The Legal Intelligencer and Law.com is pleased to announce the 2025 Pennsylvania Legal Awards winners and finalists. We are delighted to highlight the great work and achievements across the full breadth of the legal communities in Pennsylvania and Delaware.
The winners in finalist categories will be announced at an awards dinner set for June 12, 2025, at the Hilton at Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia. In addition, the honorees for Distinguished Leaders, Lawyers on the Fast Track, Lifetime Achievement, Unsung Heroes, and other categories will be recognized. Winners will be recognized in special editorial sections.
You can view more information about the awards dinner here. For information on how to book tickets and sponsorships, please contact Andre Sutton at 757-721-9020 or email [email protected].
Let’s congratulate the honorees and finalists for their achievements:
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
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
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
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
In-House Impact Award Finalists
Colleen Johns, EMCOR Facilities Services Inc.
Meghna Reddy, Frank Recruitment Group Inc.
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
Linda T. Sanders, Troutman Pepper Locke
Lawyers on the Fast Track (Large Firm) Honorees
Andrew Barron, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young
Christopher Brennan, Reed Smith
Valerie Brown, Polsinelli
Alex Hyder, Morgan & Morgan
Laura McNally, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Tara Param, Holland & Knight
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
Joshua Neuman, Pogust Goodhead
Rachael Pritzker, Pritzker Law Group
Lynn Roberts III, Roberts Legal Group
Joseph Schaeffer, Babst, Calland, Clements and Zomnir
Lifetime Achievement Award Honorees
Martin Belisario, Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel
Doris Brogan, Villanova University, Charles Widger School of Law
Timothy Lewis, Blank Rome
Michael McKenna, Margolis Edelstein
Paula Shaffner, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young
Mark Silow, Fox Rothschild
Litigation Departments of the Year, General Litigation Finalists
Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller
Litigation Departments of the Year, Specialty Practice (Appellate Law) Finalists
Litigation Departments of the Year, Specialty Practice (Class Action) Finalists
Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check
Litigation Departments of the Year, Specialty Practice (Insurance) Finalists
Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller
Litigation Departments of the Year, Specialty Practice (Intellectual Property) Winner
Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel
Litigation Departments of the Year, Specialty Practice (Products Liability/Mass Torts) Finalists
Litigation Departments of the Year, Specialty Practice (Professional Liability) Finalists
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 Flugence, McCarter & English
Sukhdeep Gill, Greenberg Traurig
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
Gregory Schernecke, Dechert
Gregory L. Seltzer, Ballard Spahr
Benjamin Baer, Injury Law Partners
Bethany Nikitenko, Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig
Ethan Townsend, McDermott Will & Emery
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