The Litigation Department of the Year Finalists

Litigators of the Year

  • Adam Hakki, Shearman & Sterling
  • Neal Katyal, Hogan Lovells
  • Enu Mainigi, Williams & Connolly  — WINNER
  • David Marriott, Cravath, Swaine & Moore
  • Craig Primis, Kirkland & Ellis
  • William Savitt, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
  • Will Stute, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
  • Herbert Washer, Cahill Gordon & Reindel

General Litigation Department of the Year Category

  • Covington & Burling
  • Cravath, Swaine & Moore
  • Kirkland & Ellis
  • Latham & Watkins
  • Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
  • Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan  — WINNER
  • Williams & Connolly

Specialty Category—Financial Services

  • Dentons
  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
  • Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
  • Sullivan & Cromwell  — WINNER

Specialty Category—Products Liability

  • Covington & Burling  — WINNER
  • King & Spalding
  • Reed Smith
  • Shook Hardy & Bacon
  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Specialty Category—Intellectual Property

  • Cooley
  • Fish & Richardson
  • Irell & Manella
  • Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
  • WilmerHale  — WINNER

National Boutique/Specialty Litigation Firm of the Year

  • Bartlit Beck
  • Bird Marella
  • BraunHagey & Borden
  • Finnegan
  • Hueston Hennigan
  • Irell & Manella
  • Susman Godfrey  — WINNER

Regional Litigation Department of the Year—California

  • Jones Day  — WINNER
  • O’Melveny & Myers
  • Sidley Austin

Regional Litigation Department of the Year—Florida

  • Boies Schiller Flexner  — WINNER
  • Greenberg Traurig
  • Marshall Dennehey

Regional Litigation Department of the Year—Georgia

  • King & Spalding
  • Alston & Bird  — WINNER

Regional Litigation Department of the Year—New Jersey

  • Marshall Dennehey  — WINNER
  • McCarter & English

Regional Litigation Department of the Year—Pennsylvania

  • Cozen O’Connor
  • Morgan, Lewis & Bockius  — WINNER
  • Reed Smith

Regional Litigation Department of the Year—Texas

  • Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
  • Gibson Dunn & Crutcher  — WINNER
  • Sidley Austin
  • Susman Godfrey
  • Winston & Strawn

Corporate Counsel Best Legal Departments

Finalists for Best Deputy or Associate GC

  • Tanya Dedo, Assistant General Counsel, Labor and Employment, Cornerstone Building Brands
  • Chris Geyer, Deputy General Counsel, Appian Corporation
  • Ricky Raven, Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Allstate Corporation  — WINNER
  • Andru Wall, Director and Associate General Counsel, Global Legal Privacy Incident Management, Meta Platforms

Finalists for Best Legal Ops Team

  • Adtalem Global Education
  • Cengage Group
  • Lacework
  • Marsh McLennan – LIT Lab

Finalists for Best Mentor: In-House Legal Department

  • Gina Burgin, Managing Counsel, Dominion Energy
  • Patty Elias, General Counsel, Datasite
  • Cynthia (Cindi) Smith, Head of Procurement Legal COE, Nokia of America Corporation
  • Patrick Flaherty, Senior Managing Associate General Counsel, Verizon  — WINNER

Finalists for Best Use of Technology

  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise
  • Marsh McLennan
  • Meta Platforms
  • PNC Financial Services Group

Finalists for Champion of Diversity Award

  • Carlos Brown, Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel, Dominion Energy
  • Suzanna Rich Folsom, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Philip Morris International  — WINNER
  • Matt Lepore, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, BASF
  • Shana Simmons, Chief Legal Officer, Everlaw

Finalists for Compliance Dept. of the Year

  • Accenture
  • GSK
  • Herbalife
  • Nokia  — WINNER

Finalists for the Purpose and Wellbeing Award

  • James Chosy, Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel, U.S. Bank
  • Daniel P. Mascaro, Chief Legal Officer, Vice President and Secretary, The Progressive Corporation
  • Esa V. Niinimaki, Chief Legal Officer, Nokia Oyj / Nokia of America Corporation
  • Julie Rottenberg, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Visa  — WINNER

Finalists for Startup Solo GC of the Year

  • Kate Karas, General Counsel, Chime Financial
  • Deitzah Raby, General Counsel, AppliedVR  — WINNER
  • Austin Weaver, General Counsel, Association of Pickleball Players

Finalists for General Counsel of the Year

  • Paul Grewal, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, Coinbase
  • Monica Howard Douglas, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, The Coca-Cola Company
  • Lynne Puckett, General Counsel, Celanese Corporation
  • Laura Stevens, General Counsel, Cengage Group
  • Tony West, Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, Uber  — WINNER

Finalists for U.S. Legal Department of the Year

  • Celanese Corporation
  • Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • OpenAI
  • United Airlines  — WINNER