Lifetime Achievement Award Winners

  • Judge Edward Cahn, Blank Rome
  • Kristin Ives, Stradley Ronon
  • Dusty Elias Kirk, Reed Smith
  • Mark Morris, Fox Rothschild

Attorney of the Year

  • Alli Brown, Kirkland & Ellis
  • John Hare, Marshall Dennehey and Chip Becker, Kline & Specter — WINNER
  • Michael McGinley, Dechert

Best Law Firm Mentors

  • Benjamin Barnett, Seeger Weiss
  • Holly Deihl, SWMW Law
  • Molly Flynn, Barnes & Thornburg
  • Matthew Green, Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell and Hippel 
  • Kyle J. Keller, Baldante & Rubenstein 
  • Renee C. Mattei Montgomery, Eckert Seamans
  • Wendy Simkulak, Duane Morris — WINNER
  • Wendie Stabler, Saul Ewing

Delaware Excellence Attorney of the Year Finalists

  • Michael Barlow, Quinn Emanuel
  • Sharon Morgan, Fox Rothschild — WINNER
  • Kristen Swift, Kaufman Dolowich

Delaware Excellence Law Firm of the Year Finalists

  • Potter Anderson & Corroon — WINNER
  • Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
  • Reed Smith

Distinguished Leaders Winners

  • Valarie Allen, Barnes & Thornburg
  • Barbara Melby, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
  • Michael Menkowitz, Fox Rothschild
  • Brian Murphy, Stradley Ronon
  • John Paradee,  Brockstedt Mandalas Federico
  • Judge Joffie Pittman, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, First Judicial District
  • Ken Racowski, Holland & Knight
  • Thomas Servodidio, Duane Morris

In-House Impact Award Winner

  • Laura Belmont, The L Suite (TechGC) 

Law Firm Innovators Finalists

  • Susie Cirilli, Spector Gadon Rosen Vinci — WINNER
  • Ashton Batchelor, Blank Rome
  • Rocco Cozza, Cozza Law Group
  • Jessica Kozlov Davis, Troutman Pepper Locke
  • Joseph Tate, Barnes & Thornburg

Law Firm of the Year Finalists

  • Fox Rothschild — WINNER
  • McEldrew Purtell
  • Reed Smith
  • Troutman Pepper Locke 

Lawyers on the Fast Track (Large Firm) Winners

  • Veronica Bartholomew, Quinn Emanuel
  • Nitika Gupta Fiorella, Fish & Richardson
  • Kyle Hogan, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
  • Jamie Inferrera, Dinsmore & Shohl 
  • Alexandra Joyce, McCarter & English
  • Avryl Klich, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
  • Kevin Levy, Saul Ewing
  • Arielle Lusardi, Reed Smith
  • Madhundra Sivakumar, Ballard Spahr
  • Jordan Solarz, Morgan & Morgan
  • Benjamin Wilkoff, Cozen O'Connor

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

  • Christopher Bailes, Wiggin and Dana
  • Colin James Beisel, Youman & Caputo
  • Shelby Bingaman, Brockstedt Federico & Cardea
  • Andrew J. Costa, ND Galli Law
  • Steven DeBonis, Cordisco & Saile
  • Alex Goldberg, Nochumson
  • Caroline Goldstein, Baldante & Rubenstein
  • Anna Skipper Jewart, Babst Calland
  • Cary Rice, Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller
  • Francesca M. Schiavone, Leech Tishman
  • Mark Schork, Feldman Shepherd
  • Kenzie P. Teel, Knox McLaughlin Gornall & Sennett

Litigation Departments of the Year, General Litigation Finalists

  • DLA Piper — WINNER
  • Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
  • Reed Smith

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

  • Duane Morris
  • Marshall Dennehey — WINNER

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

  • Lynch Carpenter
  • Kessler Topaz — WINNER
  • Sauder Schelkopf

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

  • Reed Smith

Litigation Departments of the Year, Specialty Practice (Labor and Employment) Winner

  • Morgan, Lewis & Bockius

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

  • Marshall Dennehey — WINNER
  • Sauder Schelkopf

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

  • Swartz Campbell — WINNER
  • Marshall Dennehey

M&A Practice of the Year Finalists

  • Buchanan Ingersoll Rooney
  • Jones Day
  • Troutman Pepper Locke — WINNER

Managing Partner of the Year Finalists

  • Steven R. Wall, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius — WINNER
  • Tom Cole, Troutman Pepper Locke
  • Dan Purtell, McEldrew Purtell
  • Christopher Tinari, Margolis Edelstein

Most Promising Newcomer Finalists

  • Patrick K.A. Afriyie, Archer & Greiner
  • Edward DeLuca, Faegre Drinker
  • Laurenlee Dominguez, Troutman Pepper Locke — WINNER
  • Hannah Kail, Jones Day
  • Gina Lombardo, Fox Rothschild
  • Niayla-Dia Murray, Gfeller Laurie
  • Roma Patel, Robinson+Cole
  • Kayvon Stohler-Paul, Hogan Lovells

Most-Effective Dealmakers Finalists

  • Jessica A. Bisignano, Hogan Lovells — WINNER
  • Joshua D. Cohen, Greenberg Traurig
  • Rachel Jaffe Mauceri, Robinson+Cole
  • Deborah Spranger, Troutman Pepper Locke
  • Aaron Suh, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
  • Peter Tucci, Fox Rothschild
  • Ryan J. Udell, Ballard Spahr

Power Players Finalists

  • Scott Cooper, Schmidt Kramer
  • Ken Fulginiti, Fulginiti Law
  • Shauna Itri, Seeger Weiss  
  • Kevin Kent, Clark Hill — WINNER
  • Gary Lynch, Lynch Carpenter

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Talent Management Initiative Winner

  • Morgan, Lewis & Bockius

Unsung Heroes Winners

  • James Figorski, Dechert
  • Amy C. Fitzsimmons, Stradley Ronon
  • Andrew Garden and Megan Guernsey, Clark Hill
  • Laura Laughlin, Messa & Associates 
  • Dennis McAndrews, McAndrews, Mehalick, Connolly, Hulse and Ryan
  • Jesse Reeves, Barnes & Thornburg
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