In-House Awards
Crisis Management
- Krishna Walker, General Counsel, CareVet
- Allison Purmort, General Counsel Southwest Foodservice Excellence (SFE)
- Kimberly Bennion, VP, Associate General Counsel Robert Half International Inc.
Innovative Leadership
- Danielle Antill, Director of Legal Operations, Barings
- Julie Anne Gillespie, VP and Head of IP, BioNTechUS
- Stacy Walsh, AVP Corporate Legal Operations, Travelers
- Karla Robertson, EVP, General Counsel, Secretary & Chief Social Responsibility Officer, Pentair
- Hope Mehlman, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Bank of the West
Thought Leadership
- Yosr Hamza, Director, Legal & Compliance – Middle East, Gartner
- Nicole Linda Kelsey, Amyris, Inc.
- Elizabeth McBride, VP, Litigation, Compliance and Privacy, Applied Materials, Inc.
- Ashley Kuruvilla, VP and General Counsel, Woodland Direct, Inc.
- Gabrielle Kohlmeier, Managing Associate General Counsel/Lead Legal for Consumer Omnipresence & Orchestration Operations Group, Verizon
Collaborative Leadership
- Kathy Hibbs, Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary, 23andMe
- Cara Hawkinson, Associate General Counsel, Data Privacy and Security, Fresenius Medical Care North America
- Yafit Cohn, Chief Sustainability Officer and Group General Counsel, Travelers
- Angela Jeffers, SVP, General Counsel, Patelco Credit Union
- Sibyle Medie, Deputy General Counsel, Payer
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Champion
- Inderpreet Sawhney, EVP-Group General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Infosys Limited
- Patricia Astorga, Chief Legal Officer, The Mintz Group
- Tara Plimpton, Senior EVP, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary, Regions Bank
- Aviva Will, Co-Chief Operating Officer, Burford Capital
- Tammy Albarrán, Chief Deputy General Counsel, Uber Technologies, Inc.
Best Mentor
- Lora Spencer, Principal Litigation Counsel, Litigation & Investigations, Global Legal, Medtronic
- Michelle Carson, Chief Litigation Counsel, Universal Health Services, Inc.
- Samantha Wellington, EVP, Business Affairs, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, Trinet
- Shana Simmons, General Counsel, Everlaw
- Melanie Gross, Senior Director & Associate General Counsel at Genentech, Inc.
General Counsel of the Year
- Karen Leetzow, Chief Legal Officer, U.S. Soccer Federation
- Fatema Fathnezhad, Group VP Legal, Virgin Mobile Middle East & Africa
- Joan Aristei, General Counsel and Chief Risk Officer, Oportun
- Irene Liu, Chief Legal Officer, Hopin
- Alexis Kremen, General Counsel, Related Companies
Lifetime Achievement
- Carol Bernheim, Deputy General Counsel, Bridgewater Associates
Law Firm Awards
Innovative Leadership
- Jeanne Gills, Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP
- Francine Friedman Griesing, Managing Member, Griesing Law, LLC
- Lynda A. Bennett, Shareholder, Lowenstein Sandler LLP
- Jill MacAlpine, Cecilia Sanabria, and Esther Lim, Partners, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP (team award)
- Jessica Taub Rosenberg, Partner, Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP
- Julie G. Reiser, Partner, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC
- Joanna Plichta Boisen, Chief Pro Bono & Social Impact Officer, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Thought Leadership
- Amber Rogers, Partner, Hunton Andrews Kurth, LLP
- Ellen Holloman, Partner, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
- Eva Davis, Chair, Transactions Department, Winston & Strawn LLP
- LaKeisha Marsh, Practice Group Chair, Government Affairs and Public Policy; Chair, Higher Education and Collegiate Athletics Practice, Akerman LLP
- Simona Agnolucci, Partner, Litigation Department; Managing Partner of the San Francisco office, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
- Frieda Garcia, Partner, Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP
- Cristina Shea, Partner and Global Head of Women’s Initiative at Reed Smith (WINRS), Reed Smith LLP
Collaborative Leadership
- Demetra Liggins, Partner, McGuireWoods LLP
- Christine Okike, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
- Carmen Brun, Head of Konexo US; Senior Counsel, Eversheds Sutherland
- Sharon Klein, Chair, Privacy, Security & Data Protection Practice, Blank Rome LLP
- Denice Tokunaga, Seattle Office Co-Managing Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
- Barbara Binzak Blumenfeld, Shareholder, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
- Carmita Alonso, Partner, Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
- Cristina DeMento, Partner, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
- Sara Vinarov, Global Legal Head of Intellectual Property, Tate & Lyle PLC
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Champion
- Alison Chen, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
- Yendelela Holston, Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend
- Jamila Mensah, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright
- Michelle Park Chiu, Partner, Morgan Lewis
- Audrea Golding, Partner, Fragomen
- Brionna Denby, Senior Counsel, Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC
- Alexis Amezcua, Partner, Morrison Foerster
- Amaryah Bocchino, Managing Partner, Chief Diversity Officer and Firm Executive Committee Member, MG+M The Law Firm
Best Mentor
- Amy M. Stewart, Partner, Stewart Law Group
- Amanda Murphy, Partner, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
- Ingrid Bagby, Partner, Cadwalader
- Melissa Schwartz, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
- Megan DeLeon, Partner, Akerman LLP
- Shari Klevens, Partner, Dentons
Managing Partner of the Year
- Kelly Culhane, Culhane Meadows PLLC
- Jamie Levitt, Morrison Foerster
- Andrea Mitchell, Mitchell Sandler LLC
- Christine Howard, Fisher Phillips
- Rhonda Tobin, Robinson & Cole LLP
Lifetime Achievement
- Nancy Kestenbaum, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP
- Ursula Ungaro, Partner, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP
- Regina Petty, Chief Diversity Officer & Partner, Fisher Phillips
- Faith Gay, Founding Partner, Selendy Gay Elsberg PLLC
- Kathleen McKenna, Partner, Proskauer