New York Law Journal Names Its 2019 Rising Stars
Our Rising Stars awards recognize the region's most promising lawyers 40 and younger by the date of submission.
June 18, 2019 at 11:00 AM
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Our Rising Stars awards recognize the region's most promising lawyers 40 and younger by the date of submission. It has always been a competitive category, and this year was no exception. Submissions were judged by an outside panel of experts.
The Law Journal is excited to congratulate our winners for 2019:
Darren Azman, partner, McDermott Will & Emery
Elisha Barron, associate, Susman Godfrey
Duwaine Bascoe, associate, Abrams Fensterman
K. Mallory Brennan, partner, Shearman & Sterling
Jennifer Cheng, partner, Reed Smith
Karen Chesley, partner, Boies Schiller Flexner
Gareth Clark, partner, Dechert
Rose Cordero Prey, shareholder, Greenberg Traurig
Jomaire Crawford, senior associate, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Isabel Fernandez de la Cuesta, counsel, King & Spalding
Ross Firsenbaum, partner, WilmerHale
Christopher Harwood, partner, Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello
Eric Hochstadt, partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Emily Johnson, partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Jonah Knobler, partner, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler
Jessica Lee, partner, Loeb & Loeb
Ilana Lubin, partner, Crowell & Moring
Abena Mainoo, partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Judy Mok, of counsel, Ballard Spahr
Rajeev Muttreja, partner, Jones Day
Ann-Elizabeth Ostrager, partner, Sullivan & Cromwell
Helen Reeves, counsel, Dentons
Pritesh Shah, partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Steven Shepard, partner, Susman Godfrey
Nicole Skalla, partner, Paul Hastings
Allison Stillman, partner, Mayer Brown
Rachel Strom, partner, Davis Wright Tremaine
Fara Tabatabai, partner, Hughes Hubbard & Reed
Adam Wierzbowski, partner, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann
Jamila Willis, partner, DLA Piper
Alfred Xue, partner, Latham & Watkins
The winners will be recognized in the New York Law Journal's upcoming Professional Excellence magazine and honored Oct. 23rd at the New York Legal Awards at Tribeca 360 in New York City. The event will feature numerous other awards, including Distinguished Leaders, Lifetime Achievement, Litigation Departments of the Year, In-House Legal Department of the Year, and the announcement of the Attorney of the Year. For information about tickets and sponsorships for the event, please contact Andre Sutton at [email protected].
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