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Appellate Attorney of the Year—Finalists

  • Jeffrey Lamken, MoloLamken
  • Kannon Shanmugam, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
  • Lisa Blatt, Williams & Connolly — WINNER
  • Noel Francisco, Jones Day
  • Roman Martinez, Latham & Watkins
  • Seth Waxman, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr

Appellate Hot List—Finalists

  • Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer
  • Clement & Murphy
  • Covington & Burling
  • Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
  • Hogan Lovells — WINNER
  • Jenner & Block
  • Jones Day
  • Kirkland & Ellis
  • Latham & Watkins
  • Mayer Brown
  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • MoloLamken
  • O’Melveny & Myers
  • Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
  • Sidley Austin
  • Sullivan & Cromwell
  • Williams & Connolly
  • Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
  • Wilson Sonsini

Attorney of the Year—Finalists

  • David Bowker, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr — WINNER
  • David O’Neil, Debevoise & Plimpton
  • Timothy McHugh, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders

Community Impact Leaders—Finalists

  • Covington & Burling
  • Eversheds Sutherland
  • Kirkland & Ellis
  • McGuireWoods — WINNER
  • Reed Smith
  • Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Crisis Management and Government Oversight—Finalists

  • Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
  • Covington & Burling  — WINNER
  • Kirkland & Ellis
  • Morrison & Foerster
  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
  • Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr

DC Diversity Initiative of the Year—Finalists

  • Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner
  • Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
  • Greenberg Traurig
  • Latham & Watkins
  • Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders
  • White & Case — WINNER

DC Law Firm of the Year—Finalists

  • Covington & Burling
  • Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
  • Kirkland & Ellis
  • Latham & Watkins — WINNER
  • Williams & Connolly
  • Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr

DC Managing Partner of the Year—Finalists

  • Chantale Fiebig, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
  • Gwen Renigar, Steptoe & Johnson
  • Jeff White, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
  • Michelle Lipkowitz, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo — WINNER

GC Impact—Winner

  • Prasad PK, AGS Health

Government Relations/Lobbying—Finalists

  • Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld — WINNER
  • Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer
  • Dentons
  • Greenberg Traurig
  • King & Spalding
  • Thompson Coburn

Lifetime Achievement—Winners

  • Jeff Smith, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer
  • Jeh Johnson, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
  • Karen Popp, Sidley Austin

Litigation Departments of the Year, Antitrust—Finalists

  • Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
  • Kirkland & Ellis
  • Latham & Watkins
  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison — WINNER
  • Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
  • Williams & Connolly

Litigation Departments of the Year, General Litigation—Finalists

  • Covington & Burling
  • Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
  • Hogan Lovells
  • Kirkland & Ellis
  • Weil, Gotshal & Manges — WINNER
  • Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr

Litigation Departments of the Year, Intellectual Property—Finalists

  • Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone — Honorable Mention
  • Kirkland & Ellis
  • Latham & Watkins
  • Paul Hastings
  • Williams & Connolly
  • Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr — WINNER

Litigation Departments of the Year, Labor and Employment—Winner

  • Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

Litigation Departments of the Year, Products Liability—Finalists

  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
  • Williams & Connolly — WINNER

Litigation Departments of the Year, White Collar—Finalists

  • Covington & Burling
  • Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher — WINNER
  • King & Spalding
  • Latham & Watkins
  • Paul Hastings

National Winning Litigators—Finalists

  • Amelia Frenkel and Ben Whiting, Keller Postman
  • Beth Wilkinson and Rakesh Kilaru, Wilkinson Stekloff — WINNER
  • Brendon DeMay and Priyanka Timblo, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg
  • Chris Glover, Beasley Allen Law Firm
  • Christopher Ondeck, Proskauer Rose
  • Daniel Donovan, Kirkland & Ellis
  • David deRubertis, deRubertis Law Firm
  • David Markus and Margot Moss, Markus/Moss
  • Dena Sharp, Girard Sharp
  • Derek Ho, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick
  • Dustin Guzior, Sullivan & Cromwell
  • Gary Bornstein, Cravath, Swaine & Moore
  • Jason Sheasby and Lisa Glasser, Irell & Manella
  • Jeroen van Kwawegen, Bernstein Litowitz
  • Lexie White, Susman Godfrey
  • Michael Gottlieb and Meryl Governski, Willkie Farr & Gallagher
  • Sharif Jacob, Keker, Van Nest & Peters
  • Thomas Melsheimer, Winston & Strawn
  • Tom Clare, Clare Locke
  • Tony Sammi and Rachel Blitzer, Latham & Watkins

Washington D.C. Rising Stars—Winners

  • Alexis Dyschkant, Covington & Burling
  • Amadou Kilkenny Diaw, Goodwin Procter
  • Bradley E. Oppenheimer, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick
  • Bradley Justus, Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider
  • Brian P. Sylvester, Perkins Coie
  • Corinne Snow, Vinson & Elkins
  • Daniel G. Chung, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner
  • Daniel Tishman, Fish & Richardson
  • Elise Baumgarten, Williams & Connolly
  • Elsy Ramos Velasquez, Clark Hill
  • Hrishikesh Hari, Dechert
  • Julia Thompson, Latham & Watkins
  • Kathryn Mims, White & Case
  • Kristen W. Broz, Fox Rothschild
  • Lori Garber, Foley & Lardner
  • Meredith Mommers, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
  • Michael Kenneally, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
  • Peter Siegal, Norton Rose Fulbright
  • Rachel Saltzman, Hunton Andrews Kurth
  • Sarah Neuman, Wilkinson Stekloff
  • Shaked Hoter, DLA Piper