Media Advocacy Award Finalists

Ballard Spahr
Covington & Burling
Greenberg Traurig
Reed Smith
Wiley Rein
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr

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Legal Services Innovation Finalists

Dechert
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian
Irell & Manella
Labaton Sucharow
McDermott Will & Emery
Munger Tolles & Olson
Shulman Rogers
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan

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Lifetime Achievement Award Winners

Judge Shelley Chapman, Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Judge Allyson Duncan, JAMS
Irving Picard, BakerHostetler
Judge David Tatel, Hogan Lovells
Dean William Treanor, Georgetown Law
Michael Mukasey, Debevoise & Plimpton    

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Law Firm Distinguished Leaders Winner

Seth Zachary, Paul Hastings    

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Best Law Firm of the Year Finalists

Joint Nomination: Perkins Coie, Jenner & Block, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, Susman Godfrey, Williams & Connolly, Cooley, Clement & Murphy and Munger, Tolles & Olson
Covington & Burling
Reed Smith
Akin
Cleary Gottlieb
Ropes & Gray
Sidley Austin
McDermott Will & Emery

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Attorney of the Year Finalists

Bill Burck, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Neel Chatterjee, King & Spalding
Laurie Carr Mims, Keker Van Nest & Peters
Michael Buchanan and Muhammad Faridi, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler

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Best Use of Technology Finalists

Frost Brown Todd
Honigman
Labaton Keller Sucharow 
McDermott Will & Emery
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Munger Tolles & Olson 
Seyfarth Shaw
Weil, Gotshal & Manges

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Best Provider Collaboration Finalists

DLA Piper/ITU and Stanford Law School CodeX
Hogan Lovells/ELTEMATE and Lineal
McDermott Will & Emery/Thomson Reuters CoCounsel
Morgan Lewis & Bockius/Thomson Reuters CoCounsel
Paul Hastings/Dashboard Legal by Bloomberg Law
Polsinelli/UnitedLex
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan/Syllo
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr/Law Offices of Joel B. Rudin P.C. and Hoover & Durland

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Best Business Team

A&O Shearman
Ballard Spahr
Benesch
Cahill Gordon & Reindel
Frost Brown Todd
Norton Rose Fulbright
Reed Smith
Troutman Pepper Locke

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Best Mentor: Law Firm Finalists

Omar Alaniz, Reed Smith
Monica Call, Foley & Lardner
David Fish, Romano Law
Timothy Flaherty, Clark Hill
Alicia Grant, Norton Rose Fulbright
Kate Mueting, Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight
Rahul Patel, King & Spalding
Mark Plotkin, Covington & Burling

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Litigator of the Year Finalists

Dane Butswinkas, Williams & Connolly
Jessica Ellsworth, Hogan Lovells
Lindsay Harrison, Jenner & Block
Moez Kaba, Hueston Hennigan
Jeffrey Kessler, Winston & Strawn
Josh Rosenkranz, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Jeffrey Wall, Sullivan & Cromwell
Ned Weinberger, Labaton Keller Sucharow

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National Boutique/Specialty Litigation Department of the Year Finalists

Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann
Bird Marella
Desmarais
Keker Van Nest & Peters
Kobre & Kim
McKool Smith
Susman Godfrey
Wilkinson Stekloff

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Best Client Law-Firm Team Finalists

DLA Piper
Fenwick
Jenner & Block
Latham & Watkins
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Sullivan & Cromwell
Troutman Pepper Locke
Williams & Connolly 

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Young Lawyer of the Year (Beyond Practice) Finalists

Amber Carson, Gray Reed
Jenna Cutler, Barclay Damon
Jesse-Justin Cuevas, Susman Godfrey
Alla Digilova, Haynes Boone
John Drosick, Winston & Strawn
Mark Goldstein, Reed Smith
Katie Harrington, Foley & Lardner
HC Jones III, Cole Schotz
Melodie Khosrovani, Shutts & Bowen
Kasey Koballa, Kilpatrick Townsend

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Young Lawyer of the Year (Corporate) Finalists

Ann Marie Brodarick, McDermott Will & Emery
Emily Cai, Jones Day
Matthew Falcone, Vinson & Elkins
Dan Gibbons, Davis Polk
Nitya Kumar Goyal, Dechert
Steven R. Green, Wachtell, Lipton Rosen & Katz
Dotun Obadina, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Joseph F. Rosati, White & Case
Brittany Sakowitz, Kirkland & Ellis
Mark Schenkel, Sullivan & Cromwell

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Young Lawyer of the Year (Litigation) Finalists

Alejandra Ávila, Kellogg Hansen
Lee Crain, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Lauren Hartz, Jenner & Block
Roxana Guidero, Wilkinson Stekloff
Michael Huston, Perkins Coie
Allyson Julien, Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum
Erin Morgan, Dunn Isaacson Rhee
Pravin Patel, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Brittany L. Sukiennik, Cravath, Swaine & Moore
Katie Wellington, Hogan Lovells

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Corporate Culture & Wellbeing Finalists

Covington & Burling
McGuireWoods
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp
Morrison Foerster
O'Melveny & Myers
Weil, Gotshal & Manges 

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Managing Partner of the Year Finalists

Lorie Almon, Seyfarth Shaw
Hailyn Chen and Malcolm Heinicke, Munger Tolles & Olson
Douglas Clark, Wilson Sonsini
Julie Jones, Ropes & Gray
Randy Mehrberg, Jenner & Block
Anjan Sahni, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr
Donna Wilson, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
Stephen Zubiago, Nixon Peabody

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Best Professional Development Initiative Finalists

Arnold & Porter
Cahill Gordon & Reindel
Dechert
Eversheds Sutherland
Husch Blackwell
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Ropes & Gray
Stradley

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U.S. Impact Law Firm of the Year Finalists

Clifford Chance
Freshfields
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Kennedys
Linklaters

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Most Promising Newcomer Finalists

Reid Carroll, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
Dinis Cheian, Susman Godfrey
Danielle Izzo, Labaton Keller Sucharow
Lauren Lummus, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check
Pearl Dzifa Mansu, Reed Smith
Andrew Santana, Jenner & Block
Bethany Thomas, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
Julia Zasso, Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum