Download the 2023 Pennsylvania Legal Awards Program


Attorney of the Year Finalists

  • David Axelrod, Ballard Spahr
  • Jeff Goodman, Saltz Mongeluzzi
  • Terry Mutchler, Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel

Distinguished Leaders

  • Robert Nicholas, Reed Smith
  • Wendy West-Feinstein, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
  • Stephanie Peet, Jackson Lewis
  • Amy Kline, Saul Ewing
  • George Overton, Judge, Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas
  • David Forti, Dechert
  • Grant Palmer, Blank Rome
  • David Joseph, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young
  • Eric Cramer, Berger Montague
  • Alva Mather, McDermott Will & Emery
  • Natalie Ramsey, Robinson & Cole

Lifetime Achievement

  • Sherrie Savett, Berger Montague
  • Lisa Duda, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young
  • Terry Fromson, Women’s Law Project
  • James Barnes, Blank Rome
  • Thomas Decker, Cozen O’Connor
  • Jack McGinley, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott
  • Jon Ostroff, Ostroff Godshall Injury and Accident Lawyers
  • David Rosenberg, Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby
  • Edwin Dashevsky, Dashevsky, Horwitz, Kuhn, Novello & Shorr

Litigation Department of the Year (General)

  • Swartz Campbell

Litigation Departments of the Year (Specialty)

  • Winner: Kessler Topaz
  • Finalist: Hausfeld

GC Impact

  • Ada Okafor, American Board of Surgery
  • John Gregory, Streamlight

Law Firms Innovators

  • Dave Cohen, Reed Smith
  • Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders
  • Helene Jaron, Cozen O’Connor
  • Dayna Finkelstein, Blank Rome
  • LeVan Stapleton Segal Cochran
  • Loutel

Best Law Firm Mentors

  • Nina Gussack, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders
  • Russell Ober, Meyer, Unkovic & Scott
  • Rachael Pritzker, Pritzker Law Group
  • Dena Calo, Saul Ewing
  • Mena Larmour, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young
  • Sara Begley, Holland & Knight
  • Matthew Johnson, Jones Day
  • Michelle Mantine, Reed Smith
  • Richard Scheff, Armstrong Teasdale

Power Players

  • Charles Hayden, Philadelphia Municipal Court judge
  • Allison Borgatti, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
  • Jasmeet Ahuja, Hogan Lovells
  • Scott Reidenbach, Reidenbach and Associates
  • Chase Brockstedt, Baird Mandalas Brockstedt Federico & Cardea
  • Dean Krishna, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young
  • Reginald Streater, Berger Montague
  • Shauna Itri, Seeger Weiss

Unsung Heroes

  • Abbie Newman, Mission Kids Child Advocacy Center
  • Mark Bergstrom, Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing
  • Matthew Divelbiss, Jones Day
  • Peter Johnson, Superior Court of Pennsylvania
  • Samantha Chugh, Reed Smith
  • Pamela Dorian, Cozen O’Connor
  • Daniel Schwarz, Schwarz & Schwarz
  • Eileen Hurley, The Law Office of Eileen J. Hurley
  • Alison Kehner, DTO Law
  • Holly Deihl, SWMW Law
  • Jonathan DeSantis, Walden Macht & Haran

Most Effective Dealmakers

  • Aaron Suh, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
  • Rebecca Guzman, Duane Morris
  • Matthew Mohn, Reed Smith
  • Jennifer Minter, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
  • Christopher Rosenbleeth, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young
  • Megan Thompson, Herrick Feinstein

Diversity Initiative

  • Flaster Greenberg
  • Camille Fundora Rodriguez, Berger Montague
  • Sunu Pillai, Saul Ewing
  • Jacques Moye, Clark Hill
  • Leigh Skipper, Duane Morris
  • Fox Rothschild
  • Krystal Kane, Blank Rome

ESG

  • Nichole Shustack, McDermott Will & Emery
  • Reed Smith
  • Yelena Barychev, Blank Rome
  • Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
  • Holland and Knight

Law Firm of the Year Finalists

  • Jones Day
  • Blank Rome
  • Berger Montague

Lawyers on the Fast Track

  • Adesola Adegbesan, Greenberg Traurig
  • Linda Ann Bartosch, Dechert
  • Brian Boyle, DLA Piper
  • John Coyle, McEldrew Purtell
  • Mark B. DeSanto, Sauder Schelkopf
  • Leah M. Edelstein, Wapner Newman
  • Kaan Ekiner, Cozen O’Connor
  • Adam Filbert, Spector Gadon Rosen Vinci
  • Jordan L. Fischer, Octillo Law
  • Katherine M. Fix, Robinson & Cole
  • Benjamin Hantz, McGuire Woods
  • Shawn A. Hendricks, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young
  • Najah A. Jacobs, Berger Montague
  • Benjamin Jacobs, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
  • Peter Keays, Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller
  • Terrence M. Kerwin, Fox Rothschild
  • Susan Kessler, Jones Day
  • Kimberly W. Klayman, Ballard Spahr
  • Ashley Lynam, Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads
  • Alex Mahfood, Reed Smith
  • Christina Manfredi Mckinley, Babst, Calland, Clements and Zomnir
  • Leah Mintz, Duane Morris
  • Megan Moyer, Saul Ewing
  • Oderah Nwaeze, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath
  • Michael Tang, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young
  • Franca Tavella, Kleinbard
  • Ashley Turner, McCarter & English
  • Jana Volante Walshak, Fox Rothschild
  • James Yoakum, Kleinbard

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