Honorees

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 Carpenter
  • 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

  • R. Zachary Torres-Fowler, Troutman Pepper

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 

Finalists & Winners

Attorney of the Year Finalists

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

Best Law Firm Mentors Finalists

  • Shira R. Yoshor, Greenberg Traurig
  • Dan Mateo, Holland & Knight 
  • Michael H. Ginsberg, Jones Day — WINNER    
  • 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, Saul Ewing    
  • Michael Tang, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young — WINNER    
  • Weber Gallagher

ESG Impact Finalists

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

In-House Impact Award Finalists

  • La-Toya Hackney, Saint-Gobain North America — WINNER   
  • 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 — WINNER 
  • Tyson & Mendes

Law Firm of the Year Finalists

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

Litigation Departments of the Year, General Litigation Finalists

  • Duane Morris 
  • Hogan Lovells    
  • Holland & Knight 
  • Jones Day — WINNER    
  • 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 — WINNER     
  • 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 — WINNER

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