Download the 2023 New England Legal Awards Program


Attorney of the Year Finalists

  • Andrew Garza, Connecticut Trial Firm **Winner**
  • Joseph J. Mueller, WilmerHale
  • Chinh Pham, Greeberg Traurig

Litigation Departments of the Year, General - Finalists

  • Latham & Watkins **Winner**
  • Ropes & Gray
  • WilmerHale
  • Wiggin and Dana

Litigation Departments of the Year - Specialty

  • Saxe Doernberger & Vita (Insurance)

  • Pullman & Comley (Mediation and Arbitration)

  • Motley Rice (Products Liability/Mass Torts)

  • Latham & Watkins (Business)

  • WilmerHale (IP Litigation)

  • Nixon Peabody (White Collar)

  • Wiggin and Dana (Insurance)


In-House Legal Departments of the Year

  • SimpliSafe
  • Eisai Inc.

Distinguished Leaders

  • Dana R. Bucin, Murtha Cullina
  • William 'BJ' Trach, Latham & Watkins
  • Suzanne Filippi, Morgan Lewis & Bockius
  • Jonathan Orent, Motley Rice
  • Laurie Cerveny, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
  • Miki Matrician, Wolfsdorf Rosenthal
  • Daniel Casagrande, Cramer & Anderson
  • Joshua T Reitzas, Berlandi Nussbaum & Reitzas
  • Patience Crozier, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders

Best Mentors

  • Marcel J. Bernier, Murtha Cullina
  • Nikolaos Ligris, Ligris
  • Elizabeth Fraser, Greenberg Traurig
  • Daniel L. Daniels, Wiggin and Dana
  • Todd E. Brodeur, Fletcher Tilton

In-House Impact, Individual

  • Tracy Baran, Ocean State Job Lot

Innovators & Disruptors

  • WilmerHale
  • Ashley Picker Dubin, Day Pitney

Lifetime Achievement

  • Fred Misilo, Fletcher Tilton
  • Jonathan Albano, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
  • Robert Sherman, Greenberg Traurig
  • Dennis Coleman, Ropes & Gray
  • Susan Murley, WilmerHale
  • Aaron Bayer, Wiggin and Dana
  • Bill Hogan, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough

New Leaders in the Law

  • Nicholas R. Bamonte, Berchem Moses
  • Laura Mittelman, Burns & Levinson
  • Meredith McBride, Butler Tibbetts
  • Douglas Balko, Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey
  • Damian Gunningsmith, Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey
  • Makana Ellis, Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey
  • Kristin Campanelli, Connecticare
  • Alexa Mahony, Connecticut Trial Firm
  • Alexander Judd, Day Pitney
  • Thanos Matthai, DLA Piper
  • Cory Bell, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner
  • Stan Michael Maslona, The Flood Law Firm
  • Sara Sharp, Hurwitz Sagarin Slossberg & Knuff
  • Amanda Border, Kirkland & Ellis
  • Kristen Grannis, Latham & Watkins
  • Deirdre Foley, Murtha Cullina
  • Julie Lavoie, Murtha Cullina
  • Aaron Nadich, Nixon Peabody
  • Kathryn Rattigan, Robinson & Cole
  • Anthony Vogel, Robinson & Cole
  • Lauren Sigg, Robinson & Cole
  • Christopher Sica, Rome, Clifford, Katz & Koerner
  • Devin Cohen, Ropes & Gray
  • Abigail Gregor, Ropes & Gray
  • Emily Oldshue, Ropes & Gray
  • Grace Hebbel, Saxe Doernberger & Vita
  • Timothy Klimpl, Shipman & Goodwin
  • Louisa Kiu, Sidley Austin
  • Kyle J. Zrenda, Suisman Shapiro
  • David Norman-Schiff, Wiggin and Dana
  • Tobias F. Bannon III, Wiggin and Dana
  • Dimitri Tournas, Wiggin and Dana
  • Caroline Dotolo, WilmerHale
  • Stephanie Lin, WilmerHale

Social Impact - Individual

  • Bridgette Baldwin, Western New England University
  • Kiara Vaughn, Latham & Watkins
  • John P. Regan, Law Office of John P. Regan
  • Joette Katz, Shipman & Goodwin
  • Mark Fleming, WilmerHale
  • Mark Knights, Nixon Peabody
  • Lisa Rivas, Cramer & Anderson
  • Mary Lou Wakimura, Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds
  • Vincent Greene, Motley Rice

Social Impact - Firm

  • Shipman & Goodwin
  • Wiggin and Dana
  • Ropes & Gray
  • Kirkland & Ellis/Roxbury Innovation Center

Unsung Heroes

  • David Jordan, Saxe Doernberger & Vita
  • Jennifer Collins, Cramer & Anderson
  • Kathryn Robb, Child USAdvocacy
  • Tricia Koss, Fletcher Tilton
  • Kate Lebeaux, Fletcher Tilton