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Attorney of the Year Finalists

  • Joe Grinstein, Susman Godfrey
  • Warren Harris, Bracewell
  • Jennifer Truelove, McKool Smith — WINNER

Law Firm of the Year Finalists

  • Kirkland & Ellis — WINNER
  • Sidley Austin 
  • Susman Godfrey
  • Winston & Strawn 

Lifetime Achievement Winners

  • Frank Branson, Law Offices of Frank L. Branson
  • David Elrod, Shackelford, McKinley & Norton 
  • Kelly Frels, Bracewell 

Managing Partner of the Year Finalists

  • Gene Besen, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings
  • Todd Reed, Akerman — WINNER
  • Kelly Rittenberry Culhane, CM Law
  • Grant Walsh, CM Law

Best Mentors Finalists

  • Brett Berly, Chamberlain Hrdlicka
  • Lauren Brogdon, Haynes and Boone
  • David Kitner, Clark Hill
  • Rebecca McKnight, Reed Smith
  • Rahul Patel, Patel Gaines — WINNER
  • Carlos R. Rainer, Norton Rose Fulbright
  • Sarah Schultz, Akin 

Diversity and Inclusion Champion Finalists

  • Benny Agosto, Jr., Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner
  • Ed Fernandes, King & Spalding
  • Jervonne Newsome, Winston & Strawn 
  • Cameron Rivers, Holland & Knight — WINNER
  • Tracey Williams, Peckar & Abramson
  • Jennifer Wu, Kirkland & Ellis 
  • Krisina Zuñiga, Susman Godfrey

In-House Impact Award Winner

  • Amanda Arriaga, Texas CASA

Legal Innovators Finalists

  • Zina Bash, Keller Postman 
  • James Carter, JW Carter Law
  • David Greetham, Level Legal — WINNER

Litigation Departments of the Year, General Litigation Finalists

  • Baker Botts 
  • Bracewell
  • McKool Smith 
  • Reid Collins & Tsai 
  • Susman Godfrey — WINNER
  • Winston & Strawn

Litigation Departments of the Year, Class Action Winner

  • Sidley Austin

Litigation Departments of the Year, Finance Winner

  • Sidley Austin

Litigation Departments of the Year, Intellectual Property Finalists

  • Baker Botts WINNER
  • McKool Smith    
  • Winston & Strawn 

Dealmakers of the Year Finalists

  • Mike Blankenship, Winston & Strawn
  • Jeffrey Chapman, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher — WINNER
  • Alain Dermarkar, A&O Shearman
  • Nick Dhesi, Latham & Watkins 
  • Habeeb ”Hobbs” Gnaim, Chamberlain Hrdlicka
  • Melissa Kalka, Kirkland & Ellis
  • Gabriel Morgan, Weil, Gotshal & Manges 
  • Jonathan Newton, King & Spalding
  • Lande Spottswood, Vinson & Elkins
  • Sean Wheeler and Debbie Yee, Kirkland & Ellis

Real Estate Attorney of the Year Finalists

  • John Bain, Akin 
  • John Duncan, Polsinelli
  • Kimberly Schlanger, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher — WINNER

Energy Attorney of the Year Finalists

  • David Castro Jr., Kirkland & Ellis
  • Tull Florey, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
  • Steve Gill, Vinson & Elkins
  • Scott Greer, King & Spalding — WINNER

Influential Woman of the Year Finalists

  • Jennifer Ecklund, Thompson Coburn 
  • Anna Greenberg, Blizzard Greenberg 
  • Eva Guzman, Wright Close & Barger
  • Caitlin Halpern, Gibbs & Bruns 
  • Julie Hardin, Reed Smith 
  • Mia Lorick, Locke Lord
  • Jenny Martinez, Munck Wilson Mandala — WINNER
  • Marisa O’Sullivan, Carrington Coleman
  • Amy M. Stewart, Stewart Law Group 
  • Lisa Tsai, Reid Collins & Tsai 
  • Cathy Webking, Spencer Fane 
  • Emily Westridge Black, A&O Shearman

Pro Bono Attorney of the Year Finalists

  • Keith Cohan, Reid Collins & Tsai — WINNER
  • Logan Harris, Sidley Austin 
  • Xakema Henderson, Akerman 
  • Kasdin Mitchell, Kirkland & Ellis
  • Richard Salgado, McDermott Will & Emery
  • Jenae Ward, Weil, Gotshal & Manges

Intellectual Property Attorney of the Year Finalists

  • Peter Chassman, Reed Smith — WINNER
  • Aimee Fagan, Sidley Austin
  • Andrea Fair, Ward, Smith & Hill
  • Kurt Pankratz, Baker Botts

On the Rise Winners

  • Lakshmi Achari, Shook, Hardy & Bacon 
  • Angeles Garcia Cassin, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
  • Heaven Chee, León Cosgrove Jiménez
  • Kimberly Cheeseman, Norton Rose Fulbright
  • Kenneth Darby, Fish & Richardson
  • Ace Factor, Susman Godfrey
  • Tanya Feinleib, Langley & Banack Inc.
  • Kevin Keen, Katten
  • Cy Jones, Kirkland & Ellis
  • Taylor Klavan, Squire Patton Boggs
  • Kristen McDanald, Akerman 
  • Katy Lukaszewski, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
  • Mary Kate Raffetto, Beck Redden 
  • Eugenie Rogers, Baker McKenzie
  • Rebecca Seidl, Baker Botts
  • LeElle Slifer, Winston & Strawn 
  • Lauren Smyth, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings
  • Anna Summersett, Varghese Summersett
  • Saba Syed, Bell Nunnally
  • Reginald Wilson, Norton Rose Fulbright