We are pleased to unveil the finalists and honorees for The National Law Journal Legal Awards highlighting the top litigation and appellate work from the previous year.
The law firms and attorneys being recognized this year stood out for their work guiding clients through high-stakes litigation, their cutting-edge approaches to environmental, social and corporate governance issues, as well their as diversity and inclusion initiatives. The list also includes the winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award as well as those being recognized on the Appellate Hot List and Rising Stars.
Winners for individual categories with finalists will be unveiled during an awards event at the JW Marriott Essex House in New York City on July 10.
Lifetime Achievement Award Honorees
David Buchanan, Seeger Weiss
Patrick Coughlin, Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law
Judge Ronald C. Dresnick, Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine
John Yanchunis, Morgan & Morgan
Elite Women of the Plaintiffs Bar Honorees
Katie Bennett, Robins Kaplan
Elizabeth Cabraser, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
Jeanne M. Christensen, Wigdor
Jesse-Justin Cuevas, Susman Godfrey
Jessica Dean, Dean Omar Branham Shirley
Kimberly Evans, Block & Leviton
Meredith A. Firetog, Wigdor
Veronica Nannis, Joseph Greenwald & Laake
Krysta Pachman, Susman Godfrey
Donna Williams Rucker, Tully Rinckey
Katherine M. Sinderson, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann
Lisa S. Tsai, Reid Collins & Tsai
Lucy E. Tufts, Cunningham Bounds
Carol C. Villegas, Labaton Keller Sucharow
Murielle Steven Walsh, Pomerantz
Michelle C. Yau, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll
Krisina Zuñiga, Susman Godfrey
Rising Stars of the Plaintiffs Bar Honorees
Jessica Beringer, Keller Postman
Isabel J. Broer, Olson Grimsley Kawanabe Hinchcliff & Murray
Benjamin F. Burry, Bleichmar Fonti & Auld
Michael Cohen, The Rosen Law Firm
Nicholas M. DiCarlo, Zuckerman Spaeder
Samir Doshi, Susman Godfrey
Jered Ede, Clare Locke
Amelia Frenkel, Keller Postman
Grant Gillenwater, Morgan & Morgan
Monica Hincken, Wigdor
Sarah F. King, Clifford Law Offices
Itak Moradi, Joseph Saveri Law Firm
Jason Murray, Olson Grimsley Kawanabe Hinchcliff & Murray
Phong-Chau Nguyen, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
Sy Polky, Susman Godfrey
Evan Rosenberg, Morgan & Morgan
Stephanie Spies, Susman Godfrey
Harini Srinivasan, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll
The winner in each of the following categories will be announced at the July 10 dinner:
Plaintiff Law Firm of the Year Finalists
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll
Keller Postman
Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
Pomerantz
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd
Susman Godfrey
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro
Joseph Saveri Law Firm
Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick
Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law
Business Torts Finalists
MoloLamken
Pallas Partners
Reid Collins & Tsai
Susman Godfrey
Umhofer, Mitchell & King
Catastrophic Injury Finalists
Atlas Law Firm
Corboy & Demetrio
Farah & Farah
Morgan & Morgan
Panish Shea Ravipudi
Ryan Zehl
The Carlson Law Firm, The Hall Law Firm, Law Offices of Nelson M. Jones, III, and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Civil Rights/Discrimination (Non-Employment) Finalists
Kasowitz Benson Torres
Morgan & Morgan
Pachuta & Kammerman
Robins Kaplan
Sauder Schelkopf
Umhofer, Mitchell & King
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro
Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
Morgan & Morgan
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd
Consumer Protection Finalists
Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
Motley Rice
Sauder Schelkopf
Discrimination (including Employment) Finalists
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll
McNicholas & McNicholas
Employment Rights Finalists
The deRubertis Law Firm
Pitt McGehee Palmer Bonanni & Rivers
Environmental Protection (including Energy and Sustainability) Finalists
Brockstedt Mandalas Federico
Motley Rice
Governmental Representation Finalists
Brockstedt Mandalas Federico
Keller Postman
Seeger Weiss
Anderson Kill
Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna
Brockstedt Mandalas Federico
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll
Keller Postman
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
Motley Rice
Medical Malpractice Finalists
Clifford Law Offices
Tara Leigh Eberly
Pharmaceutical Litigation Finalists
Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law
Seeger Weiss
Steptoe
Susman Godfrey
Plaintiff Attorney of the Year Finalists
Benjamin D. Brown, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll
Michael P. Canty, Labaton Keller Sucharow
Bill Carmody, Susman Godfrey
Joseph A. Fonti, Bleichmar Fonti & Auld
Robert R. Henssler Jr., Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd
Jeroen van Kwawegen, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann
Joseph Saveri, Joseph Saveri Law Firm
Jennifer Selendy, Selendy Gay
Joshua B. Silverman, Pomerantz
Ned Weinberger, Labaton Keller Sucharow
Privacy/Data Breach Finalists
Keller Postman
Labaton Keller Sucharow
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
Morgan & Morgan
Seeger Weiss
Tycko & Zavareei
Products Liability Finalists
Dean Omar Branham Shirley
Keller Postman
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
Motley Rice
Sauder Schelkopf
Seeger Weiss
Securities Litigation / Shareholder Rights Finalists
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann
Labaton Keller Sucharow
Motley Rice
Pomerantz
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd
Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law
Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick
Steptoe
Transportation (Including Aviation) Winner
Trial Strategy Innovation Finalists
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll
Keller Postman
Labaton Keller Sucharow
Susman Godfrey
The Carlson Law Firm, The Hall Law Firm, Law Offices of Nelson M. Jones, III, and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher