Attorney of the Year Finalists

  • CJ Griffin, Pashman Stein Walder Hayden
  • Kevin Marino, Marino, Tortorella & Boyle
  • Rebecca Uwakwe, American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey

Lifetime Achievement Award Winners

  • Jeffrey Chiesa, Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi
  • Paul Fishman, Arnold & Porter
  • Brian Neary, Connell Foley
  • Lynne Strober, Mandelbaum Barrett

Law Firm of the Year Finalists

  • Fox Rothschild
  • Kelley Drye & Warren
  • McCarter & English
  • Pashman Stein Walder Hayden
  • Sills Cummis & Gross

Banking and Financial Firm of the Year Finalists

  • Mandelbaum Barrett
  • Riker Danzig

Best Mentor Finalists

  • Lissa Jean Ferrell, Javerbaum Wurgaft Hicks Kahn Wikstrom & Sinins
  • Michael Gordon, Seton Hall University / Mercor / Ameribar
  • Eric Hurwitz, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young
  • Maha Kabbash, Tucker Ellis
  • Brian Klein, Weinstein & Klein
  • Raquel Lord, Greenberg Traurig
  • J.C. Lore III, Rutgers Law School
  • Michelle Scanlon, Norris McLaughlin
  • Bari Weinberger, Weinberger Divorce & Family Law Firm
  • Damien Weinstein, Weinstein & Klein
  • Marquis Whitney, Barnes & Thornburg

Best Use of AI Finalists

  • Barnes & Thornburg
  • Sills Cummis & Gross

Cannabis Law Practice of the Year Finalists

  • McCarter & English
  • Sills Cummis & Gross
  • Stevens & Lee

Dealmakers of the Year Finalists

  • Greenbaum Real Estate Team, Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis
  • Mohamed Nabulsi, Mandelbaum Barrett
  • Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditors' Rights Practice, Pashman Stein Walder Hayden
  • Corporate Department, Sills Cummis & Gross

Gaming Law Practice of the Year Finalists

  • Duane Morris
  • Fox Rothschild
  • Saiber

In-House Impact Finalists

  • Michael Chong, MKC Law Group
  • Jessica Hodkinson, Panasonic Corporation of North America
  • Jay Kooper, Middlesex Water Company
  • Debra Lienhardt, RWJBarnabas Health
  • Carrie Parikh, Horizon BCBSNJ
  • Cindy M. Perr, Advocare

Innovators Finalists

  • Jessica Hodkinson, Panasonic Corporation of North America
  • Helen Oscislawski, Attorneys at Oscislawski
  • Kaitlyn Stone, Barnes & Thornburg
  • Damien Weinstein, Weinstein & Klein

Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year Finalists

  • Joe Chen, Fox Rothschild
  • Nancy Del Pizzo, Rivkin Radler
  • Joel MacMull, Mandelbaum Barrett
  • Jeffrey Weinick, Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi

Litigation Departments of the Year, Appellate Winner

  • Pashman Stein Walder Hayden

Litigation Departments of the Year, General Litigation Finalists

  • Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi
  • Day Pitney
  • Epstein Becker Green
  • Kelley Drye & Warren
  • Mandelbaum Barrett
  • McCarter & English
  • Pashman Stein Walder Hayden
  • Riker Danzig
  • Sills Cummis & Gross

Litigation Departments of the Year, Insurance Finalists

  • Jones Jones
  • Methfessel & Werbel

Litigation Departments of the Year, Intellectual Property Finalists

  • Lerner David
  • Rivkin Radler

Litigation Departments of the Year, Labor and Employment Finalists

  • Day Pitney
  • Sills Cummis & Gross

Litigation Departments of the Year, Products Liability/Mass Torts Finalists

  • Barnes & Thornburg
  • Seeger Weiss
  • Tanenbaum Keale

New Leaders of the Bar Winners

  • Philip Granite, Morgan & Morgan
  • Rahool Patel, Porzio, Bromberg & Newman

New Leaders of the Bar Winner, Bankruptcy

  • Katherine Beilin, Pashman Stein Walder Hayden

New Leaders of the Bar Winner, Corporate and Real Estate Transactions

  • Julius Suarez, Fox Rothschild

New Leaders of the Bar Winner, Employment

  • Marlie Blaise, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius

New Leaders of the Bar Winner, Environmental Law

  • Vinita Banthia, Archer & Greiner

New Leaders of the Bar Winner, Gaming Law

  • Ariana LoGiudice, Saiber

New Leaders of the Bar Winners, Intellectual Property

  • Melanie Chernoff, Lerner David
  • Paul Kalish, Fox Rothschild

New Leaders of the Bar Winner, Land Use and Redevelopment

  • Adam Faiella, Sills Cummis & Gross

New Leaders of the Bar Winners, Litigation

  • Brian Block, Mandelbaum Barrett
  • Jennifer Chawla, Faegre Drinker
  • Marshall O. Dworkin, Saul Ewing
  • Michael Fitzpatrick, Day Pitney
  • Clarissa Gomez, Greenberg Traurig
  • Desiree Grace, McCarter & English
  • Jordan Kaplan, Fox Rothschild
  • David Reap, Kelley Drye & Warren
  • Stephen Turner, Dentons

New Leaders of the Bar Winner, Surety and Fidelity

  • Amanda Miceli, Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi

New Leaders of the Bar Winners, Trust and Estate Planning

  • Megan Cannella, Bressler, Amery & Ross
  • Nicholas Keller, McCarter & English

Office Managing Partner of the Year Finalists

  • John D. Fanburg, Brach Eichler
  • Michael Zogby, Barnes & Thornburg

Outstanding Officiators Finalists

  • Lisa F. Chrystal, Brach Eichler
  • Ellen Koblitz, Pashman Stein Walder Hayden
  • Jose Linares, McCarter & English

Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year Finalists

  • Christina Holder, Lowenstein Sandler
  • Markiana Julceus, Lowenstein Sandler
  • Matthew Karmel, Offit Kurman
  • Mark Makhail, McCarter & English
  • Ian S. Marx, Greenberg Traurig
  • Andy Norin, Faegre Drinker

Real Estate Firm of the Year Finalists

  • Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi
  • Connell Foley
  • Day Pitney
  • Fox Rothschild
  • Hyland Levin Shapiro
  • Riker Danzig
  • Sills Cummis & Gross
  • Stevens & Lee

Talent Management Initiative Finalists

  • Pashman Stein Walder Hayden
  • Weinstein & Klein

Unsung Heros Winners

  • Rebecca Frino, Mandelbaum Barrett
  • Adam Golub, Lucosky Brookman
  • Marissa Harrington, IMS Legal Strategies
  • Vahbiz Karanjia, Epstein Ostrove
  • Dominique Kilmartin, Pashman Stein Walder Hayden
  • Jay Kooper, Middlesex Water Company
  • Loendo Mier, Amneal Pharmaceuticals
  • Thomas Reilly, Porzio, Bromberg & Newman
  • Danica Rue, NJ Office of Public Defender
  • Sarah Stewart, Duane Morris