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
