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Lifetime Achievement Award Honorees

  • David Buchanan, Seeger Weiss 
  • Patrick Coughlin, Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law 
  • Judge Ronald C. Dresnick, Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine
  • John Yanchunis, Morgan & Morgan

Elite Women of the Plaintiffs Bar Honorees

  • Katie Bennett, Robins Kaplan 
  • Elizabeth Cabraser, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
  • Jeanne M. Christensen, Wigdor 
  • Jesse-Justin Cuevas, Susman Godfrey
  • Jessica Dean, Dean Omar Branham Shirley
  • Kimberly Evans, Block & Leviton
  • Meredith A. Firetog, Wigdor
  • Veronica Nannis, Joseph Greenwald & Laake
  • Krysta Pachman, Susman Godfrey
  • Donna Williams Rucker, Tully Rinckey 
  • Katherine M. Sinderson, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann 
  • Lisa S. Tsai, Reid Collins & Tsai
  • Lucy E. Tufts, Cunningham Bounds
  • Carol C. Villegas, Labaton Keller Sucharow 
  • Murielle Steven Walsh, Pomerantz 
  • Michelle C. Yau, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll 
  • Krisina Zuñiga, Susman Godfrey

Rising Stars of the Plaintiffs Bar Honorees

  • Jessica Beringer, Keller Postman 
  • Isabel J. Broer, Olson Grimsley Kawanabe Hinchcliff & Murray 
  • Benjamin F. Burry, Bleichmar Fonti & Auld 
  • Michael Cohen, The Rosen Law Firm
  • Nicholas M. DiCarlo, Zuckerman Spaeder 
  • Samir Doshi, Susman Godfrey
  • Jered Ede, Clare Locke 
  • Amelia Frenkel, Keller Postman
  • Grant Gillenwater, Morgan & Morgan
  • Monica Hincken, Wigdor
  • Sarah F. King, Clifford Law Offices
  • Itak Moradi, Joseph Saveri Law Firm
  • Jason Murray, Olson Grimsley Kawanabe Hinchcliff & Murray 
  • Phong-Chau Nguyen, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
  • Sy Polky, Susman Godfrey
  • Evan Rosenberg, Morgan & Morgan
  • Stephanie Spies, Susman Godfrey
  • Harini Srinivasan, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll 

Environmental Protection (including Energy and Sustainability) Winner

  • Brockstedt Mandalas Federico

Transportation (Including Aviation) Winner

  • Podhurst Orseck

Plaintiff Law Firm of the Year Finalists

  • Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann 
  • Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll — WINNER
  • Keller Postman
  • Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check
  • Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
  • Pomerantz 
  • Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd 
  • Susman Godfrey

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Antitrust Finalists

  • Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro 
  • Joseph Saveri Law Firm
  • Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick 
  • Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law
  • Susman Godfrey — WINNER

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Business Torts Finalists

  • MoloLamken 
  • Pallas Partners
  • Reid Collins & Tsai 
  • Susman Godfrey — WINNER
  • Umhofer Mitchell & King 

Catastrophic Injury Finalists

  • Atlas Law Firm
  • Corboy & Demetrio
  • Farah & Farah
  • Morgan & Morgan
  • Panish Shea Ravipudi 
  • The Carlson Law Firm, The Hall Law Firm, Law Offices of Nelson M. Jones, III, and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher  — WINNER
  • Zehl & Associates

Civil Rights/Discrimination (Non-Employment) Finalists

  • Kasowitz 
  • Morgan & Morgan — WINNER
  • Pachuta & Kammerman 
  • Robins Kaplan 
  • Sauder Schelkopf
  • Umhofer Mitchell & King

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Class Action Finalists

  • Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll 
  • Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro  — WINNER
  • Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check
  • Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
  • Morgan & Morgan
  • Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd 

Consumer Protection Finalists

  • Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick 
  • Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein — WINNER
  • Motley Rice
  • Sauder Schelkopf

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Discrimination (including Employment) Finalists

  • Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll — WINNER 
  • McNicholas & McNicholas 

Employment Rights Finalists

  • The deRubertis Law Firm — WINNER
  • Pitt McGehee Palmer Bonanni & Rivers

Governmental Representation Finalists

  • Brockstedt Mandalas Federico
  • Keller Postman — WINNER
  • Seeger Weiss

Insurance Finalists

  • Anderson Kill 
  • Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna — WINNER

Mass Torts Finalists

  • Brockstedt Mandalas Federico
  • Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll
  • Keller Postman 
  • Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein — WINNER
  • Motley Rice

Medical Malpractice Finalists

  • Clifford Law Offices — WINNER
  • Janet, Janet & Suggs

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Pharmaceutical Litigation Finalists

  • Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law 
  • Seeger Weiss
  • Steptoe 
  • Susman Godfrey — WINNER

Plaintiff Attorney of the Year Finalists

  • Benjamin D. Brown, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll 
  • Michael P. Canty, Labaton Keller Sucharow 
  • Bill Carmody, Susman Godfrey — WINNER
  • Joseph A. Fonti, Bleichmar Fonti & Auld
  • Robert R. Henssler, Jr., Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd 
  • Jeroen van Kwawegen, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann 
  • Joseph Saveri, Joseph Saveri Law Firm
  • Jennifer Selendy, Selendy Gay
  • Joshua B. Silverman, Pomerantz 
  • Ned Weinberger, Labaton Keller Sucharow

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Privacy/Data Breach Finalists

  • Keller Postman — WINNER
  • Labaton Keller Sucharow 
  • Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
  • Morgan & Morgan
  • Seeger Weiss
  • Tycko & Zavareei

Products Liability Finalists

  • Dean Omar Branham Shirley
  • Keller Postman
  • Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
  • Motley Rice
  • Sauder Schelkopf
  • Seeger Weiss — WINNER

Securities Litigation / Shareholder Rights Finalists

  • Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann
  • Labaton Keller Sucharow 
  • Motley Rice
  • Pomerantz
  • Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd — WINNER
  • Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law 

Technology Finalists

  • Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick — WINNER
  • Steptoe

Trial Strategy Innovation Finalists

  • Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll 
  • Keller Postman
  • Labaton Keller Sucharow L
  • Susman Godfrey
  • The Hall Law Firm — WINNER

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