Honorees

Lifetime Achievement Award Honorees

  • Mercedes Armas Bach, Retired Judge, 11th Judicial Circuit, Florida
  • James A. Ballerano Jr., Day Pitney
  • Robert Brochin, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
  • Candis Trusty, Markowitz Ringel Trusty + Hartog

Distinguished Leaders Honorees

  • Beatriz Azcuy, Sidley Austin
  • Christopher Boyett, Holland & Knight
  • Craig T. Downs, The Downs Law Group
  • Anna Fernandez, Legal Lotus
  • Craig Goldenfarb, Goldlaw
  • Fred E. Karlinsky, Greenberg Traurig

Unsung Heroes Honorees

  • Daniel Balmori, Hogan Lovells
  • Carmen Contreras-Martinez, Saul Ewing
  • Evan S. Glasser, Greenspoon Marder 
  • Demitrianna Grekos, Hunton Andrews Kurth
  • Christopher Ramsey, GrayRobinson
  • Jackelyn Stewart, Eisinger Law

On the Rise (Small/Midsize Firm) Honorees

  • Lauren K. Einhorn, Taylor English Duma
  • Alexander Fischer, Sanchez Fischer Levine 
  • Anne R. Flanigan, Weiss Serota Helfman Cole + Bierman
  • Jose Herrera-Paez, Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial
  • Utibe Ikpe, Meland Budwick
  • Chelsea Koff, Stearns Weaver Miller
  • Monique Lavender Greenberg, Lavender Greenberg
  • Tal Lifshitz, Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton
  • Matthew McGuane, Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider + Grossman
  • Jordan Nadel, Mark Migdal & Hayden
  • Pascual Oliu, Boies Schiller Flexner
  • Amanda Phillips, Greenspoon Marder
  • Emily Pincow, LashGoldberg
  • Pablo Rojas, Podhurst Orseck
  • Dominique Sciullo, Brinkley Morgan
  • Jonathan Siegelaub, LashGoldberg
  • Charles Stoecker, McGlinchey Stafford
  • Georgia Thompson, Day Pitney
  • Charles Throckmorton, Carlton Fields
  • Jessica Underwood, Schwartz Sladkus Reich Greenberg Atlas
  • Tova N. Verchow, Gladstone Weissman Hirschberg & Schneider
  • Jonathan R. Zim, Eisinger Law

On the Rise (Large Firm) Honorees

  • Alejandro Arias, Holland & Knight
  • Jodi Avila, Baker McKenzie
  • Cameron Baker, Fox Rothschild
  • Patrick Barthle, Morgan & Morgan
  • Samuel Basch, Cole, Scott & Kissane
  • Whitney Bosworth, Kirkland & Ellis 
  • Michael Bruno, McDermott Will & Emery
  • Andrew Cromer, Polsinelli
  • Arielle Eisenberg, Cozen O'Connor
  • Sal Favuzza, DLA Piper
  • Joshua     Fordin, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
  • Logan E. Gans, Holland & Knight
  • Danielle Gordet, Akerman
  • Daniel Kahan, King & Spalding
  • Robert Kane, Greenberg Traurig
  • Kate Lashley, Sidley Austin
  • Eduardo M. Leal, Kirkland & Ellis
  • Brian LIegel, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
  • Kayla Pragid, Holland & Knight
  • Amanda Preston, Squire Patton Boggs 
  • Sarah Primrose, King & Spalding 
  • Ravin Sahadeho, Morgan & Morgan
  • Ryan Sainz, Morgan & Morgan
  • Daniella Genet Silberstein, Greenberg Traurig
  • Gutman Skrande, Duane Morris
  • Scott M. Snyder, Fox Rothschild
  • Nina Welch, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough 

Finalists & Winners

Attorney of the Year Finalists

  • Beth-Ann E. Krimsky, Greenspoon Marder — WINNER
  • Jeff Schneider, Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider + Grossman
  • John Yanchunis, Morgan & Morgan

Law Firm of the Year Finalists

  • Greenberg Traurig
  • Holland & Knight — WINNER
  • McDermott Will & Emery

Litigation Departments of the Year Finalists

  • King & Spalding
  • Kluger Kaplan
  • Morgan & Morgan — WINNER
  • Weil, Gotshal & Manges 
  • White & Case

In-House Impact Finalists

  • Patricia Simone Cruz, AT&T
  • Brandon Briggs, Inter Miami CF — WINNER
  • Shannon Eichberg, Jabil
  • Bree Farrugia, Micro-X 
  • Camielle Green, OPKO Health

Cross-Border Disputes Finalists

  • Manuel Garcia-Linares, Day Pitney
  • Reed Smith — WINNER
  • Rivero Mestre
  • Squire Patton Boggs

Dealmakers of the Year Finalists

  • Lorne Cantor, Jones Day
  • Meaghan Murphy, Meland Budwick
  • Roberto Pupo, Holland & Knight — WINNER
  • Jeffrey P. Swatzell, Kirkland & Ellis

Best Mentors Finalists

  • Louis Archambault, Saul Ewing
  • Justin Fineberg, LashGoldberg
  • Traci McKee, Faegre Drinker — WINNER
  • Keith Mitnik, Morgan & Morgan
  • Antonio Peña, Greenberg Traurig

Diversity & Inclusion (Firm) Finalists

  • Greenspoon Marder 
  • Greenberg Traurig
  • The Joseph Firm
  • Stearns Weaver Miller — WINNER

Diversity & Inclusion (Individual) Finalists

  • Alexa Gebert, Conrad & Scherer
  • Michael Góngora, Becker
  • Tequisha Myles, Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County
  • Arianne Plasencia, McDermott Will & Emery — WINNER
  • Nicholas Rodriguez, Winston & Strawn

ESG Impact Finalists

  • Ayala Law
  • LashGoldberg
  • Legal Services of Greater Miami  — WINNER 
  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • Morgan & Morgan
  • Karen Rich, Spector Gadon Rosen Vinci

Innovators Finalists

  • Charlie Hernandez, My Pocket Lawyer — WINNER
  • Cohen Property Law Group    
  • Legal Services of Greater Miami    
  • Winston & Strawn’s Digital Assets & Blockchain Technology Group
  • Weiss Serota Helfman Cole + Bierman

Real Estate Transactions Finalists

  • Cohen Property Law Group — WINNER
  • Ryan Girnun, Jones Day
  • Greenberg Traurig
  • Keith Poliakoff, Government Law Group