The American Lawyer Industry Award Finalists

Lifetime Achievement Honorees

  • David Boies, Boies Schiller Flexner
  • Kenneth Feinberg, Feinberg Law Offices
  • Joseph Greenaway Jr., Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer
  • Don Liu, Target
  • Eduardo Robreno, McCarter & English
  • Ann Claire Williams, Jones Day

Law Firm Distinguished Leader Honoree

  • Kim Koopersmith, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

Attorney of the Year Finalists

  • Lori Cohen, Greenberg Traurig
  • Robert Kimmitt, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr and Stephen Rademaker, Covington & Burling
  • Daniel Kramer and Karen Dunn of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison 
  • Wesley Powell, Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Best Business Team

  • Baker Donelson
  • Benesch
  • Holland & Knight
  • Hogan Lovells
  • Kramer Levin
  • Latham & Watkins
  • Troutman Pepper

Best Client-Law Firm Team

  • Coinbase and Fenwick & West
  • Microsoft and Davis Wright Tremaine
  • Dominion and Troutman Pepper
  • Geisinger and McDermott Will & Emery
  • Viatris and Hogan Lovells
  • Vanderbilt University and Husch Blackwell

Best Law Firm of the Year—Non U.S.

  • Clifford Chance
  • Dentons
  • Freshfields
  • Kennedys
  • Linklaters

Best Diversity Initiative

  • Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
  • Dechert
  • Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner
  • Hanson Bridgett
  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
  • Susman Godfrey
  • Latham & Watkins

Best Mentor: Law Firm

  • Maurice Bellan, Baker McKenzie
  • Li Feng, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner
  • Michael H. Ginsberg, Jones Day
  • Sandra Grannum, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath
  • Maureen Rurka, Winston & Strawn
  • Serena Agaba Rwejuna, White & Case
  • Melissa Schwartz, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
  • Jack White, McGuireWoods
  • Kahlil Yearwood, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

Best Professional Development Initiative

  • Reed Smith
  • Troutman Pepper
  • DLA Piper
  • Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
  • Cahill Gordon & Reindel
  • Morrison & Foerster
  • Ballard Spahr
  • Ropes & Gray

Best Provider Collaboration

  • Cleary Gottlieb and Lighthouse
  • Paul Hastings and Passthrough
  • Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles; McGuireWoods; Kirkland & Ellis; Schonbrun Seplow; and the Human Rights Litigation Clinic at UCLA
  • DLA Piper; UCLA Voting Rights Project; Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; ACLU of New Mexico; and Navajo Nation Department of Justice

Best Use of Technology

  • Dechert
  • BakerHostetler
  • Thompson Hine
  • Paul Weiss
  • Kirkland & Ellis
  • Morgan Lewis & Bockius

Corporate Culture & Wellbeing

  • Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath
  • Husch Blackwell
  • Latham & Watkins
  • McGuireWoods
  • Ogletree Deakins
  • Ropes & Gray
  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Legal Services Innovation Award

  • Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
  • Baker McKenzie
  • Davis Wright Tremaine
  • Dechert
  • Hogan Lovells
  • Husch Blackwell
  • A&O Shearman
  • Troutman Pepper

Litigator of the Year

  • Gary Bornstein, Cravath
  • Jason Sheasby and Lisa Glasser, Irell & Manella
  • Jeroen van Kwawegen, Bernstein Litowitz
  • Justin Nelson, Susman Godfrey
  • Kannon Shanmugam, Paul Weiss
  • Tarek Ismail, Goldman Ismail
  • Beth Wilkinson, Wilkinson Stekloff

National Boutique / Specialty Litigation Department of the Year

  • Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann
  • Bird, Marella, Rhow, Lincenberg, Drooks, & Nessim
  • Hueston Hennigan
  • Hecker Fink
  • Labaton Keller Sucharow
  • MoloLamken
  • Reid Collins & Tsai
  • Susman Godfrey
  • Wilkinson Stekloff

Managing Partner of the Year

  • Adam Hakki, A&O Shearman
  • Ira Coleman, McDermott Will & Emery
  • Julie Jones, Ropes & Gray
  • Miguel Zaldivar, Hogan Lovells
  • Neil Barr, Davis Polk & Wardwell
  • Pat Whalen, Spencer Fane
  • Yvette Ostolaza, Sidley Austin

Best Law Firm of the Year

  • Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
  • Cleary Gottlieb
  • Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
  • Latham & Watkins
  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • Morgan Lewis
  • Morrison & Foerster
  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
  • Ropes & Gray

Young Lawyer of the Year — Beyond Practice

  • Elissa Baur, McGuireWoods
  • Marcus Childress, Jenner & Block
  • Sarah Cummings Stewart, Reed Smith
  • Michelle Diamond, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
  • Hrishikesh Hari, Dechert
  • Xakema Henderson, Akerman
  • Ann Motl, Bowman and Brooke
  • Sam Schoenburg, Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum

Young Lawyer of the Year — Litigation

  • Sharonmoyee Goswami, Cravath Swaine & Moore
  • TaCara Harris, King & Spalding
  • Torrey Peterson, Shook, Hardy & Bacon
  • Morgan Ratner, Sullivan & Cromwell
  • Michael Raupp, Husch Blackwell
  • Walter Simons, Bracewell
  • Brette Tannenbaum, Paul Weiss
  • Andrew Tutt, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer

Young Lawyer of the Year — Corporate

  • Roshni Banker Cariello, Davis Polk
  • Elena Coyle, Skadden
  • Russell Hedman, Hogan Lovells
  • Remi Korenblit, Wilson Sonsini
  • Anna Martini G. Pereira, Willkie Farr & Gallagher
  • Brittany Sakowitz, Kirkland & Ellis
  • Jessica Wood, Sidley Austin
  • Milson Yu, Cooley

Law Firm Corporate Practices of the Year

Corporate Attorney of the Year Finalists, Private Equity and M&A

  • Elizabeth Cooper, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
  • Catherine Dargan, Covington & Burling
  • Sebastian Fain, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
  • Justin Hamill, Latham & Watkins
  • Joanne Katsantonis, McGuireWoods
  • Melissa Sawyer, Sullivan & Cromwell
  • Krishna Veeraraghavan, Paul Weiss
  • Sean Wheeler, Kirkland & Ellis

Corporate Attorney of the Year Finalists, Capital and Solutions

  • Jon Avina, Cooley (Capital Markets)
  • Kris Hansen, Paul Hastings (Bankruptcy)
  • Jonathan Karen, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (Funds)
  • Daniel Lavon-Krein, Kirkland & Ellis (Funds)
  • John Meade, Davis Polk (Capital Markets)
  • Kara Mungovan, Davis Polk (Tax)
  • Justin Salon, Morrison & Foerster (Capital Markets)
  • Ray Schrock of Weil, Gotshal & Manges (Bankruptcy)

Corporate Practices of the Year, General

  • Davis Polk
  • Kirkland & Ellis
  • Latham & Watkins
  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
  • Sidley Austin
  • Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
  • Sullivan & Cromwell
  • Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Corporate Practices, Specialty Practices (Energy)

  • Davis Polk
  • Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
  • Morgan Lewis
  • Sheppard Mullin
  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
  • Vinson & Elkins

Corporate Practices, Specialty Practices (Midmarket)

  • Cozen O’Connor
  • Haynes and Boone
  • Holland & Knight
  • McDermott Will & Emery

Corporate Practices, Specialty Practices (Pharma and Health Care)

  • Cooley
  • Kirkland & Ellis
  • Ropes & Gray
  • Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
  • Sullivan & Cromwell

Corporate Practice, Specialty Practices (Technology and Telecom)

  • A&O Shearman
  • Cooley
  • Morrison & Foerster
  • Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
  • Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
  • Sullivan & Cromwell

Corporate Counsel Best Legal Departments

Best Deputy or Associate GC

  • Elaine Darr, DHL
  • Daniel Koh, Ziff Davis
  • Thomas Henry, Intuit
  • Diane M. Meyers, Weyerhaeuser
  • Andrea Nelson & Erin Wessling, The Cigna Group
  • Kate Pytlewski, EPAM Systems

Best Legal Ops Team

  • BILL
  • Capgemini
  • Cengage Group
  • Cox Media Group
  • Marsh McLennan

Best Mentor: In-House Legal Department

  • Jason B. Daly, Amneal Pharmaceuticals
  • Eric Jarrett, Dropbox
  • CJ Kim, ExlService Holdings
  • Randy Liebowitz, PepsiCo
  • Emily Shapiro, Affirm

Best Use of Technology

  • Capgemini
  • GSK
  • Marsh McLennan’s LIT Lab
  • Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
  • U.S. Treasury/IRS Office of Chief Counsel

Champion of Diversity Award

  • Ann Chaplin, Qualcomm
  • Sara L. Hall, American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities (ALSAC)
  • Amy Harris, UMB Financial
  • Hope Mehlman, Discover Financial Services
  • Ashoo Sharma, HomeServices of America, a Berkshire Hathaway Co.

Compliance Department of the Year

  • AGS Health
  • Datasite
  • Docusign
  • General Motors
  • GSK
  • Sedgwick

General Counsel of the Year

  • Craig Glidden, General Motors
  • Eric D. Greenberg, Cox Media Group
  • Sam Khichi, CVS
  • Peter McGoff, Rubrik
  • Edward Rockwell, EPAM Systems
  • Jim Shaughnessy, Docusign

Purpose and Wellbeing Award

  • Abbott
  • Eric D. Greenberg, Cox Media Group
  • Oxford Properties Group
  • PepsiCo

Startup Solo GC of the Year

  • Kevin Colby, GOWell International
  • Craig Schwartz, Covariant
  • Lesley Wainwright, PlayOn Sports

Strategic Business Leader of the Year

  • Heather Cohen, EVP, Chief Human Resources Officer and Legal Officer, ConMed
  • Jim Harrington, GC, Chief Administrative Officer and Secretary, Workhorse
  • Nicole Jones serves as EVP, Chief Administrative Officer, and General Counsel, The Cigna Group
  • Megan Lutes, GC and HR Chief, Glowforge
  • Laura Safdie, COO and GC, Casetext
  • Kent Walker, CLO and President of Global Affairs, Alphabet

U.S. Legal Department of the Year

  • CVS Health
  • General Motors
  • Graybar Electric Company
  • Mattel
  • PepsiCo
  • Robinhood Markets