The National Law Journal is excited to announce a call for nominations for its 2025 NLJ Legal Awards, and this year’s event will include a few new categories to highlight the top work in Washington, D.C.
New this year — we’ll also be soliciting nominations from both plaintiffs and defense attorneys for Winning Litigators.
Deadline for nominations is July 16, 2025.
For the category descriptions, please visit the National Law Journal Awards site:
- Appellate Attorney of the Year
- Appellate Hot List
- Community Impact Leaders
- Crisis Management & Government Oversight
- D.C. Attorney of the Year
- D.C. Best Talent Management
- D.C. Government Relations / Lobbying
- D.C. Law Firm of the Year (editorial selection)
- D.C. Litigation Departments of the Year: General Litigation
- D.C. Litigation Departments of the Year: Specialty Practice
- D.C. Managing Partner of the Year
- D.C. Rising Stars
- GC Impact
- Lifetime Achievement
- Winning Litigators – Defense
- Winning Litigators – Plaintiffs
Please use this link here to get more information on specific awards and to fill out submissions.
Note: These are the descriptions of each category that will give you an idea of what each submission might entail. However, the descriptions do not include the full nomination form and questions. To view all nomination questions, please register for an account and log in.