Attorney of the Year Finalists

Matheu Nunn, Einhorn Barbarito
Thomas Prol, Sills Cummis & Gross
Richard Trenk, Trenk Isabel Siddiqi & Shahdanian


Banking and Financial Firm of the Year Finalists

Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi 
Riker Danzig


Cannabis Law Practice of the Year Finalists

Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi 
Greenspoon Marder 
Mandelbaum Barrett 
McCarter & English    
Pashman Stein Walder Hayden 
Sills Cummis & Gross


Dealmakers Finalists

Christopher Costa, Stevens & Lee    
Stephanie Pindyck Costantino, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders 
C.J. Fisher, Fox Rothschild    
Christopher Maurer, Reed Smith    
Donald Pepe, Scarinci Hollenbeck
Nicholas Racioppi, Jr., Riker Danzig
Pashman Stein Walder Hayden


Diversity Initiative Finalists

Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi 
Cole Schotz    
Gibbons
Greenberg Traurig
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Reed Smith


In-House Impact Finalists

Rahat Chatha, New Jersey Reentry Corporation
Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Johnson & Johnson Litigation Pathways Trial Academy Steering Committee    
Jay Kooper, Middlesex Water Company    
NJ Transit Corporation Office of the General Counsel
Carrie Parikh, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield    
Martin Wilson, Rocket Pharmaceuticals    


Innovators Finalists

Asim Badaruzzaman, Sbaiti & Company    
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders     
James Lewis and Marissa Mastroianni, Cole Schotz 
Morris Sabbagh, Vishnick McGovern Milizio    
Barry Schindler, Greenberg Traurig    
Frank Wukovits, Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi


Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year Winner

Ronald S. Bienstock, Scarinci Hollenbeck


Lifetime Achievement Award Winners

Frank Giantomasi, Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi    
Jeffrey W. Herrmann, Cohn Lifland Pearlman Herrmann & Knopf
Jaynee LaVecchia, McCarter & English    
Nancy Erika Smith, Smith Mullin    
Justin Walder, Pashman Stein Walder Hayden


Law Firm of the Year Finalists

Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi
McCarter & English
Pashman Stein Walder Hayden
Sills Cummis & Gross 


Litigation Departments of the Year, General

Epstein Becker & Green
Greenberg Traurig
McCarter & English    
Pashman Stein Walder Hayden 
Riker Danzig
Sills Cummis & Gross


Litigation Departments of the Year - Specialty Practice Area, Appellate Winner    

Pashman Stein Walder Hayden


Litigation Departments of the Year - Specialty Practice Area, Insurance Winner

Methfessel & Werbel


Litigation Departments of the Year - Specialty Practice Area, Intellectual Property Finalists

Gibbons    
Lerner David 


Litigation Departments of the Year - Specialty Practice Area, Labor and Employment Finalists

Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi
Sills Cummis & Gross


Litigation Departments of the Year - Specialty Practice Area, Products Liability/Mass Torts Finalists   

McCarter & English
Seeger Weiss


Mentors Finalists

Cynthia Borrelli, Bressler, Amery & Ross    
Michael Burakoff, Laddey Clark & Ryan
Matthew Green, Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel
Brandon Jonas, Gang & Associates    
Maxine Neuhauser, Epstein Becker & Green
Lisa Presser, Faegre Drinker
Loryn Riggiola, Zetlin & De Chiara
Susan Usatine, Cole Schotz 


Office Managing Partner of the Year Finalists

R. Max Crane, Sills Cummis & Gross
Jason Gavejian, Jackson Lewis
Randi Kochman, Cole Schotz    
Harry Norton, Hall Booth Smith
Michael Stein, Pashman Stein Walder Hayden     
Michael Zogby, Barnes & Thornburg


Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year Finalists

Robert Austin Jenkin II, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders     
Patricia Lee, Connell Foley     
Ian Marx, Greenberg Traurig
Michelle Pallak, McCarter & English        
Catherine van Kampen, BLB&G Law Offices    


Real Estate Firm of the Year Finalists

Brach Eichler    
Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomas
Gibbons     
Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis     
Riker Danzig     
Sills Cummis & Gross


Unsung Heroes Winners

Rahat Chatha, New Jersey Reentry Corporation    
Gemma Giantomasi, Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi 
Michael Gordon, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection    
Sarah Gribbin, Archer & Grenier
Kenneth Hayes, Epstein Ostrove
Alicia Hubbard, New Jersey Office of the Public Defender    
Krishna Jhaveri, King, Moench & Collins
Richard Solow, Pashman Stein Walder Hayden     
Nebojsa Zlatanovic, Gang & Associates    


New Leaders of the Bar Winners

Juliann M. Alicino, Hoagland, Longo, Moran, Dunst & Doukas
Justin Ginter, Faegre Drinker
John F. Glass, Gibbons 
Cynthia Hawkins, William Kirby Law
Sarah Heba-Escobar, Riker Danzig
Leonard Jones, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
Diana-Marie Laventure, Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan
Tamar Lerer, New Jersey Office of the Public Defender        
James Leva, Day Pitney
Jeanelly Nuñez, Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi    
Jared Placitella, Cohen, Placitella & Roth
Matthew Posada, Sills Cummis & Gross         
Mitchell Ramirez, Moreira Sayles Ramirez
Ryan Richman, McCarter & English,     
Robert Roglieri, Trenk Isabel Siddiqi & Shahdanian
Cory Rothbort, Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman
Cheyne R. Scott, Chasan Lamparello Mallon Cappuzzo    
Christopher J. Seelinger, Weiner Law Group
Brian Shemesh, Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla
Christopher Warren, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney