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Attorney of the Year Finalists

  • Philip Freidin, Freidin Brown
  • Adam Hall, The Hall Law Firm — WINNER
  • John H. Hickey, Hickey Law Firm Accident and Injury Trial Lawyers

Law Firm of the Year Finalists

  • Greenberg Traurig
  • Holland & Knight — WINNER
  • Morgan & Morgan

Managing Partner of the Year Finalists

  • Beatriz Azcuy, Sidley Austin
  • Manuel Garcia-Linares, Day Pitney
  • Michael Haggard, The Haggard Law Firm
  • Jaret Davis and Yosbel Ibarra, Greenberg Traurig
  • Jorge Piedra, Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton — WINNER

Litigation Department of the Year Finalists (General Category)

  • Boies Schiller Flexner — WINNER
  • Greenberg Traurig
  • Holland & Knight
  • LashGoldberg
  • Sidley Austin
  • White & Case

Litigation Department of the Year (Bankruptcy Category) Finalists

  • Meland Budwick — WINNER
  • Salazar Law

Real Estate Transaction Finalists

  • Beatriz Azcuy, Sidley Austin
  • Bilzin Sumberg
  • Ryan Girnun, Jones Day
  • Kimberly LeCompte, Greenberg Traurig
  • Janna Lhota, Holland & Knight — WINNER
  • S. Shawn Whitney, Polsinelli

Maritime Attorney of the Year Finalists

  • Michael J. Bradford, Marshall Dennehey
  • Andrew Craven, Chartwell Law
  • John H. Hickey, Hickey Law Firm Accident and Injury Trial Lawyers — WINNER
  • Ira Leesfield, Leesfield & Partners
  • Richard Rusak, Cole, Scott & Kissane

Innovator of the Year Finalists

  • Patricia Abril, Or Cohen-Sasson, and the MiLA Lab at the University of Miami School of Law
  • Chanley Howell, Foley & Lardner — WINNER
  • Jeffrey Hittleman, Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida
  • Samir Patel, Holland & Knight
  • Ratzan Weissman Boldt
  • Tamaira Rivera, Immigration Court Mentor

In-House Impact Finalists

  • Aleksandra Cuprys, Latino Media Network
  • Steven Hicks-Safra, Cole, Scott & Kissane
  • Nikki-Ann Thomson-Parkinson, Priderock Capital Partners
  • Evian White De Leon, Chief Legal Counsel & COO of the Miami Association of Realtors — WINNER

ESG Impact Finalists

  • Danielle Gonzalez, Greenberg Traurig
  • Jenelle La Chuisa, Hinshaw & Culbertson — WINNER
  • LashGoldberg
  • Morgan & Morgan

Diversity & Inclusion, Individual Finalists

  • Lauren Fenton-Valdivia, Carlton Fields Eric Lundt, Jones Day
  • Frances Guasch De La Guardia, Holland & Knight — WINNER
  • Daniel Mato, Polsinelli
  • Marck K. Joseph, The Joseph Firm
  • Jennifer Ruiz, Cole, Scott & Kissane

Diversity & Inclusion, Firm Finalists

  • Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
  • Bilzin Sumberg
  • Cole, Scott & Kissane
  • HAWM Law
  • Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine — WINNER

Dealmaker of the Year Finalists

  • Matthew Arenson, Kirkland & Ellis
  • Joshua A. Kaufman, DLA Piper
  • Tammy Knight, Holland & Knight
  • Irwin Raij, Sidley Austin — WINNER
  • Nicholas Rodriguez, Winston & Strawn

Cross-Border Dispute Finalists

  • Squire Patton Boggs — WINNER
  • King & Spalding

Best Mentor Finalists

  • Jordan Chisolm, Cozen O’Connor
  • Marlene Duarte, Berger Singerman
  • Jennifer Estrella, Fragomen
  • Lauren Fenton-Valdivia, Carlton Fields
  • Marck K. Joseph, The Joseph Firm
  • Melissa Madsen, Shook, Hardy & Bacon
  • Eduardo Maura, Ayala Law
  • Frank Ramos, Goldberg Segalla
  • Tamaira Rivera, Immigration Court Mentor — WINNER
  • John Uustal, Kelley | Uustal Trial Attorneys



Lifetime Achievement Honorees

  • Ronald L. Book, of Ronald L. Book, P.A.
  • Alan T. Dimond, Greenberg Traurig
  • Judge Ronald C. Dresnick, Kluger Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine
  • Lena Hopkins, Community Legal Services
  • Stanley B. Price, Bilzin Sumberg

Litigation Department of the Year (Insurance Category) Winner

  • Carlton Fields

Litigation Department of the Year (Products Liability/Mass Torts Category) Winner

  • Morgan & Morgan

Unsung Hero Honorees

  • Robin Hood, Morgan & Morgan
  • Kelly Johnson, Saxe Doernberger & Vita
  • Gil O. Acevedo, Hunton Andrews Kurth
  • Johanna Rousseaux, Jones Day
  • Angela Vigil, Baker McKenzie
  • Bart Zadel, Morgan & Morgan

Distinguished Leader Honorees

  • Alisia Adamson Profit, HAWM Law
  • Jeffrey Bass, Bass Law
  • Jason Domark, Cozen O’Connor
  • Mendy Halberstam, Jackson Lewis
  • Christine E. Howard, Fisher Phillips
  • Marck K. Joseph, The Joseph Firm
  • Jason Kellogg, Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider + Grossman
  • LaKisha Kinsey-Sallis, Fisher Phillips
  • Jesus M. Suarez, Continental PLLC

On the Rise Honorees

  • Kiran Bhat, Keller Postman
  • Darnesha Carter Foli, Hogan Lovells
  • David Cohen, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
  • Evelyn Cobos, Greenberg Traurig
  • Sarah Glasser, Freidin Brown
  • Giselle Gutierrez, Exhibit G Law Firm
  • Michael Hacker, McDermott Will & Emery
  • Vanessa Madrid, Holland & Knight
  • Anthony Jose Sirven, Holland & Knight
  • Christina Martinez, Podhurst Orseck
  • Aleksey Shtivelman, Shutts & Bowen
  • Diego Pérez Ara, León Cosgrove Jiménez
  • Michael Levine, Stewart Tilghman Fox Bianchi & Cain
  • Laselve Harrison, Boies Schiller Flexner
  • Francesca Burne, Morgan & Morgan
  • Harris Yegelwel, Morgan & Morgan
  • Alejandro I. Leiva, Greenspoon Marder
  • Andrej Micovic, Hunton Andrews Kurth
  • Ashley Gomez-Rodon, Cozen O’Connor
  • Carolina Goncalves, Duane Morris