Lifetime Achievement Winners

  • John Chory, Latham & Watkins

  • Minta Kay, Goodwin

  • Joan Lukey, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips

  • David Shrair, Halloran Sage

  • Mark Smith, Smith Kane

Attorney of the Year Finalists

  • Benjamin Diessel, Wiggin and Dana

  • Ian Engstrand, Paul Hastings

  • Aliki Sofis, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan

Law Firm of the Year Finalists

  • Foley & Lardner
  • Foley Hoag
  • Wiggin and Dana

Banking and Finance Attorney of the Year Finalists

  • Robert Cox, Halloran Sage

  • Stephanie Nicolas, WilmerHale

  • Sean Thornton, WilmerHale

Best Mentors Finalists

  • Robert Berluti, Berluti McLaughlin & Kutchin
  • Stacie Collier, Nixon Peabody
  • Howard Goldberg, MG+M The Law Firm
  • Kerry Northup, Berluti McLaughlin & Kutchin

Distinguished Leaders Winners

  • Marianne Ajemian, Nutter, McClennen & Fish
  • Elizabeth Alquist, Day Pitney
  • Jonathan Bernstein, Morgan Lewis
  • Mitch Bloom and Kingsley Taft, Goodwin
  • Farah Gerdes, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
  • Edward Heath, Robinson+Cole
  • Ricky LeBlanc, Sokolove Law
  • John McGivney, Rubin Rudman
  • Matthew Moschella, Sherin and Lodgen
  • Lisa Pirozzolo, WilmerHale
  • William Trach, Latham & Watkins
  • Kirsten White, Fox Rothschild

In-House Impact: Individual Winner

  • Christine Panetta, TowerPoint

In-House Impact: In-House Departments of the Year Finalists

  • Dassault Systems
  • Hartford HealthCare
  • Rocket Software Legal Department

Intellectual Property Attorney of the Year Finalists

  • Tristan Carrier, Dassault Systemes Americas Corp.
  • Sarah Gagan, Paul Hastings
  • Jeffrey Jacobstein, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner
  • Christopher McKenna, Foley & Lardner
  • Carrie Olson, Day Pitney
  • Heather Repicky, Barnes & Thornburg
  • Charles Sanders, Latham & Watkins

Legal Innovators & Disrupters Finalists

  • Tim Borchers, Borchers Cusano Trust Law
  • Peter Dreyer, Silver Golub & Teitell
  • Shlomo Fellig, Latham & Watkins
  • James Greifzu, Wiggin and Dana
  • Christos Viores, Ligris + Associates PC
  • Michael Wirvin, Robinson+Cole

Litigation Departments of the Year: General Litigation Finalists

  • Hurwitz Sagarin & Slossberg
  • Latham & Watkins
  • Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
  • Wiggin and Dana
  • WilmerHale

Litigation Departments of the Year: Appellate Finalists

  • Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
  • Pullman & Comley
  • Wiggin and Dana
  • WilmerHale

Litigation Departments of the Year: Arbitration/Mediation Services Winner

  • Pullman & Comley

Litigation Departments of the Year: Business Litigation Finalists

  • Latham & Watkins

  • Pullman & Comley

Litigation Departments of the Year: Class Actions Winner

  • Silver Golub & Teitell

Litigation Departments of the Year: Commercial Litigation Finalists

  • Latham & Watkins
  • Wiggin and Dana
  • WilmerHale

Litigation Departments of the Year: Construction Litigation Winner

  • Robinson+Cole

Litigation Departments of the Year: Environmental Litigation Finalists

  • Pullman & Comley
  • Robinson+Cole

Litigation Departments of the Year: Family Law Winner

  • Pullman & Comley

Litigation Departments of the Year: Insurance Finalists

  • Day Pitney
  • Robinson+Cole
  • Wiggin and Dana

Litigation Departments of the Year: Intellectual Property Finalists

  • Day Pitney
  • WilmerHale

Litigation Departments of the Year: Labor & Employment Winner

  • Pullman & Comley

Litigation Departments of the Year: Probate Finalists

  • Day Pitney
  • Wiggin and Dana

Litigation Departments of the Year: Products Liability/Mass Torts Winner

  • DLA Piper

Litigation Departments of the Year: White Collar/Corporate Compliance Finalists

  • Wiggin and Dana
  • WilmerHale

Merger and Acquisition Attorney of the Year Finalists

  • Alex Aber, Hogan Lovells Cadwalader

  • Andrew Bonnes, WilmerHale

  • Hans Brigham, Latham & Watkins

  • Heather Dominguez Rahilly, Wiggin and Dana

  • Matthew Goulding, Freshfields

  • Blake Liggio, Goodwin

  • Amy O'Keefe, Nixon Peabody

  • Susan Pravda, Foley & Lardner

Most Promising Newcomer Finalists

  • Amanda Cirella, Hogan Lovells Cadwalader

  • Jared Collins, Foley & Lardner

  • Brendan Cooke, Berluti McLaughlin & Kutchin

  • Zani Doumbia, Sidley Austin

  • Shannon McSwyny, The Flood Law Firm

  • Emily O'Hara, WilmerHale

  • Carmen Ruiz, Robinson+Cole

  • Taylorann Vibert, McCarter & English

Outstanding Officiators Finalists

  • Robert Holzberg, Pullman & Comley

  • Randy Kaplan, Ligris + Associates 

Partner of the Year Finalists

  • Robert Berluti, Berluti McLaughlin & Kutchin

  • Lisa Glahn, Foley & Lardner

  • Joseph McConnell, Morgan, Brown & Joy

  • Kerry Northup, Berluti McLaughlin & Kutchin

  • Michelle Peirce, Hinckley Allen

  • Kelly Scott, Pullman & Comley

Real Estate Attorney of the Year Finalists

  • Paul Bauer, Bowditch & Dewey
  • Douglas Burton, WilmerHale
  • Neil Cohen, Barsh and Cohen
  • Geoff Howell, DLA Piper
  • Cynthia Keliher, McCarter & English
  • Deirdre Robinson, Robinson+Cole
  • Michael Scott, Nutter

Regional Managing Partner of the Year Finalists

  • Rachelle Dubow, Morgan Lewis

  • Eric Gold, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips

  • Matthew Goulding, Freshfields

  • Robyn Maguire, Barnes & Thornburg

  • Terence McCourt and David Dykeman, Greenberg Traurig

Rising Stars Winners, Connecticut

  • Aaron Baral, Shipman & Goodwin

  • Emmett Gilles, Wiggin and Dana

  • Matthew Glennon, Pullman & Comley

  • Alexa Millinger, Hinckley Allen

  • Stacie Provencher, Pullman & Comley

  • Anja Rusi, Scott+Scott Attorneys At Law

  • Sarah Russell, Silver Golub & Teitell

Rising Stars Winners, Massachusetts

  • Allison Anderson, Foley Hoag

  • Tristan Axelrod, Brown Rudnick

  • Ariadna Caulfield, Rubin Rudman

  • Devin Cohen, Proskauer

  • Daniel DeConinck, Polsinelli

  • Benjamin Dionne, Kirkland & Ellis

  • Lauren Forster, Blank Rome

  • Alex Garens, Day Pitney

  • Kayla Ghantous, Hogan Lovells Cadwalader

  • Mary Grinman, Skadden

  • Darshana Indira, Smith Kane

  • Rita Nerney, Robinson+Cole

  • Michael Palermo, Freshfields

  • Stephanie Richards, Goodwin

  • Caitlin Romasco, Casner & Edwards

  • Brian Schwartz, Proskauer

Rising Stars Winner, Rhode Island

  • Allison Fleet, Partridge Snow & Hahn

Social Impact Finalists

  • Todd Gleason, Latham & Watkins

  • Virginia McGarrity, Robinson+Cole

  • Michelle Napoli, Halloran Sage

  • Madeleine Rodriguez, Foley Hoag

Unsung Hero Winners 

  • Dean Felicetti, S2|DATA

  • C. Scott Schwefel, Shipman Shaiken Schwefel