Lifetime Achievement Award Winners

  • Maureen Demarest Murray, Fox Rothschild
  • John Floyd, Bondurant Mixson & Elmore
  • Paul Murphy, King & Spalding
  • David Zacks, Kilpatrick

Attorney of the Year Finalists

  • Clay Barnett, Beasley Allen Law Firm
  • Michael Easley, McGuireWoods
  • Olga Greenberg, Eversheds Sutherland — WINNER

Best Legal Innovation Finalists

  • Cranfill Sumner
  • King & Spalding
  • Lightfoot, Franklin & White
  • Mercedes-Benz USA
  • Seyfarth Shaw
  • Troutman Pepper Locke — WINNER

Best Mentors Finalists

  • Kana Caplan, Krevolin Horst  — WINNER
  • David Dove, Troutman Pepper Locke
  • Alicia Grahn Jones, Kilpatrick
  • Parker Miller, Beasley Allen
  • Greg Parent, Miles Mediation & Arbitration
  • Scott Rafshoon, Squire Patton Boggs
  • Heather Saul, King & Spalding
  • Michael Stewart, Bass, Berry & Sims

Distinguished Leaders Winners

  • Rick Bange, Holland & Knight
  • Geoffrey Drake, King & Spalding
  • Chris Glover, Beasley Allen Law Firm
  • Kelli Lester, Morgan & Morgan
  • Adriana Midence, Jackson Lewis
  • Christina Moore, Clark Hill
  • Jesse Neil, Foley & Lardner
  • Andrea Perry, Spencer Fane
  • Douglass Selby, Hunton Andrews Kurth
  • Maria Todorova, Eversheds Sutherland

In-House Counsel of the Year Finalists

  • Austin Ellis, Mercedes-Benz USA  — WINNER
  • Nancy Fouad Carey, Brasfield & Gorrie
  • Shannon Ralich, Machinify
  • Donnie Regan, Brasfield & Gorrie

Law Firm of the Year Finalists

  • Eversheds Sutherland
  • King & Spalding — WINNER
  • Moore & Van Allen

Legal Innovators Finalists

  • Catherine Alman MacDonagh, Legal Lean Sigma Institute
  • Stephen Bittinger, Polsinelli
  • Stacey Garrett Koju, Spencer Fane
  • Doug Kim, Kim, Lahey & Killough Law Firm
  • Stacey Mollohan, Mercedes-Benz USA
  • Michael Perkins, Fisher Phillips
  • David A. Rueff, Jr., Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz
  • Phyllis Sumner, King & Spalding  — WINNER
  • Danielle Ward Mason, Singleton Schreiber

Litigation Departments of the Year, General Litigation Finalists

  • Bass, Berry & Sims  — WINNER
  • Dentons
  • Eversheds Sutherland
  • Holland & Knight
  • Jones Day
  • King & Spalding
  • Law Offices of James Scott Farrin
  • Moore & Van Allen

Litigation Departments of the Year, Intellectual Property Finalists

  • Alston & Bird
  • Duane Morris
  • Kilpatrick — WINNER

Litigation Departments of the Year, Labor and Employment Finalists

  • Jackson Lewis
  • Moore & Van Allen
  • Seyfarth Shaw  — WINNER

Litigation Departments of the Year, Personal Injury Winner

  • Morgan & Morgan

Litigation Departments of the Year, Products Liability Finalists

  • Greenberg Traurig
  • King & Spalding — WINNER
  • Lightfoot Franklin & White

Litigation Departments of the Year, White Collar Finalists

  • Bass, Berry & Sims
  • King & Spalding  — WINNER
  • Moore & Van Allen

Managing Partner of the Year Finalists

  • Greg Bosseler , Morgan & Morgan
  • Ryan Buchanan, McGuireWoods  — WINNER
  • Mark Chalos, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein,
  • Steven Kennedy, Seyfarth Shaw

Most Effective Deal-makers Finalists

  • Justice Barber, Seyfarth Shaw
  • Robert Campbell, Jr., Holland & Knight
  • Chris Daniel, Paul Hastings
  • Kelsey Donnalley, Kilpatrick
  • David Ghegan, Troutman Pepper Locke
  • Justin King, King & Spalding
  • Kevin McGinnis, McGuireWoods — WINNER
  • Robert Pile, Eversheds Sutherland
  • Leron Rogers, Fox Rothschild

Most Promising Newcomer Finalists

  • Deji Adeniyi, Music City Law
  • Shannon Cherney, Seyfarth Shaw
  • Paul Clowes, Moore & Van Allen
  • Leila Fawaz, King & Spalding — WINNER
  • Pia-Milan Green, Akerman
  • Leila Harrison , Troutman Pepper Locke
  • Key Lamberth, Beasley Allen Law Firm
  • Grace Mickle, Motley Rice
  • Betsy Sugar, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
  • Kyle Tau, Bondurant Mixson and Elmore

On the Rise in Alabama Winners

  • Lisa Bailey German, Morgan & Morgan
  • Lindsay Hewitt, Morgan & Morgan
  • Davis Vaughn, Beasley Allen Law Firm

On the Rise in Georgia Winners

  • Brittanie Browning, Akerman
  • Omari Crawford, Williams Teusink
  • Carlos Fernández, Kenneth S. Nugent Law Firm
  • Chris Gilmore , Townsend & Lockett
  • Andrew Liebler, Alston & Bird
  • Lina Machado Bejarano, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings
  • Anamaria Meanes, Dentons
  • Christina Meddin, Seyfarth Shaw
  • Hector Rojas Jr., Morgan & Morgan
  • Robert Watts, Jones Day

On the Rise in Mississippi Winners

  • Charity Karanja, Butler Snow
  • Ira Rushing, Tully Rinckey

On the Rise in North Carolina Winners

  • Mary Marshall Easley, Troutman Pepper Locke
  • Vince Eisinger, Cranfill Sumner
  • Kyleigh Feehs, Kilpatrick
  • J. Ravindra Fernando, Alston & Bird
  • Cori Hockman, McGuireWoods
  • La-Deidre Matthews, Fox Rothschild
  • Sarah Negus, Moore & Van Allen
  • Chad Rhoades, Cranfill Sumner
  • Sarah Sheridan, Moore & Van Allen
  • Sarah Spangenburg, Foley & Lardner

On the Rise in South Carolina Winners

  • Rebecca Fonseca, Motley Rice
  • Aimee Leary, Fox Rothschild

On the Rise in Tennessee Winners

  • Brittany Macon, Polsinelli
  • Joshua Porte, Holland & Knight
  • Hunter Yoches Bass, Berry & Sims

Talent Management Initiative Winner

  • Crystal Wright Law