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Attorney of the Year Finalists

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

Banking and Financial Firm of the Year Finalists

  • Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi 
  • Riker Danzig  — WINNER

Cannabis Law Practice of the Year Finalists

  • Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi 
  • Greenspoon Marder 
  • Mandelbaum Barrett 
  • McCarter & English — WINNER   
  • 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
  • Riker Danzig Real Estate Group
  • Pashman Stein Walder Hayden — WINNER

Diversity Initiative Finalists

  • Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi 
  • Cole Schotz — WINNER    
  • 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  — WINNER   
  • 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    
  • William Gaus, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders — WINNER     
  • 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 — WINNER
  • Pashman Stein Walder Hayden
  • Sills Cummis & Gross 

Litigation Departments of the Year, General Litigation

  • Epstein Becker & Green
  • Greenberg Traurig  — WINNER
  • 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  — WINNER

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

  • Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi
  • Sills Cummis & Gross  — WINNER

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

  • McCarter & English
  • Seeger Weiss — WINNER

Best 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  — WINNER

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  — WINNER

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Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year Finalists

  • Robert Austin Jenkin II, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders     
  • Patricia Lee, Connell Foley — WINNER     
  • 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  — WINNER   
  • 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