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Women Leaders in Tech Law – Winners

Alicia Fenrick, Cruise
Cassandra Gaedt-Sheckter, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Christa Anderson, Cooley
Christina Pearson, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Daphne Higgs, Morrison & Foerster
Daralyn J. Durie, Durie Tangri
Dominique Shelton Leipzig, Mayer Brown
Emily Roberts, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Jamie Leigh, Cooley
Kalpana Srinivasan, Susman Godfrey
Karen Boyd, Turner Boyd
Lindsay Llewellyn, Lyft
Michele Lee, Pinterest
Michelle Armond, Armond Wilson
Miriam Kim, Munger, Tolles & Olson
Natasha Allen, Foley & Lardner
Saina Shamilov, Fenwick & West
Sonal Mehta, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
Sue Xia, Walmart
Tia Sherringham, DoorDash

Lawyers on the Fast Track (under 40) – Winners

Alan Laquer, Knobbe Martens
Alexander Smith, Jenner & Block
Austin S. Pollet, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Aviva J. Gilbert, Farella Braun + Martel
Charles Martin , Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Christopher Young, Joseph Saveri Law Firm
Daniel Allender, Robins Kaplan
Henry Scott, Milbank
Jaelyn Edwards Judelson, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Janice W. Reicher, Farella Braun + Martel
Joe Reiter, Hueston Hennigan
Jonathan Tam, Dechert
Jordan Ludwig , Crowell & Moring
Joseph Halloum, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Justin Santarosa, Duane Morris
Laura Carwile, Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg
Jeanifer Parsigian, Winston & Strawn
Lidia Lopez, Kilpatrick Townsend
Lindsay Cooper, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Mark Myott, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Matt Cagle, ACLU of Northern California
Mia Chiu, Rakuten Rewards
Nick Pujji, Dentons US
Nima H. Mohebbi, Latham & Watkins
Nioura Ghazni, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
James Berger, Norton Rose Fulbright
Paul Lanois, Fieldfisher
Pramode Chiruvolu, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Mara Curtis, Reed Smith
Robert Barton, Holland & Knight
Qiaojing Ella Zheng, Sanford Heisler Sharp
Shannon Dudic, DLA Piper
Stephen Blake, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Amy Proctor, Irell & Manella
Christopher A. Paniewski, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Ehsun Forghany,  Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Ashley Simonsen, Covington & Burling
Julia Ushakova-Stein, Fenwick & West
Roman Swoopes, Morrison & Foerster
Vassi Iliadis, Hogan Lovells

Tech Industry Advisory Team of the Year – Finalists

Davis Polk & Wardwell
Latham & Watkins
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Tech Industry Litigation Department of the Year – Finalists

Covington & Burling
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Irell & Manella
Keker, Van Nest & Peters
Munger, Tolles & Olsen
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr

Innovation in Diversity and Inclusion – Finalists

Latham & Watkins and Ron Brown Scholars
Mary-Christine (‘M.C.’) Sungaila, Buchalter
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, and Popeo

Mentorship Award – Finalists

Anabella Bonfa, Wellman & Warren
Carolina Bravo-Karimi , Wilson Turner Kosmo
Harry Bremond, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Jesse-Justin Cuevas, Susman Godfrey
Joan M. Haratani, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Susan Vargas, King & Spalding

Environmental, Social, and Governance Initiative – Finalists

Hanson Bridgett
Kirkland & Ellis
Morrison & Foerster

Vanguard Award – Finalists

Cruise’s IP Legal Department
BAL
Davis Wright Tremaine
Fragomen
Hanson Bridgett
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Attorney of the Year – Finalists

Aaron Lewis, Covington
Calise Cheng, Cooley
Dena Sharp, Girard Sharp
Kenneth Steinthal, King & Spalding
Rezwan Pavri, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Richard Heimann, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein

“On the Radar” Award – Winners

On the Radar – Corporate:
Latham & Watkins
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

On the Radar – Litigation

Overall: Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Antitrust: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Consumer Class Action Defense: Cooley
Labor & Employment: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Patent: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Trademark/ Copyright: Davis Wright Tremaine
Mitchell Silberberg Knupp
Securities: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati