Attorney of the Year Finalists

  • Zina Bash, Keller Postman
  • Trey Cox, Gibson Dunn
  • Ryan Maierson, Latham & Watkins — WINNER
     

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Law Firm of the Year Finalists

  • Baker Botts
  • Kirkland & Ellis
  • Latham & Watkins
  • Reed Smith — WINNER
  • Sidley Austin

Lifetime Achievement Winners

  • David J. Beck, Beck Redden
  • Randy Johnston, Johnston Tobey Baruch
  • David Keltner, Kelly Hart & Hallman
  • Mary-Olga "Mo" Lovett, Mo Lovett Law

Litigation Department of the Year Finalists

  • Baker Botts
  • Gibson Dunn — WINNER
  • Kirkland & Ellis
  • Reid Collins & Tsai
  • Sidley Austin
  • Susman Godfrey 

Managing Partner of the Year Finalists

  • Jeff Cody, Norton Rose Fulbright
  • Ed Cavazos, Pillsbury
  • Danny Daniel, Daniel Stark Injury Lawyers
  • Paul Genender, Paul Hastings — WINNER
  • Amanda Halter, Pillsbury
  • Kevin Henderson, SMB Law Group
  • Grant Schmidt, Hilgers Graben

Litigation Department of the Year, Intellectual Property Finalists

  • Baker Botts  — WINNER
  • McKool Smith
  • Sheppard Mullin
  • Winston & Strawn

Litigation Department of the Year, Class Actions Winner

  • Sidley Austin

Litigation Department of the Year, Finance Winner

  • Sidley Austin

Best Mentors Finalists

  • Natasha Taylor, Wright Close & Barger
  • Cynthia Schmidt, Hilgers Graben
  • Eric Pinker, Lynn Pinker Hurst Schwegmann
  • Brett Berly, Chamberlain Hrdlicka
  • Brennan Meier, Akin
  • Juanita DeLoach, Barnes & Thornburg
  • Omar Alaniz, Reed Smith — WINNER
  • Lauren Smyth, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings

Dealmakers of the Year Finalists

  • Robert Little, Gibson Dunn
  • Melissa Kalka, Kirkland & Ellis
  • Ryan Maierson, Latham & Watkins
  • Charles Persons, Paul Hastings
  • Kevin Richardson, Latham & Watkins
  • Lande Spottswood, Vinson & Elkins
  • Sean Wheeler and Debbie Yee, Kirkland & Ellis — WINNER

Energy Attorney of the Year Finalists

  • David Castro, Kirkland & Ellis
  • Bryan Loocke, Vinson & Elkins — WINNER
  • Kim Mai, Haynes Boone
  • Jeff Schlegel, Jones Day
  • Justin Stolte, Latham & Watkins
  • Wesley Williams, Akin

Influential Woman of the Year Finalists

  • Lauren Anderson, Latham & Watkins
  • Emily Westridge Black, A&O Shearman
  • Jessica Dean, Dean Omar Branham Shirley
  • Mollie Duckworth, Latham & Watkins
  • Julie Hardin, Reed Smith
  • Allyson Ho, Gibson Dunn
  • Letitia Quinones-Hollins, Quinones & Associates — WINNER
  • Hon. Linda B. Thomas, JAMS
  • Lisa S. Tsai, Reid Collins & Tsai
  • DeAndrea Washington, Spencer Fane

Most Promising Newcomer Finalists

  • Sergio Cavazos, Greenberg Traurig
  • Natalie Daniel, Modern Family Law
  • Landon Francois, Wright Close & Barger — WINNER
  • Curtis Fuller, Romano Law
  • Olivia Lee, Disability Rights Texas
  • Bryce Pilawski, Akerman
  • Bradley Potts, Haynes Boone

Intellectual Property Attorney of the Year Finalists

  • Jeannie Heffernan, Kirkland & Ellis
  • John Keville, Sheppard Mullin — WINNER
  • Domingo LLagostera, Blank Rome
  • Paul Morico, Baker Botts
  • Brian C. Nash, Morrison Foerster
  • Trey Peacock, Susman Godfrey
  • Douglas Wilson, Armond Wilson

Maritime Attorney of the Year Finalists

  • Keith Letourneau, Blank Rome — WINNER
  • Cindy Muller, Jones Walker

Pro Bono Attorney of the Year Finalists

  • Lauren Brogdon, Haynes Boone
  • Caitlin Halpern, Gibbs & Bruns — CO-WINNER 
  • Stan Perry, Reed Smith — CO-WINNER
  • Eric Muñoz, Akin

Real Estate Attorney of the Year Finalists

  • Rocío Cristina Garcia Espinoza, Rosewood Property Company
  • Charles McFarland, McFarland 
  • Brad E. Porter, Porter Law Firm
  • Andrew Van Noord, Kirkland & Ellis
  • Adam Weaver, Pillsbury — WINNER

Talent Management Initiative Finalists

  • Louis Ryan Garcia, Garcia Firm — WINNER 
  • Sushant Mohan, BakerHostetler

Legal Innovators Finalists

  • Todd Basile, Greenberg Traurig
  • David Cunningham, Reed Smith — WINNER 
  • Samantha Granberry, Enbridge
  • Jonathan Henderson, Polsinelli
  • Brent Walker, Brent Walker Law
  • Benchly

In-House Impact Award Finalists

  • Texas Workforce Commission Office of General Counsel — WINNER 
  • Anna Alvarado, Texas Capital Bank
  • Brady Long, Transocean 

On the Rise Winners

  • Amber Carson, Gray Reed
  • Sara Clark, Quinn Emanuel
  • Chris Cottrell, Seyfarth Shaw
  • Katherine Drews, Susman Godfrey
  • Joseph Fore, DLA Piper
  • Shahmeer Halepota, Ahmad Zavitsanos
  • John Kappel, Fox Rothschild
  • Nishi Kothari, Brasher Law Firm
  • Claudia Lai, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
  • Olivia Lee, Disability Rights Texas
  • Ryan Lynch, Latham & Watkins
  • Billy Marsh, A&O Shearman
  • Andrew Monk, Bracewell
  • Anne Peetz, Reed Smith
  • Nandini Sane, Cozen O'Connor
  • Kartik Singapura, Bell Nunnally
  • Amanda Stephens, Orrick
  • Brent Stewart, Baker McKenzie
  • Casey Weaver, Morgan Lewis
  • Natali Wyson, Sidley Austin 
  • Baile Xie, Fish & Richardson