Distinguished Leaders Winners

  • Joe Dougherty, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
  • Patricia Hamill, Clark Hill 
  • Jordan LaVine, Flaster Greenberg 
  • Lauren McKenna, Fox Rothschild    
  • Stacey L. Fuller, Gawthrop Greenwood
  • Michael A. Hamilton, Goldberg Segalla    
  • Diane N. Ibrahim, Greenberg Traurig
  • Kelly Iverson, Lynch Carpetner 
  • Michael Connolly, Esquire, McAndrews, Mehalick, Connolly, Hulse and Ryan 
  • Ashley Altschuler, McDermott Will & Emery
  • J. Gordon Cooney, Jr., Morgan, Lewis & Bockius 
  • Joan C. Arnold, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders 
  • Chase T. Brockstedt, Baird, Mandalas, Brockstedt and Federico

Lawyers on the Fast Track, Small/Midsize Winners

  • Brenda Harkavy, Raynes and Lawn
  • Casey Alan Coyle, Babst, Calland, Clements and Zomnir
  • Jill Roth, Laffey, Bucci & Kent
  • John Higgins, Mannion Prior
  • Joseph A. Carroll, Meyer, Unkovic & Scott
  • Joseph B. Kenney, Sauder Schelkopf
  • Julia McGrath, Berger Montague
  • Kevin Trainer, Langer Grogan & Diver
  • Matthew Klebanoff, Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller
  • Megan E. Stamm, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young
  • Rachael Pritzker, Pritzker Law Group
  • Samuel Mukiibi, Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig
  • Tim Kelly, Hausfeld

Lawyers on the Fast Track, Large Firm Winners

  • Cara Brack, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
  • Christina Barringer, Clark Hill
  • Dylan Alper, Cozen O'Connor
  • Elizabeth Kuschel, United States Department of Labor - Regional Office of the Solicitor
  • Eric Kim, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
  • Gunjan Agarwal, Fox Rothschild
  • Hannah Molitoris, Morgan & Morgan
  • Mark Fidanza, Reed Smith
  • Matthew Fontana, Faegre Drinker
  • Melissa A. Ruth, Duane Morris
  • Michael Joyce, Saul Ewing
  • Olufunke Leroy, Holland & Knight
  • R. Zachary Torres-Fowler, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders
  • Rachel Lewis, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
  • Rebecca Trela, Barnes & Thornburg
  • Samuel L. Moultrie, Greenberg Traurig
  • Sara Gelsinger, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell
  • Sarah Delia, McCarter & English
  • Stephanie Haas, Dechert
  • Whitney Cloud , DLA Piper
  • William Xiong, Ballard Spahr

Young Attorney of the Year Winner

The winner will be selected from both Lawyers on the Fast Track winners lists and revealed at the awards ceremony.


Lifetime Achievement Award Winners

  • John J. Cunningham, III,    Cozen O'Connor
  • Andrew C. Kassner, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath
  • Virginia "Ginny" Gibson, Hogan Lovells
  • Richard Serbin, Janet, Janet & Suggs
  • Judge Eduardo Robreno, McCarter & English
  • Hon. Thomas I. Vanaskie (Ret.), Stevens & Lee

Litigation Departments of the Year, Specialty Practice Winners

  • Class Action: Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check
  • Products Liability/Mass Torts: Kline & Specter
  • Appellate: Marshall Dennehey 
  • Labor & Employment: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
  • Professional Liability Group: Swartz Campbell 
  • Insurance: Wiggin and Dana 

Unsung Heroes Winners

  • Maureen Holland, Cozen O'Connor    
  • Gerard Lipski, Dengler & Lipski (Zurich Staff Legal)    
  • Renée Mosley Delcollo, Greenberg Traurig    
  • Valerie Pearce, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius    
  • Laura Karmatz, Reed Smith    
  • Scott George, Seeger Weiss    
  • Andrew Medeiros, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders 

The winners of these awards will be revealed at the Awards Ceremony on May 15, you can
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Attorney of the Year Finalists

  • Tom Kline, Kline & Specter
  • Kristen Gibbons Feden, Anapol Weiss
  • John Ryan, Temple Health 

Best Law Firm Mentors Finalists

  • Shira R. Yoshor, Greenberg Traurig
  • Dan Mateo, Holland & Knight 
  • Michael H. Ginsberg, Jones Day    
  • Jim Waldenberger, Kline & Specter    
  • Karen Ann Jacobs, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell 
  • Paige Macdonald-Matthes, Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell & Hippel
  • Davis Wright, Robinson & Cole 
  • Holly Deihl, SWMW Law
  • Heidi G. Villari, The Villari Firm

Diversity Initiative Finalists

  • Buchanan    
  • Kevin Levy    
  • Michael Tang, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young    
  • Weber Gallagher

ESG Impact Finalists

  • Dechert 
  • Duane Morris 
  • Elizabeth K. Lange, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath 
  • Jones Day
  • Morgan Lewis & Bockius 
  • Reed Smith 

In-House Impact Award Finalists

  • La-Toya Hackney, Saint-Gobain North America    
  • Bruce Balderson, Rubenstein Partners

Law Firms Innovators Finalists

  • Scott Angelo, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney    
  • Kristina Bakardjiev, Cozen O'Connor    
  • Dechert 
  • Morgan, Lewis & Bockius and Thomson Reuters AI Collaboration    
  • Hannalore Merritt, Osterhout Berger Disability Law    
  • Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders 
  • Tyson & Mendes

Law Firm of the Year Finalists

  • Cozen O'Connor    
  • Jones Day    
  • Kline & Specter    
  • Morgan, Lewis & Bockius 
  • Reed Smith    
  • Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders

Litigation Departments of the Year, General Litigation Finalists

  • Duane Morris 
  • Hogan Lovells    
  • Holland & Knight 
  • Jones Day    
  • McNees Wallace & Nurick 
  • Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
  • Reed Smith

Most-Effective Dealmakers Finalists

  • Peter J. Smith, Antheil Maslow & MacMinn    
  • Steven Haas, Cozen O'Connor    
  • Ken Young, Dechert     
  • Marcia C. Kelson, Jones Day    
  • Ryan T. Purpura, Reed Smith    
  • Deborah L. Spranger, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders

Power Players Finalists

  • Steven Shoumer, Blank Rome    
  • Michelle Yarbrough Korb, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney    
  • John Summers, Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller    
  • Gary Lynch, Lynch Carpenter     
  • Alan Nochumson, Nochumson
  • Jordan Strokovsky, Strokovsky

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