• Lifetime Achievement Award Winners

  • Judge Abraham D. Sofaer, FedArb 
  • Elizabeth Cabraser, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein 
  • John Hall, Covington & Burling  
  • Michele Mulrooney, Willkie Farr & Gallagher  
  • Harry Olivar, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
  • Tina Thomas, Stoel Rives
     

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Attorney of the Year Finalists

  • Ed Dudensing, Dudensing Law 
  • Sarah London, Girard Sharp — WINNER
  • Brett Schreiber, Singleton Schreiber  

Law Firm of the Year Finalists

  • King & Spalding 
  • Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein 
  • Shegerian and Associates 
  • Singleton Schreiber  — WINNER
  • WilmerHale 
  • Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati 

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Best Mentor Finalists

  • Karen Boyd, Thompson Hine  
  • Carolyn G. Burnette, Jackson Lewis  
  • Patrick Burns, Hanson Bridgett  
  • Adam Carlson, Casper, Meadows, Schwartz & Cook 
  • Jeffrey D. Diener, BakerHostetler 
  • John Feder, Rouda Feder Tietjen & McGuinn 
  • Bonnie Lau, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati 
  • Jennifer Oliver, Buchanan 
  • Agustin Orozco, Crowell & Moring  
  • Jessica Valenzuela, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher  
  • Dennis Wilson, Kilpatrick  — WINNER
  • Daniel Zimmermann, WilmerHale  

Community Advocacy and Impact Initiative Finalists

  • BraunHagey & Borden  
  • Covington & Burling  
  • Fenwick 
  • Greenberg Traurig 
  • Hecker Fink  
  • Jenner & Block 
  • Neel Chatterjee, King & Spalding 
  • McNicholas & McNicholas 
  • Morrison Foerster 
  • Public Counsel  — WINNER
  • Reed Smith 
  • Elizabeth Mitchell & Matthew Umhofer, Umhofer, Mitchell & King

Dealmakers of the Year Finalists

  • Daren Orzechowski, A&O Shearman 
  • Derek Liu, Baker McKenzie 
  • Emily Leonard, Covington & Burling  
  • Michael Brown, Fenwick 
  • Hamed Meshki, Kirkland & Ellis     
  • Charles Ruck, Latham & Watkins  
  • Troy Zander, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips 
  • Kenneth Siegel, Eric T. McCrath, and Christopher C. McKinnon, Morrison Foerster 
  • Sonia Nijjar, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom  
  • Mike Ringler and Pete Jones, Sullivan & Cromwell  — WINNER
  • Rezwan Pavri, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati 

Distinguished Leader Honorees

  • Shanti Ariker, JFrog 
  • Lucie Barron, ADR Services 
  • April Miller Boise, Intel Corporation 
  • Doug Clark, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati 
  • Dion Cominos, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani 
  • Patrick A. Klingborg, Solomon Ward Seidenwurm Smith 
  • John Quinn, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan 
  • Mahru Madjidi, Shegerian and Associates 
  • Josh Maxwell, Hone Maxwell 
  • Eric T. McCrath, Morrison Foerster  
  • Harry J. Nelson, Leech Tishman Nelson Hardiman 
  • Peggy Otum, WilmerHale 
  • Dylan Ruga, Steno 

Entertainment Lawyer of the Year Finalists

  • David Eisman, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom  
  • David Hernand, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett  
  • Moez Kaba, Hueston Hennigan  — WINNER 
  • Molly M. Lens, O’Melveny & Myers 
  • Rick Offsay, Latham & Watkins 
  • Jonathan Pink, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith  
  • Rollin Ransom, Sidley Austin  
  • Neema Sahni, Covington & Burling  
  • Robert Sherman, DLA Piper 
  • David Singer, Jenner & Block 

Innovation in Tech/AI Finalists

  • Lindsey Tonsager, Covington & Burling  
  • Ann Staggs, Grafana Labs 
  • Irell & Manella  — WINNER 
  • Alex Tieu, JLG Lawyers 
  • Latham & Watkins  
  • Megan Baca, Ropes & Gray 
  • Steno     
  • Bobby Malhotra, Winston Taylor  
  • WR Immigration 
  • Monica Zent, ZentLaw 

Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year Finalists

  • Adam Alper and Michael De Vries, Kirkland & Ellis  
  • Margret Caruso, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan  
  • Adam Cashman, BraunHagey & Borden  
  • Yar Chaikovsky, White & Case  
  • Ted Chandler, Baker Botts  
  • Brian Horne, Knobbe Martens
  • Joseph C. Gratz, Morrison Foerster 
  • Brian McKnight, Polsinelli 
  • Rohit Nath, Susman Godfrey  — WINNER
  • Joseph Saveri, Saveri Law Firm 
  • David Singer, Jenner & Block 
  • John Picone, Spencer Fane 

Lawyers on the Fast Track (Corporate) Honoree

  • Bardia Moayedi, Snell & Wilmer 

Lawyers on the Fast Track (General Litigation) Honorees

  • Abimael Bastida, McManis Faulkner 
  • Brianna Howard, Ballard Spahr  
  • Christina Lee, Keker, Van Nest & Peters  
  • Sophie Mancall-Bitel, Mayer Brown 
  • Krysta Pachman, Susman Godfrey 

Lawyers on the Fast Track (Labor and Employment) Honorees

  • Natalie Alameddine, Blank Rome  
  • Laura Devane, Littler Mendelson 
  • Monique Eginli, Clark Hill  
  • Sam Katz, Athlaw  
  • Koree B. Wooley, Jones Day 

Lawyers on the Fast Track Honorees

  • Michael Albert, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd  
  • Parag L. Amin, Law Office of Parag L. Amin  
  • Ashley Fillmore, Uber Technologies  
  • Linda Sobczynski Gilleran, Farella Braun + Martel 
  • Francesca Grea, Fox Rothschild  
  • Ginger L. Grimes, Dardarian Ho Kan & Lee  
  • Sri Kuehnlenz, Cohen & Gresser  
  • Elaine Lee, Peckar & Abramson  
  • Christopher Olson, McDermott Will & Schulte  

Lawyers on the Fast Track (Personal Injury) Honorees

  • Jared Wise, Morgan & Morgan 
  • Tiseme Zegeye, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein 

Lawyers on the Fast Track (Real Estate) Honorees

  • Nicholas Cameron, Cox, Castle & Nicholson 
  • Marie Gribble, Lathrop GPM  
  • Ulrick Matsunaga, Crosbie Gliner Schiffman Southard & Swanson 

Lawyers on the Fast Track (Trust and Estates) Honorees

  • Meghan M. Glaspy, RMO  
  • Benjamin R. Schwefel, Murtaugh 

Most Promising Newcomer Finalists

  • Cordell Brown, Munger, Tolles & Olson 
  • John Riley, Foley & Lardner 
  • Timothy Wieroniey, Rogers Joseph O’Donnell 
  • Aaron Cera, Saveri Law Firm 
  • Cohl Kenneth Love, Kirkland & Ellis  
  • Andrew Santana, Jenner & Block — WINNER
  • Justin Shegerian, Shegerian and Associates 
  • Gennifer E. Birkenfeld‑Malpass, WilmerHale 
  • Madeline Ong, Kahana Feld 
  • Isabella Granucci, Holland & Knight 
  • Katelyn Taira, Winston Taylor

Office Managing Partner of the Year Finalists

  • Thomas T.H. Chou, Morrison Foerster  
  • Denise Glagau, Baker McKenzie 
  • Arwen Johnson, King & Spalding 
  • Erik S. Moore, Schulman & Moore 
  • Jason Murtagh, Buchanan 
  • Jeffrey Rosenfeld, Alston & Bird 
  • Gerald Singleton, Singleton Schreiber 
  • Sarah Solum, Freshfields  
  • Chris Tayback, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan  — WINNER 
  • Gretchen Hoff Varner, Covington & Burling  
  • Alex Weingarten, Willkie Farr & Gallagher 
  • Kahlil T. Yearwood, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher 

Talent Management Innovation Finalists

  • Hanson Bridgett  
  • Spencer Fane 
  • Tyson & Mendes  — WINNER
  • WilmerHale  

Tech Industry Litigation Department of the Year Finalists

  • Cooley  — WINNER
  • Davis Polk & Wardwell  
  • Gibson Dunn  
  • Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati 
  • Hueston Hennigan  
  • Knobbe Martens 
  • Latham & Watkins  
  • Morrison Foerster 
  • Orrick 
  • Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan 
  • Sheppard 
  • WilmerHale

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Vanguard Award Finalists

  • Covington & Burling  — WINNER
  • Latham & Watkins 
  • Shegerian and Associates 
  • Willkie Farr & Gallagher 
  • Wood Smith Henning & Berman 
  • Umhofer, Mitchell & King  

Women Leaders in Tech Law Honorees

  • Gretchen A. Ramos, Greenberg Traurig 
  • Lindsay Llewellyn, Lyft  

Women Leaders in Tech Law (Corporate/Transactions) Honorees

  • Sarah Axtell, Latham & Watkins 
  • Sonia Nijjar, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom  
  • Ingrid Rechtin, Covington & Burling  
  • Kaylee Yang, Norton Rose Fulbright 

Women Leaders in Tech Law (Intellectual Property) Honorees

  • Angela Dunning, Cleary Gottlieb 
  • Lindsay Cooper Hayman, Debevoise & Plimpton 
  • Tiffany Lee, Willkie Farr & Gallagher 
  • Christine M. Morgan, Kilpatrick
  • Lisa Nguyen, Paul Hastings 
  • Jennifer Seraphine, Thompson Hine 
  • H. Annita Zhong, Irell & Manella 

Women Leaders in Tech Law (Litigation) Honorees

  • Jennifer Bretan, Fenwick 
  • Lexi Hazam, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
  • Sonal N. Mehta, WilmerHale 
  • Elizabeth K. McCloskey, Gibson Dunn 
  • Rachael Meny, Keker, Van Nest & Peters  
  • Justina Sessions, Freshfields  
  • Erica Van Loon, Armond Wilson 
  • Laura Vartain, Kirkland & Ellis 
  • Christina Von der Ahe Rayburn, Hueston Hennigan  

Women Leaders in Tech Law (Regulatory) Honoree

  • Shiva Aminian, Akin