Lifetime Achievement Award Winners
Judge Abraham D. Sofaer, FedArb
Elizabeth Cabraser, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
John Hall, Covington & Burling
Michele Mulrooney, Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Tina Thomas, Stoel Rives
Attorney of the Year Finalists
Ed Dudensing, Dudensing Law
Sarah London, Girard Sharp
Brett Schreiber, Singleton Schreiber
Law Firm of the Year Finalists
King & Spalding
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
Shegerian and Associates
Singleton Schreiber
WilmerHale
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
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
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
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
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
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
Alex Tieu, JLG Lawyers
Latham & Watkins
Megan Baca, Ropes & Gray
Steno
Bobby Malhotra, Winston & Strawn
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
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
Justin Shegerian, Shegerian and Associates
Gennifer E. Birkenfeld‑Malpass, WilmerHale
Madeline Ong, Kahana Feld
Isabella Granucci, Holland & Knight
Katelyn Taira, Winston & Strawn
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
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
WilmerHale
Tech Industry Litigation Department of the Year Finalists
Cooley
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Gibson Dunn
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Hueston Hennigan
Knobbe Martens
Latham & Watkins
Morrison Foerster
Orrick
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Sheppard
WilmerHale
Vanguard Award Finalists
Covington & Burling
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, Reed Smith
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