Southeastern Legal Awards trophies. (Photo: PWP Event Photographers for ALM) 2024 Southeastern Legal Awards Honorees Announced
The Daily Report and Law.com are pleased to announce its 2024 winners and finalists for the second annual Southeastern Legal Awards. Previously known…
April 18, 2024 at 01:27 PM
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The Daily Report and Law.com are pleased to announce its 2024 winners and finalists for the second annual Southeastern Legal Awards. Previously known as the Georgia Legal Awards, the program was expanded to include Georgia plus North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi.
The honorees will be recognized at a gala on June 20 at Flourish in Atlanta. In June, we'll publish a special section, further highlighting these skilled attorneys and their important accomplishments. We'll announce the winners in each finalist category, including Attorney of the Year and Law Firm of the Year, at the dinner.
For more information about the awards dinner, and to purchase tickets, please visit the event site. To book sponsorships or tickets to the dinner, please click here.
The award winners and finalists are:
Attorney of the Year Finalists
Sarah Jorgensen, Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg
Ted Spaulding, Spaulding Injury Law
Sally Yates, King & Spalding
Lifetime Achievement Award Honorees
Thurbert Baker, Dentons
Gerald Pouncey, Morris Manning & Martin
Mark Wasserman, Eversheds Sutherland
Distinguished Leaders Honorees
Andrew T. Bayman, King & Spalding
Ben Barkley, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Brent Hill, Holland & Knight
Catherine Budzynski, Ohmium International
Charles E. Peeler, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders
Eric Tresh, Eversheds Sutherland
James Crumlin, Spencer Fane
Matthew C. Gaudet, Duane Morris
Rik Tozzi, Burr & Forman
Samuel Olens, Dentons
Tiana Mykkeltvedt, Bondurant Mixson & Elmore
Victoria Dye, Morgan & Morgan
Law Firm of the Year Finalists
Eversheds Sutherland
Greenberg Traurig
King & Spalding
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders
Best Mentors Finalists
Drew Beal, Beal Sutherland Berlin & Brown
Alicia Jones, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
David King, Polsinelli
Greg Parent, Miles Mediation & Arbitration
Seslee Smith, Morris Manning & Martin
Keshia Tiemann, Greenberg Traurig
Diversity Initiative Finalists
Bullock Ward Mason
McGuireWoods
Moore & Van Allen
Smith Anderson Law Firm
Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers
In-House Counsel of the Year Finalists
Catherine Budzynski, Ohmium International
Erin Henderson, U.S. Bank
Keith McGahan, Spectrum Pharmaceuticals
Dale Pearson, Keller Group
Natasha Walwyn Robinson, Splunk Inc.
Erica Zinkie, OneDigital
Legal Innovators Finalists
Jaime L. Theriot, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders
Jill Huse, Society 54 + Society Tech
Julie Heine, Seyfarth Shaw
Kevin Miner, Fragomen
Rose Jones, King & Spalding
Stephen Bittinger, K&L Gates
Litigation Department of the Year, General Litigation Finalists
Alston & Bird
Beal Sutherland Berlin & Brown
Burr & Forman
Greenberg Traurig
King & Spalding
Litigation Department of the Year, Product Liability Finalists
Greenberg Traurig
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
Litigation Department of the Year, Appellate Winner
Bondurant Mixson & Elmore
Litigation Department of the Year, Personal Injury Winner
Harris Lowry Manton
Litigation Department of the Year, Securities Winner
Motley Rice
Managing Partner of the Year Finalists
Diandra Debrosse, DiCello Levitt
Gif Thornton, Adams and Reese
Greg Bosseler, Morgan & Morgan
Henry Walker, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Matt Burnstein, Holland & Knight
Sidney Welch, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings
Stu Goldstein, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
Ted Blum, Greenberg Traurig
Tina Bullock, Bullock Ward Mason
Most-Effective Dealmaker Finalists
Chris Daniel, Paul Hastings
Gerald Roach, Smith Anderson
Justin Barry, Morris Manning & Martin
Kolin Holladay, Polsinelli
Michael Gurion, Eversheds Sutherland
Rich Cicchillo, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Richard Bange, Holland & Knight
Most Innovative Law Firm Finalists
Lightfoot, Franklin & White
Bell Law Firm
McGuireWoods
Ogletree Deakins
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders
On the Rise Honorees
Adrian D. Boddie, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders
Aigner Kolom, Beasley Allen Law Firm
Alison LeVasseur, Alston & Bird
Allison Pryor, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders
Alyssa Baskam, Beasley Allen Law Firm
Amanda Waide, Alston & Bird
Amelia C. Stevens, Oliver Maner
Andrew Hatchett, Alston & Bird
Andrew Kaufman, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
Ben Keen, Beasley Allen Law Firm
Courtney Lutz Creal, Spencer Fane
Daniel Peterson, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein
Grace Chandler, Motley Rice
Thomas Clarkson, Griffin Durham Tanner & Clarkson
Joseph VanZandt, Beasley Allen Law Firm
Matt Kahn, Butler Kahn Law Firm
Milinda Brown, Beal Sutherland Berlin & Brown
Stephanie Nullman Eban, Thrift McLemore
Will Keyes, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Georgia
Young Lawyer of the Year Winner
To be announced at the awards ceremony
For more information about the awards dinner, and to purchase tickets, please visit the event site.
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- Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
- Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
- King & Spalding
- Oliver Maner LLP
- Polsinelli
- McGuireWoods
- Burr & Forman
- Motley Rice
- Lieff Cabraser
- Eversheds Sutherland
- Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, LLP
- Lightfoot, Franklin & White, L.L.C.
- Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C.
- K&L Gates
- Morgan & Morgan
- Holland & Knight LLP
- Adams and Reese
- Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Pepper Hamilton
- Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
- Moore Van Allen
- Morris Manning Martin
- Dentons
- Andreas Reiner & Partner
- Paul Hastings
- Kindel & Anderson
- Duane Morris
- Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
- Seyfarth Shaw
- Bondurant Mixson & Elmore
- Spencer Fane Britt & Browne
- Alston & Bird
- Greenberg Traurig
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