Honorees

Distinguished Leaders Honorees

  • Sharon Caffrey, Duane Morris
  • Leonard Hill, Law Office of Leonard Hill & Associates
  • Shauna Itri, Seeger Weiss
  • Chanda Miller, Barnes & Thornburg
  • Hannah Molitoris, Morgan & Morgan
  • Marla Presley, Jackson Lewis
  • Michael Schaedle, Blank Rome
  • Christopher Tinari, Margolis Edelstein
  • Raymond Williams, DLA Piper
  • Theodore Zeller, Norris McLaughlin

Lawyers on the Fast Track, (Large Firm) Honorees

  • Andrew Barron, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young
  • Christopher Brennan, Reed Smith
  • Valerie Brown, Polsinelli
  • Rachel Horton, DLA Piper
  • Alex Hyder, Morgan & Morgan
  • Laura McNally, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
  • Joshua Neuman, Motley Rice
  • Tara Param, Holland & Knight
  • Igor Pleskov, Saul Ewing
  • Andrew John Rudowitz, Duane Morris
  • Candee Wilde, McCarter & English

Lawyers on the Fast Track (Small/Midsize Firms) Honorees

  • Susanna Bagdasarova, Babst, Calland, Clements and Zomnir
  • Shahirah Brown, School District of Philadelphia
  • Richard Coble, Law Offices of Richard Coble
  • George Donnelly, Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig
  • Alexander Nassar, Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld
  • Rachael Pritzker, Pritzker Law Group
  • Lynn Roberts III, Roberts Legal Group
  • Joseph Schaeffer, Babst, Calland, Clements and Zomnir
  • Devin Uqdah, Legis Group
  • Ryan D. Very, Very Law
  • Julia Wu, Leech Tishman

Lifetime Achievement Award Honorees

  • Martin Belisario, Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel
  • Doris Brogan, Villanova University, Charles Widger School of Law
  • Timothy K. Lewis, Blank Rome
  • Michael McKenna, Margolis Edelstein
  • Paula Shaffner, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young
  • Mark Silow, Fox Rothschild


Litigation Departments of the Year, Specialty Practice (Intellectual Property) Winner

  • Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel

Unsung Heroes Honorees

  • Matthew R. Divelbiss, Jones Day
  • Stacy Hughes, Baldante & Rubenstein
  • Brian Kisielewski, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath
  • Laurie Krepto, Robinson & Cole
  • Martha Little, Support Center for Child Advocates
  • Ashley Shapiro, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young
  • Joseph Traub, Raynes & Lawn

Finalists

Attorney of the Year Finalists

  • Paula Knudsen Burke, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
  • Jeff Goodman, Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky
  • Gary Samms, Marshall Dennehey

Law Firm of the Year Finalists

  • Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
  • Reed Smith
  • Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young

Best Law Firm Mentors Finalists

  • Courtney C.T. Horrigan, Reed Smith
  • Michael Connolly, McAndrews, Mehalick, Connolly, Hulse and Ryan
  • Andrew Curley, Berger Montague
  • Anthony Ditka, Dinsmore & Shohl
  • Lauri Kavulich, Clark Hill
  • Julianna Merback Burdo, Wapner, Newman, Brecher & Miller
  • Jeffrey Monhait, Cozen O’Connor
  • Jennifer Myers Chalal, Spector Gadon Rosen Vinci
  • Mathieu Shapiro, Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel
  • Heidi Villari, The Villari Firm
  • David Woolf, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath

Diversity Initiative Finalists

  • Lloyd Freeman, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
  • Derrick Maultsby Jr., Frost Brown Todd
  • William Phelan, Cordell & Cordell
  • Shelley Smith, Archer & Greiner
  • Kaileeb Woodson, Fox Rothschild

ESG Impact Finalists

  • Holland & Knight
  • Jones Day

In-House Impact Award Finalists

  • BNY Legal Department
  • Colleen M. Johns, EMCOR Facilities Services Inc.
  • Olympus Corp.
  • Meghna Reddy, Tenth Revolution Group

Law Firm Innovators Finalists

  • Madeline Boyer, Reed Smith
  • Eric Hurwitz, Joe Nguyen and Andy Stutzman, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young
  • Frank Lauletta, Lauletta Birnbaum
  • Lisa Mayo Haynes, Ballard Spahr
  • Mark McCreary, Fox Rothschild
  • Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
  • Linda T. Sanders, Troutman Pepper Locke

Litigation Departments of the Year, General Litigation Finalists

  • Duane Morris
  • Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller
  • Hogan Lovells
  • Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
  • Reed Smith

Litigation Departments of the Year, Specialty Practice (Appellate Law) Finalists

  • Duane Morris
  • Marshall Dennehey

Litigation Departments of the Year, Specialty Practice (Class Action) Finalists

  • Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check
  • Sauder Schelkopf

Litigation Departments of the Year, Specialty Practice (Insurance) Finalists

  • Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller
  • Reed Smith

Litigation Departments of the Year, Specialty Practice (Products Liability/Mass Torts) Finalists

  • DLA Piper
  • Marshall Dennehey

Litigation Departments of the Year, Specialty Practice (Professional Liability) Finalists

  • Marshall Dennehey
  • Swartz Campbell

Managing Partner of the Year Finalists

  • Philip Amoa, McCarter & English
  • Sarah Bouchard, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
  • Jeffrey McCarron, Swartz Campbell
  • Lauren McKenna, Fox Rothschild
  • Michael O’Mara, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young

Most Promising Newcomer Finalists

  • Ikenna Ejimonyeugwo, Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel
  • Faith Johnson, McCarter & English, LLP
  • Sukhdeep Gill, Greenberg Traurig
  • Anne Jiang, Jones Day
  • Star Kashman, Cyber Law Firm
  • Pearl Dzifa Mansu, Reed Smith
  • Yericca Morales, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
  • Krista Rose, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney

Most-Effective Dealmakers Finalists

  • Zachary R. Brecheisen, Jones Day
  • Alexander Gase, Leech Tishman
  • Anna McDonough, Cozen O’Connor
  • David Monaghan, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
  • Fahd Riaz, DLA Piper
  • Gregory Schernecke, Dechert
  • Gregory L. Seltzer, Ballard Spahr

Power Players Finalists

  • Benjamin Baer, Injury Law Partners
  • Bethany Nikitenko, Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig
  • Ethan Townsend, McDermott Will & Emery

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