Attorney of the Year Finalists
Emily Baker-White, Plain View Project
Tom Kline, Kline & Specter
Brian McMonagle, McMonagle Perri
Distinguished Leaders
Robert Abramowitz, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Erik Williams, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr
Alan H. Zuckerman, Flaster Greenberg
Shauna Itri, Seeger Weiss
Martin Black, Dechert
Gary Samms, Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel
Lifetime Achievement
Paul Rosen, Spector Gadon Rosen Vinci
Marilou Watson, Fox Rothschild
Bernard Lee, Cozen O’Connor
Alan Feldman, Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig
Howard Scher, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
Philip Karter, Chamberlain Hrdlicka
H. Amos Goodall, Steinbacher, Goodall & Yurchak
Ronald Levine, Post & Schell
Dave Pusateri, McGuireWoods
Teresa Ficken Sachs, Counsel to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Litigation Departments
Litigation Department of the Year (General)
Carlson Lynch (Winner)
Meyer, Unkovic & Scott (Finalist)
Litigation Departments of the Year (Specialty)
Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check (Class Action)
Swartz Campbell (Professional Liability)
In-House Impact
Chris Ashiotes, Pilot Freight Services
Jocelyn Hill, Consolidated Rail Corp. (Conrail)
OGC Cheyney University Legal Action Team
Most Innovative Law Firms
McNees Wallace & Nurick
Pepper Hamilton
Reed Smith
Best Law Firm Mentors
Joseph Stampone, Stampone Law
William A. Kovalcik Jr., O’Connor Law
Meredith Slawe, Cozen O’Connor
Nancy Shane Rappaport, DLA Piper
Ruthanne Gordon, Berger Montague
Power Players
Mike Berry, Ballard Spahr
Joel Bolstein, Fox Rothschild
Legal Innovators
Hannah McPhelin, Pepper Hamilton
Joe Kernen and Fahd Riaz, DLA Piper
Unsung Heroes
Tyler Marandola and David Wolfsohn, Duane Morris
Kathleen Kotula, Pennsylvania Department of State, Office of Chief Counsel
Carin O’Donnell, Stark & Stark
Deborah Krabbendam, Conrad O’Brien
Most Effective Dealmakers
Kristin Wells, Reed Smith
Paul Jaskot, Holland & Knight
Christopher Thel, Dentons Cohen & Grigsby
Deborah Hong, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young
Michael Frattone, Kleinbard
Law Firm of the Year Finalists
Cozen O’Connor
Pepper Hamilton
Reed Smith
Lawyers on the Fast Track
Asima Ahmad, Blank Rome
Adeolu A. Bakare, McNees Wallace & Nurick
Chrissey Barba, Ballard Spahr
Julie Berson, Kleinbard
Alexander Bowerman, Hogan Lovells
Corinne Brennan, Klehr Harrison
Stefanie Burt, EQT Corp.
Raphael Castro, Pond Lehocky Giordano
Aurelia Chaudhury, Berger Montague
Jillian T. Flax, Cozen O’Connor
Julie Goldemberg, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Jennifer Hermansky, Greenberg Traurig
Ernest D. Holtzheimer, Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads
Cheri R.W. Johnson, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young
Jason A. Levine, Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller
Melissa Martinez, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr
Katharyn Ivera Christian McGee, Duane Morris
Joel Michel, Blank Rome
Meera R. Modi, McNees Wallace & Nurick
Jennifer A. Santiago, Wapner Newman
David Struwe, Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis
Kevin Sweeney, Chamberlain Hrdlicka
Mark D. Taticchi, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath
Dominique Ward, Lincoln Financial Group